As tactician, she won the 1999 Rolex International Women's Keelboat Championship sailing with Pat Connerney.

Her novels include: Oliver's Surprise: A Boy, a Schooner, and the Great Hurricane of 1938 (GemmaMedia, 2008); Cape Cod Surprise: Oliver Matches wits with Hurricane Carol (GemmaMedia, 2010); Game of Sails, an Olympic Love Story (LiveWire, 2012); and Ferry to Cooperation Island (She Writes Press, 2020).

After graduation, she crewed for Ed Adams, George Szabo, and many other prominent sailors.

Four years later, her team beat out five other boats at the USA Olympic Trials and won a bronze medal at the 2004 Women's Yngling World Championship.

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