Hi, I’m Dan Tucker; I have been sailing and around boats for a long time -since age 2! After stints owning a retail flower business and doing ad agency business development, I got into the marine industry full-time in 2003, and I’ve been here ever since!

My Sailing
I’ve sailed and raced everything from a Sunfish, to an original Windsurfer, to J/24s, to Viper 640s, to a variety of racer/cruisers, to a TP 52, and loads more boats in between, all over North America and in Europe. I have cruised, raced and delivered boats up and down the east coast of the US by water and on trailer. I was the “owner’s representative” racing on board a Club Swan 42 for Royal Prince Alfred YC’s entry in the New York Yacht Club Invitational in 2015. I’ve done offshore racing, including 2 Miami to Havanna races.

Teaching & Coaching
I’ve spent most of my life teaching folks to sail. After attending college at Northeastern University, I started racing at Courageous Sailing Center in Charlestown, MA. I volunteered as an instructor and started a match racing series. I’ve taught and coached countless Viper 640 and Sonar owners and crew over 15+ years in my role with Rondar Raceboats. Now also at MIT Sailing, I’ve been teaching and coaching Intermediate Sailing and Learn to Race, which is a whole lot of fun for me! Helping smart, motivated people rocket up the learning curve is incredibly rewarding.

I coached 4 Paralympic sailing campaigns, culminating in a gold medal win in the 2008 Beijing Games. On all 4 campaigns, I did boat work, rigging work, and developed & evolved adaptive equipment & rigging. In the 2008 campaign, I rigged the gold-medal winning double-handed SKUD 18 from a bare hull.

Currently:
VP Marketing, Sales, and Customer Service for Rondar Raceboats -International Viper 640, International Sonar, and K6. Please get in touch with me for more information about Rondar products.

Weekend Dockmaster and Boatwright for MIT Sailing. Here, I maintain, repair, rig, and upgrade over 100 one-design dinghies, a handful of high-performance dinghies & foilers, plus coach boats.

Previously:
Director of Americas/Caribbean Sales and Service for Flexofold Propellers.