Boston Sailing Center - the Instructors

Dock Staff

Vasiliy Gusev Vasiliy has worked at the BSC off and on over the past 4 years. He currently owns sailboat Katrina, a Dubois 46. He has over 250,000 nautical miles of sailing experience including two circumnavigations and traveled to over 45 countries. During the summers he lives on Katrina with his wife at the Boston Sailing Center. Vasiliy knows more than almost anyone here about boat maintenance and has kept our fleet up and running throughout the height of our season. He is originally from Russia and has been living the cruising lifestyle for over 25 years.
Gus Lindsay Gus hails from Pictou, Nova Scotia, and has been a lifelong sailor. He had a stint in the Canadian Coast Guard, doing search and rescue, and continues to keep in touch with the sailing culture of our neighbor to the north. When he's not building docks or repairing our boats, Gus is a technology consultant and plays a lot of, you guessed it, hockey.
Maxwell Kaye Max is a 2008 graduate from Vassar College, and has worked at the BSC for the past four seasons, including working as part of the full time maintenance crew through the winter months. Max can be found driving the launch boat, in a bosun's chair working on a mast, working on any maintenance issue or doing race committee for Soling Racing.
Phoebe Hart Phoebe recently graduated as a double major in Environmental Studies & Political Science from Suffolk University and is returning for her third Summer at the BSC. She started off as launch driver but has quickly excelled into boat maintenance and repair. Phoebe has even been known to jump into the harbor to un-foul a prop! When not working, she can be found surfing or enjoying living in the North End with her friends.
Ivan Gusev Ivan has worked on and off at the BSC during the last few years and is living with his parents during the summer on their cruising boat Katrina, which is docked next to our Riverboat. He lives and works in Miami at a mortgage brokerage firm throughout most of the year but thoroughly enjoys spending his summers on Boston Harbor. Ivan possesses a tremendous amount of experience, including one circumnavigation, which he uses on our docks as part of the maintenance crew. Ivan also teaches many of our courses here, and races every week in our Tuesday Night Fleet Racing.
Chad Edwards Chad will be joining the dock staff for another summer at the BSC after his sophomore year at the University of Denver. He has grown up sailing many boats with his family and is enjoying the sport of sailing more and more each year. Chad loves to play sports and has played many varsity seasons of football, ice hockey, and lacrosse. He continues to play in summer leagues and loves to spend time with his friends on the Cape or in New Hampshire.
Lila Trowbridge This is Lila's first season at the BSC! As the newest addition to our maintenance staff, Lila spends her days here in Boston, and also in Fairhaven, keeping the fleet in great cruising condition. Lila is going into her senior year at Clark University, where she majors in International Development. Lila just completed our Learn to Sail course, so you should see her out on the water soon!