Summer is a great time to be on the water. Join our conversations with people who love navigating Maine waters by boat, and have made it possible for others to do the same. Janet Acker and Jess McGreehan share their experience with Portland’s SailMaine organization, and Matt Barton describes his rewarding transition from financial consultant to boatbuilder at the Hinckley Company, by way of the Landing School.
Guests
Janet Acker
Janet Acker has sailed her whole life, and while living on the west coast, she founded and developed a community-based sailing program known as Sail Orcas. Today she is the executive director of SailMaine. On her time off, she is an avid sailor with her husband.
Jess McGreehan
Jess McGreehan learned to sail at SailMaine, and later went on to race competitively in high school and college. She has worked as an adult instructor, junior program instructor, and high school sailing coach at SailMaine. This summer she will connect their sailing curriculum with environmental education.
Matt Barton
Matt Barton is a former student at the Landing School in Arundel, and now works as an engineer at the Hinckley Company.