At college, he won in 1977 the ICSA Coed Dinghy National Championship with the University of Rhode Island,[2] and was named All-American.

He also won the Star European Championships in 1988 and the Bacardi Cup in 1988 and 1991.

After leaving the Star, he was appointed coach of the US Olympic Sailing team of 2000 and 2004, while also participating at the 2000 Louis Vuitton Cup as navigator onboard of Young America with Ed Baird.

Previously, he sailed the final two legs of Illbruck Challenge's victorious campaign in the 2001-02 event.

He was inducted into the National Sailing Hall of Fame in 2022.