Falmouth Harbor Sailing School
Teaching the community the art and science of sailing since 1990
Josh "Jerry" Shapiro - Private Lessons Coordinator
Years on Staff: 5
Hometown: Needham, MA
Education: Beaver Country Day School, Emory University
Fun Fact: Josh has randomly bumped into Adam Sandler three different times in three different places.
US Sailing Level 1 Instructor
Brian "Helmet" Coppola - 420-2 Instructor
Years on Staff: 5
Hometown: Westwood, MA
Education: Westwood High School, University of Vermont
Fun Fact: Brian loves photography.
US Sailing Level 1 Instructor
2019 Falmouth Harbor Sailing School Instructors
Maria "Siren" Medeiros - 420-1 Instructor
Years on Staff: 3
Hometown: Falmouth, MA
Education: Falmouth Academy
Fun Fact: Maria is on an international lacrosse team.
US Sailing Level 1 Instructor
Senior Instructors
Mary "Bloody" Schmitt - Opti-2 Instructor
Years on Staff: 1
Hometown: Bourne, MA
Education: Bourne High School
Fun Fact: Mary skippers her family's J105 sailboat named Hardtack.
US Sailing Level 1 Instructor
Michael "Iceman" O'Connor - 420 Race Coach
Hometown: Foxborough, Ma
Years on Staff: 18
Mike grew up sailing at Wild Harbor Yacht Club. He worked at FHSS in college where he sailed for the Boston University team. He is now the Head Sailing Coach and Director of Sailing at Harvard University and Falmouth Harbor Sailing School.
Where our Instructors Sail? Past and Present....
Mike O'Connor - Harvard University coach
Nate Borovick - Boston University
Bekah Morrison - Georgetown University
Julia Wyatt - Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Claire Coppola - University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
Jack Papetti - Brown University
Jessica Friedman - Tufts University
Erin Smith - Connecticut College
Atlantic Brugman - Stanford University coach, sailed at Connecticut College
Tim Harding - Brown University
Meg Harding - University of Pennsylvania
Lily McGrath - Boston College
Shira Golub - George Washington University
Nestor Cano - Stanford University
Nate "Happy Hour" Borovick - Opti Race Coach
Years on Staff: 8
Hometown: Sudbury, MA
Education: Lincoln-Sudbury High, Boston University
Fun Fact: Nate won the Falmouth Cup in 2012.
US Sailing Level 1 Instructor
Bekah "Camelot" Morrison - Learn to Sail Instructor
Years on Staff: 5
Hometown: Medfield, MA
Education: Beaver Country Day School, Georgetown University
Fun Fact: Bekah is fluent in Mandarin.
US Sailing Level 1 Instructor
Program Director
Abe "Lincoln" Tolkoff - Opti-1 Instructor
Years on Staff: 4
Hometown: Brookline, MA
Education: Belmont Hill School, Alzar School (Semester)
Fun Fact: Abe spent the last semester in Idaho and Chile with the Alzar School.
US Sailing Level 1 Instructor
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