Good Jibes #238: Karen Prioleau on a Career of Teaching Sailing, With Host John Arndt
Welcome to Latitude 38’s Good Jibes! In this podcast, we’re bringing you the world of sailing through the eyes of the West Coast sailor. Each week, you’ll hear stories and tips from the West Coast sailing community on cruising, racing and just plain sailing. Hosted by the team at Latitude 38 — the sailing magazine for West Coast sailors since 1977!
In this week’s episode we chat with Karen Prioleau about making a career of teaching all types of sailing. Karen has spent over 25 years teaching sailing at Orange Coast College and US Sailing, and has a ton of personal offshore sailing experience.
Tune in as Karen shares with host John Arndt her stories about how to become a full-time sailing instructor or sailing educator, her memorable trips on the Alaska Eagle, the most useful sailing courses to study and teach, what’s getting young people inspired to sail, and unbelievable examples of her safety training coming in handy.
Here’s a small sample of what you will hear in this episode:
- Sailing to Tahiti pregnant
- Alaska Eagle’s happy ending
- Life aboard a 41-ft wooden boat with a newborn and night watch duty
- Four years of cruising: Mexico, the Sea of Cortez, and a leaky seam that changed the plan
- Karen’s origin story: Sea Scouts, sailing at 12, and a 16mm film that changed everything
Learn more about Karen at OrangeCoastCollege.edu and USSailing.org.
Check out the episode and show notes for much more detail.
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