Bill Gladstone

Bill Gladstone

Bill is the author of Performance Racing Trim, Performance Racing Tactics and the North U Cruising and Seamanship workbook. Bill’s racing experience covers the spectrum, including everything from dinghies to Fifties, ponds to oceans, and foredeck to helm. He has finished in the money Key West Race Week, the SORC, Block Island Race Week, Chicago NOOD, Annapolis to Newport; Chicago to Mackinac, the Annapolis Fall Series, NYYC Race Week, Queen's Cup and the J 29 and J 44 Nationals.

Bill's cruising grounds range from the San Juan Islands of the Pacific Northwest to the Caribbean and include the Great Lakes and Eastern S eaboard. "The joy of cruising is also its challenge. You get to do and try everything. The learning never stops!"

Bill has been teaching sailing and racing for over thirty years. Graduates of his seminars number in the thousands. They are winning races in IRC, PHRF, IMS, MORC, and One-Design fleets and cruising with confidence the world over.