Brad Dellenbaugh

Brad Dellenbaugh

Brad is currently the Sailing Director of the New York Yacht Club based in Newport, RI. Prior to moving to his new job in Rhode Island, Brad had worked as a college sailing coach from 1980 to 2005 at Brown University and the U.S. Naval Academy.

An avid racer, Brad has been involved in three Olympic campaigns in the Soling class. In addition, he has served as tactician or helmsman in numerous national, continental and world championships in a wide variety of one-designs and offshore boats, including wins in one J-24 and two J-22 World Championships, as well as the 1997 Prince of Wales US SAILING Match Racing Nationals. He has served as an International Judge and Umpire, a race officer, and has been a member of the US SAILING Appeals Committee and the chairman of the Championships Committee.

Brad recently served as the chief umpire for the 32nd America’s Cup in Valencia, Spain and was an umpire in New Zealand for at the 2002-2003 Louis Vuitton Cup and America’s Cup. He also was the rules advisor/coach to the Young America syndicate at the 2000 America’s Cup and served as the rules advisor to the U.S. Olympic Sailing Team in Sydney, Australia.