Tom Sitzmann, Owner
Tom Sitzmann is the former head coach of the nationally recognized Severn School Sailing Team. In just his third year with the program, Severn School won the Mallory Trophy, US High Schol Sailing's National Championship. Severn is the first and only Annapolis-area school ever to win a National Championship.
Sitzmann came to Severn after working as the head coach for the Bowdoin College intercollegiate dinghy sailing team in 1999-2005, where he led the Polar Bears to new heights in team racing, dinghy and women's sailing. While in Maine he also started his own successful sail-making business. Before Bowdoin, Sitzmann coached sailing at the US Naval Academy.
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Amanda Salvesen, Airwaves Manager
Amanda has been sailing with her family for most of her life, cruising on the Chesapeake and in New England and racing on the J-105, Mirage. She has taken part in the Annapolis Yacht Club Junior Sailing program every summer since she was 10, first sailing Optimists and then crewing in the Club 420 class. She is now a coach there for younger sailors. Currently, she is a senior at Severn High School and has been on its nationally recognized sailing team for four years, both as a skipper and a crew. Amanda is our point of contact for all AIRWAVES article questions and submissions. You can reach Amanda at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .
Lauren Morrell, Sail1Design Calendar & Events Coordinator
Lauren sails on her nationally top-ranked high school sailing team and joined Sail1Design in November, 2009. She is our manager and point of contact for calendar event submissions, and regatta results and reports. You can reach Lauren at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
Sywert Witteveen, Coach, Sail1Design Europe Manager
Sywert grew up racing sailboats in Holland, and started off in the opti class, moved on to the Splash and raced Laser 2's. Sywert gave clinics and coached at several different yacht clubs in Holland before moving to the United States. In his senior year in high school he moved to the US where he started coaching at Lake Lanier Sailing Club, and Atlanta Yacht club. As a coach he was responsible for all junior training. After finishing high school Sywert started studying Economics at the university of Georgia where he was also part of the Sailing Team. With this team he traveled to several college sailing regattas. Sywert then worked for AYC as the Optimist Racing Team Coach for two summers. During the last summer Sywert was also the biginner Optimist program manager. Sywert has also coached several USODA national team clinics as a development team coach. Currently Sywert owns and races a J-22 competitively. Now back in Holland, Sywert attends the University of Utrecht where he plans to finish up his degree in Economics. You can reach Sywert at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
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