I have been coaching, mentoring and teaching all of my adult life. By the age of 14, I was teaching dinghy sailing to younger sea scouts on Lake Ontario. At 16, I coached in a basketball league for 13-15 year olds. As a young adult I coached teenage lacrosse teams in White Rock.

Cpt. Roger Elmes

During undergraduate studies at McMaster University I played Varsity Rugby, and trained on the Atlantic and Pacific coasts as an officer in the Canadian Navy, including sailing the famous HMCS Oriole to Alaska. I spent several years training officer cadets in seamanship, navigation and watch keeping – before the days of GPS and Chart Plotters when navigation was a science and an art.


For 15 years I taught history and political science to university students and for 20 years I worked as a Dean at Kwantlen University mentoring and coaching faculty in a wide variety of departments as the institution grew from a college of a thousand students to a university of 9000.

I have also led national organizations.

You might say that coaching, mentoring and leadership are in my blood.

So is going up the mast, something that is totally optional for students.

(Up the mast)


(Up the mast 3)

Over the last 15 years I have coached or mentored a number of sailors of varying levels of experience, skills and knowledge. I am now formalizing this by focusing the time freedom of retirement on coaching and mentoring sailors, with a focus on recreational sailing and cruising.

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With a bit of mentoring a 12 year learned how to handle this boat. (Sailing - 2006 -1104)


And this brought a big smile to her face. (Sailing 2006 -1093)


Mid-level sailors acquiring advanced skills. SailingNow Website 026)

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