Seattle’s Mount Baker Rowing and Sailing Center is one of Seattle’s many options for sailing lessons and a sailing team. 
And clearly the Seattle Parks and Recreation Department, sponsored by Mount Baker Boating Advisory Council, is intent on furthering the mission. With the recent hire of Kaitlyn van Nostrand as coach, the racing team will get a big boost. And another boost comes in the form of four new FJ dinghies, which are arriving today.
Here’s Kaitlyn’s basic bio from the Mount Baker website:
Kaitlyn Van Nostrand has been selected for the Youth Sailing Coach position at MBRSC. Kaitlyn has been a US Sailing Level 1 certified coach since 2004, and has coached juniors in Optimists, Lasers and 420’s.
At Hobart and William Smith Colleges, she was twice elected captain of the sailing team and MVP. She competed at five college sailing nationals and finished second place in the 2007 College Sailing Team Race Championships. She also raced Snipes, V15’s and E-Scows.
Kaitlyn moved to New Zealand in 2011 and coached Opti’s part time whilst obtaining her Master’s degree in International Business at the University of Auckland. She relocated to Seattle in 2016, coaching camps and the youth racing team at Sail Sand Point.
Kurt grew up racing and cruising in the Midwest, and has raced Lasers since the late 1970s. Currently he is a broker at Swiftsure Yachts. He has been Assistant Editor at Sailing Magazine and a short stint as Editor of Northwest Yachting. Through Meadow Point Publishing he handles various marketing duties for smaller local companies. He currently is partners on a C&C 36 which he cruises throughout the Northwest. He’s married to the amazing Abby and is father to Ian and Gabe.