Good Jibes #258: Ainsley Parramore on Building Confidence in Youth Sailors, With Host John Arndt
This week we catch up with Ainsley Parramore to chat about building confidence in kids through sailing. Ainsley is the program director for Sailing Education Adventures (SEA) in San Rafael.
Tune in as Ainsley shares with host John Arndt stories about her first encounter with the grittiness of sailing, the perks of small-boat racing, how to approach sailing as a career path, the sailing lessons SEA teaches to kids, and how sailing can thrive as a hands-on activity in the age of AI.
Here’s a small sample of what you will hear in this episode:
- Northern California’s first neurodivergent sailing camp
- Six of 10 core instructors are San Rafael High School students
- What sailing teaches kids
- Growing up in a small-boat racing family in Annapolis
- The sailing scar story
Learn more about Ainsley at SEAsailing.org.
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