John Kantor:

JK has been running Longshore Sailing School since 1965, when it was owned by the town of Westport, and has privately owned it since 1975.

A graduate of Columbia University, JK has written several sailing manuals, many of which are used by US Sailing, the sports governing body. JK founded the association’s Community Sailing Council and served as US Sailing’s Vice President in the late 1990’s. He is known through out the sailing community for his dedication toward improving instruction in sailing, and known in Westport for bringing community sailing to a larger scale.

Donny O’Day:

Donny O’Day has been the Operations Manager of Longshore Sailing School since the summer of 2007 and has worked for the school since the summer of 2001. He is a US Sailing small boats level 1 certified instructor and also has his Masters license from the US Coast Guard. He graduated from UConn in 2007 and will be returning for Law school this fall.

What is your favorite kind of noodle? I’m a tortellini guy…or a ravioli guy. You have to have something in there.

What is your favorite wind direction? Uh…I like a nice Southwest breeze. It’s steady.

What is your favorite thing about LSS? The end of the day at high tide when the sun’s going down and we’ve had a great day. You’re just chilling out.

What is your favorite class to teach? Definitely Basic Sailing. They start knowing nothing and go to being able to sail upwind and stuff.

What is your favorite sailboat at Longshore? Probably a Laser. It depends though. When we’re in the Caribbean in the winter, I like the Waves.

If you could be any fruit, what fruit would you be? A pineapple. I don’t know why.

Congratulations to the students from Adult Basic Sailing (ABS-1), which met on May 30-31 and June 6-7, for completing your course. We were extremely pleased to begin our 50^th season with all of you, and hope you enjoyed sailing with us. JK was able to get some great pictures and has made them available on our website for you to download and share. You can find them at http://photos.longshoresailingschool.com/ under the Adult Basic Sailing collection. We hope to see you all back and sailing very soon!