Kaikki HSS:n valmentajat ovat koulutettuja. Minimivaatimus on Suomen Purjehdus ja Veneilyliiton ohjaajan peruskurssi. Kaikki valmentajamme ovat purjehtineet itse ja monella on takana oma kilpapurjehdusura. Sports Komitea kantaa vastuun HSS:n valmennustoiminnasta eli se käyttää ylintä päätösvaltaa valmennustoimintaan liittyvissä asioissa. Valmentajiamme koulutetaan ja kehitetään jatkuvasti, jotta valmennuksen laatu on paras mahdollinen. Pidämme valmentajistamme hyvää huolta ja haluamme tarjota heille haastavan, kiinnostavan, hauskan ja ennen kaikkea viihtyisän paikan työskennellä!

Head Coaches 2023

Junior Head Coach

Nicolas ”Nico” Vidal

ILCA group responsible coach

nico@helsinkisailing.com

+358 50 377 75 58

• education •

2016. INDUSTRIAL DESIGNER, Faculty of Archetecture, Urbanism and Design. National University of Cordoba UNC.

2007. Bachelor in Humanities and Social CS. San José School

2015 – 2020. Secretary of the Argentine ILCA/Laser Association AAL.

2020. RCP – DEA COURSE.

2019. TCC FAY COURSE 2 – WORLD SAILING. Homologation as trainer.

2018. TCC FAY COURSE 1 – WORLD SAILING. Homologation as trainer

2017. TCC Ws1 – Homologation as trainer.

• own sailing career •

Optimist , Laser 4.7, Laser Radial, Laser Std

• coaching career•

2015, Training Camps Chile Junior Laser Team

2016, RSX World Championship – Enoshima – Japan. Argentina Team

2017, Laser Master Worlds Championship – Dun Laoghaire – Ireland. Arg Team

2018, Opti and Laser NERYC Race Team – North East – Maryland – USA

2019, Laser Master Worlds Championship- Port Zelande – Holland

2020, Laser Argentina Youth Team, PROJECT DAKAR 2022 YOGS

2020, Opti and Laser Coach – Circolo Velico Kaucana – Sicilia Italy

2021 , HSS Head Coach

2022-, HSS  Junior Head Coach

Sailing and Windsurfing Center (Adult sailing) Head Coach

Michal Gryglewski

michal@helsinkisailing.com

+358 50 550 6110

• education •

Masters Degree in Tourism and Sport, University of Szczecin

• own sailing career •

Optimist, Laser, Melges Escow, match racing, J70, sailing league, Team Scamp 3, HRM racing (professional match racing and  sailing league team member), Star Sailors league Gold Cup

• coaching career•

2012- 2013 Head Coach in Kamień Pomorski YC (Poland)

2013 Coach in Optimist Team LBI ( USA)

2014-2015 Coach of a private Laser team based out of Restronguet YC (UK) 2013 Coach in Optimist Team Lisot (USA)

2014-2016 Head Coach at Howth Yacht Club (Ireland)

2016-2018 Coach in a private Laser team based out of Bay Head Yacht Club (USA) since 2015 Coach of Irish National Optimist Development team (Ireland)

2018- 2019 Head Coach of Oman National Optimist team (Oman) 2017-2019 Head Coach at Royal Cork Yacht Club (Ireland)

2019 Coach of team „D6” – best team in Ireland.

2021 Polish Optimist team for Team Racing European Championships

2021 Polish Optimist team for World Championships

2022-, HSS  Sailing Center Head Coach


Juniorivalmentajat

Akseli Orama

• koulutus•

• oma purjehdusura•

I started to sail when I was 9, so its now my 11th year with sailing! This is my 5th year of coaching, and this is my first year in HSS and Im so excited! I can speak Finnish and English, sadly I can’t speak any Swedish.

Amos Bonsdorff

+358 44 274 00 27

koulutus

Ohjaajan peruskurssi, SPV, 2019

•  oma purjehdus- ja valmennusura

I’m one of the Club’s windsurfing coaches for this season. I have been windsurfing for almost ten years and I have experience for the wast amount of different classes and competitions. I have been coaching in HSS from the season 2018. I really enjoy coaching as I get to meet new people and bring them to the amazing sport of windsurfing!

Jaakko Vauhkonen

jaakko@helsinkisailing.com / +358 44 2718383

• koulutus•

Ohjaajan peruskurssi, SPV

Ohjaajan jatkokurssi, SPV

• oma purjehdusura•

SPS Optimistijolla 2006-2007
HSS Optimistijolla 2007-2015
HSS Laser 2015-2019
Opti Team Race Nordic Champion 2015
Opti PM hopea 2015
Laser 4.7 SM hopea 2016

Lili Kotilainen

lili@helsinkisailing.com / +358 45 1285900

• koulutus•

• oma purjehdusura•

Olen purjehtinut 14 vuotta ja minulla on kokemusta monista eri veneluokista. Optimistijollaa purjehdin yhteensä 8 vuotta menestyksekkäästi ja viimeisimpänä naisten 49erFX-venettä. Nyt olen kuitenkin lopettanut kilpaurani ja olen siirtynyt valmennuspuolelle. HSS:llä olen valmentanut neljä vuotta. Puhun suomea ja englantia, sekä ruotsia ymmärrän hyvin. Valmennushommien lisäksi opiskelen Helsingissä lääketiedettä.

