CNU Sailing

Located on Deep Creek just six miles from campus, the Christopher Newport Sailing Center is exceptionally complete. It has changing rooms for men and women, rest rooms, a classroom, workroom, lounge, several storage rooms, and a coach’s office. Deep Creek itself is a unique marine environment with two marinas, a restaurant, a yacht club, and a fleet of work boats that fish the James River.

Our sailing waters include both Deep Creek, for practice on tight courses and shifty winds, and the open James River. The James is unmatched for good open water racing, perfectly suited to the collegiate dinghies. Since we are located at the southern border of the Middle Atlantic Intercollegiate Sailing Association, we can practice late in the fall and start early in the spring.

Our fleet of boats is made up of:

The CNU Sailing Brochure details more information about Christopher Newport University and the team.

Dan has been sailing competitively for 44 years and has been associated with sailing industry for nearly the same period of time. A professional sailmaker for the last 33 years, he is also experienced in yacht design and rating rules.

He has won races in more than 13 one-design classes and innumerable cruising designs. Dan has sailed numerous offshore races, won two Chesapeake Bay Yacht Racing High Point Championships (CBYRA), two Virginia Cruise Cups, two MORC Fleet Championships, three CCV High Points, and hundreds of individual races on the Chesapeake Bay and Florida.

Dan has been the Commodore of two yacht clubs, was the CBYRA Region IV Vice President in 1980, the Region IV Scheduler for 11 years and has conducted dozens of race committee management seminars and rules seminars. He served on the Florida Sailing Association Appeals Committee and has been the Chairman of the CBYRA Rules and Appeals Committee - South since 1983. He regularly serves as a judge for collegiate and scholastic championships. Dan became coach of the CNU Intercollegiate Sailing Team in 1991. In 2003 he was inducted into the InterCollegiate Sailing Association’s Hall of Fame as the winner of the 2002-2003 Outstanding Service - Professional Award.

Some of the more important positions held:

Jim is a graduate of Old Dominion University (1975) and James Madison (1979). He has taught in the Newport News Public School system for 26 years. Jim sailed for Old Dominion in college, is an active local sailor in the Hampton Roads area, and has long been a supporter of high school and collegiate sailing.