The person who founded Sail Commons
Last updated October 11, 2026.
Short version: this site doesn't ask for anything from you, doesn't track you across other sites, and doesn't sell anything about you to anyone. Here's the longer, honest version.
I founded Sail Commons in July 2026 as a free, open source approach to sailing education, for young people who want to get good at sailing and don't have a family mooring or a club membership to start from.
I'm a sailor, and I run thisismyurl.com, a WordPress, learning management system and web infrastructure practice. I bring the second to the first: I build things people can teach from and rely on.
Why you can trust me on this
- Sailor, and founder of Sail Commons
- Building and maintaining WordPress sites, learning management systems and the infrastructure behind them
- Completing a master's degree in Learning and Technology at Royal Roads University, which is where I study how to teach this well
- Building on the web since 1996
What I've written here
- Two small electric outboards, and what they actually cost against a gas one
- Sixteen skippers just left France with no electronic navigation
- Two marinas just raised rates sharply, and what that means for your own slip
- A real grant for sailing programs on a shoestring, and when to apply
- What the right whale speed rule actually requires, and doesn't
- CORK, Kingston, and how a kid actually gets into a big youth regatta
- What a serious junior sailing pathway actually looks like
- Why a soft powerboat market is good news for a first sailboat
- Two inflatable PFDs, and the real difference between a vest and a belt pack
- Twelve names Canada is adding to its Sailing Hall of Fame this fall
- Hurricane season isn't over, and your policy has fine print worth reading now
- US Sailing just funded eleven youth sailing centers, and what the money does
- Guylain Noël is Sail Canada's 2026 Instructor of the Year
- Sailing news for people the sailing press wasn't written for
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Get in touch
Email me at hello@sailcommons.com. I read every message myself.