Mikaela Söderberg

mikaela@helsinkisailing.com / +358 45 3572227

• koulutus•

Ohjaajan peruskurssi, 2017, SPV

Ohjaajan jatkokurssi, 2021, SPV

• oma purjehdusura•

I have been sailing since 2013, all kind of boats. Mostly ILCA 6 and before that opti. I have been coaching since 2016, mostly opti funs and beginners. I also coach the winter trainings during the winter. I speak Finnish and English.

Pablo Avila Gray

pablo@helsinkisailing.com / +358 50 3373227

• koulutus•

• oma purjehdusura•

Optimist, Snipe and J-24.

Coaching background

2007 – 2018 Optimist coach, Club Náutico Córdoba, Argentina
2019 – 2021 Optimist coach, Club Nautico Augusta, Italy
2022 – 2023 Optimist coach, Helsingfors Segelsällskap, Finland

Languages
Spanish, Italian and English


Venla Aliklaavu

venla@helsinkisailing.com / +358 45 3586680

• koulutus•

• oma purjehdusura•

I have sailed for 10 years. I have a lot of experience in racing in different boat classes: Optimist, Zoom, 29er and 6mR. I speak finnish, english and moderately german and swedish.

Aikuisten valmentajat

Amos Bonsdorff

purjelautailu, sijainen

+358 44 274 00 27

koulutus

Ohjaajan peruskurssi, SPV, 2019

•  oma purjehdus- ja valmennusura

purjehdus:

Raceboard 2013 –

Raceboard U SM 1. sija, 2016
Raceboard U Ranking 1.sija, 2017

valmennus:
HSS, Techno293, 2018-

Dimi Tsallos

Adult and Youth Sailing Beginner’s courses

dimi@helsinkisailing.com / +358 40 1683438

• education •

Sailing instructor level 2, SPV, 2021
Day Skipper, RYA, 2019
Instructor Basic Course, SPV, 2019
MSc Precision Medicine, University of Glasgow, UK, 2015
BSc (Hons) Biotechnology, University of Aberdeen, UK, 2013

• your sailing career •

I started sailing when I was 8 years old with Optimist class in a country where sailing season never ends. Aside from racing in local competitions, I took an active role in teaching other kids in the club from a young age. I was always helping beginner Sailors learn the basics of sailing and HSS gave me the opportunity to develop as a coach where I started teaching the adult groups on laser16 and elliott 6m. There is always a lot to learn about this sport and I am also trying to introduce Sailors to cruise sailing and share my enthusiasm for sailing coupled with exploring the Finnish archipelago.

Dipesh Nerpagare

Sailing Center Coordinator, Adult Sailing Green and Blue groups

dipesh@helsinkisailing.com / +358505553115

• education •

Dingy Instructor, Yachting Association of India 2012-2021
Power Boat certificate, Yachting Association of India
RYA yacht master offshore (Theory), Royal yachting Association 2011

• your sailing career •

Assistant national coach of the Indian sailing team by the Sports Authority of India for the Asian Games in 2014 and Olympic qualification in 2016
29er events coach for the world championship in the UK and the youth world championship in Malaysia, 2015
ILCA class coach in the Olympic qualification in Abudhabi, 2016
Coaching at TOP-Level sailing academy: preparing the Indonesian East Jawa team for the National Games (2016), Taiwan (2017) and Egyptian (2019) teams for their Nationals championship Series
Head Coach for Aquamarine- AMS sailing foundation Mumbai, 2018-2019

I started sailing in 2006 in Sea Cadet corps India in the Optimist sailing class and won many regattas in my Opti sailing career in India. Later I sailed the 29er sailing class and many other youth classes. I started coaching in Optimist class in 2012. I have coached ILCA, 29er 470 class, and attended international events like European championships in the Netherlands in 2014 and 2015. Along with these, I have attended various Asian events with 29er classes with the Indian team. I have been part of the J122 sailing yacht team in Mumbai since 2017 as a crew and enjoyed racing in multiple races in India. I represented India in the Nansha International regatta in 2019 in China Fareast 26 class. Prior to HSS, I coached the Open Skiff class in India (2019-2022). We were preparing the teams for the World Championships but couldn’t attend due to Covid.


Ilya Baraev

Adult and Youth Sailing Blue group, Adult and Youth Sailing Beginner’s courses

ilya@helsinkisailing.com / +358 50 4839965

• koulutus •

Ohjaajakurssi, PORY, 2015
Ohjaajakurssi 2, SPV, 2021
National Umpire, appointed by SPV, 2014
International Umpire, appointed by World Sailing, 2019

• oma purjehdusura •

Sailing since 2008
Fleet racing since 2011
Match racing since 2012
Umpiring since 2014
Teaching and Coaching since 2015
Foiling since 2016

Most of my sailing career was dedicated to match racing. As a skipper won a couple of Grade 4 events and was ranked in the top 100 in the World Sailing Match Race Ranking. As an umpire participated in multiple Grade 1 and World Championship level events, including WIM and WMRT events. As a sailing instructor and coach had most experience with teaching basics of sailing to adults and match racing tactics for racers.