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Connie spent her first 19 years growing up in New Haven. She spent her summers as a child at a camp in Durham with a small lake and learned to love canoeing. Summers as a teenager included power boating in…
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Jim grew up in in Guilford CT and moved to Clinton twenty-five years ago with his wife Jane. They have three amazing children, Lauren, Stephen, and Erin. It has been a very long time since Jim sailed around Duck Island…
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Heike was born and raised in Germany. Her summers were spent near lakes and rivers. Growing up near the Spreewald, also known as the “Green Venice” of Germany, was wonderful. As an adolescent she fell in love with paddle boating…
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Andie Carse is a lifelong resident of Clinton CT, and a graduate of The Morgan School. She currently attends Loyola University Chicago and is completing her second year, majoring in Psychology, with minors in Neuroscience and Philosophy. At the age…
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CSC is excited to welcome back Tom Russell as Instructor, Adult & Family Sailing! Tom will be leading this program for the 2nd year in summer 2018. Tom is thrilled to be part of the CSC team. With the spirit of…
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CSC is thrilled to welcome back Aimee Merkle-Scotland as Instructor, Women’s Sailing for summer 2018! Aimee will be a senior at UConn this fall, and is studying to become a registered dietitian. This summer she is working to deliver nutrition information…
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Jerry was born and raised in Maryland, and fell in love with the water while crabbing and boating on the Chesapeake Bay with his Dad and Step-Grandfather. Jerry moved to Connecticut, and took up sailing with a friend from the CT Department of Corrections…
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Mike had one of his first sailing experiences learning to sail right off Clinton Beach around the age of ten on his best friend’s father’s Force 5 sailboat. Mike bought his first Laser, and his father took him on weekends to different spots around Connecticut and Rhode…
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