Our high caliber staff is chosen from all over the globe.  They have impressive resumes from the collegiate ranks and beyond.  Each instructor is US Sailing certified (or equivalent) and trained in CPR.

BRAD CARPENTER  - PROGRAM DIRECTOR
brad.carpenter@pleon.org

Brad Carpenter will begin his first year as Pleon Yacht Club's Program Director this coming summer. No stranger to Pleon, Brad worked as a racing instructor at the club when he was at Connecticut College, where he sailed dinghies, sloops, and keel boats alongside some long-standing Pleon alums, Ward Blodgett and Charlie Pendleton. Brad returns to Pleon with a wealth of experience, having worked at a number of yacht clubs and as "Sailing Master" at Tarratine Club in Dark Harbor, Maine, where he was in charge of program. In the off-season, Brad teaches English at Avon Old Farms School, where he also coaches three seasons of sports and works closely with students as a residential and academic advisor. Brad will be bringing his 12-year-old son Charlie with him to Pleon.