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 2024

Junior Head Coach

Lucas Swan

lucas@helsinkisailing.com

+358 50 3777558

• experience •

National Technical Officer, Olympic Games Rio 2016, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil — 2016-2016 Race committee in the laser class.

Sailing Athlete, Rio Yacht Club, Niteroi, Brazil — 1998-2018 Sailor optimist class From 1998 till 2007 From 2007 on, sailor on Laser, 49er, snipe, IRC and ORC Classes.

• education •

World Sailing technical course for coaches LVL 1

STCW Yacht master

National technical officer in Rio Olympics

Universidade federal fluminense — Information System

Universidade Estadual do Rio de Janeiro — Oceanography

• achievements as sailor•

2007

– 2nd place nationals Optimist class

– 1st Place Classification Worlds Optimist class

– 21st Place worlds Optimist class (3rd place till half of the event)

– 2nd Place SouthAmerican Optimist class

– Gold fleet Youth Worlds laser Class

– 4th place National Snipe Class

– 2nd Place SouthAmerican IRC Class Rolex

– 1st place National events ORC Class

– Olympic Campaign 49er class.

Several Regional events in Rio de Janeiro. Along others.

• achievements as coach•

2019- 2nd Place world Championship Optimist – Richard Shoultheis

2019- 1st and 3rd place Small Nations Games – Richard Shoultheis and Daniel Chantar

2019- 1st ranking Laser 4.7 class- Saul Vassallo 2019- 1st, 2nd and 4th Raking Malta Optimist Class

2019- National Champion Optimist and Laser 4.7- Eric Pace and Saul Vassallo

2021- 1st Place Kinder Cup Italy Optimist Class – Timmy Vassallo

2021- 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th place Ranking in Malta – Timmy Vassallo, Eric Pace, Jonas Micalef and Nico Drescher

2021- Malta National Coach for Words in Lake di Garda

2022 – Performance coach ILCA Princess Sophia trophy Youth Worlds Youth European

2023 – Performance Coach ILCA Andora ILCA Senior European Palma Princess Sophie Trophy Cadiz Youth Europeans ILCA 4 Kiel Week Poland Youth Worlds ILCA 6 Poland Youth Europeans ILCA 6 Norway U21 European

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!

Lili Kotilainen

lili@helsinkisailing.com

• 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 viisi 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

• professional training•

2017 FAY, Federación Argentina de Yachting, Course 1, World Sailing.
2020 FIV, Federazione Italiana di Vela, 1 Level sailing coach.

• own sailing career•

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

2024 Optimist group responsible coach, HSS, Helsinki, 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.