Sail1Design Welcomes New Airwaves Team Member, Martha Pitt!

photo by Robert Miglaccio

Martha Pitt grew up in Milton, Massachusetts.  Summering on Martha’s Vineyard, MA, she learned how to sail and race optis and 420s at the Vineyard Haven Yacht Club and fell in love with the sport.  She went to Milton Academy where she sailed on and was captain of the Varsity Sailing Team, winning the ISSA Team Race Nationals in 2002.

Martha attended and graduated from Boston College in 2009 having studied History and American Studies.  With the exception of a semester studying in Rome, Italy, she sailed for four years on the Boston College Varsity Sailing Team, competing primarily on the women’s circuit as a skipper.  She received numerous NEISA conference honors, was a two-time Honorable Mention Women’s All-American, won the ICSA Women’s National Championship in 2008, and was co-captain her senior year.

Martha now lives in Chicago, IL, and coaches at the Chicago Yacht Club, working with high school teams in the fall and spring, and the CYC 420 and Opti Race Teams in the summer and winter.  She continues to race as much as possible as an active sailor in the V15 and Etchells fleets.

You can contact her at martha@sail1design.comThis e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it