About Joe Cooper

• Specialist in solving many problems common to sailing 30 to 60-foot-long cruiser/racers
• Experience sailing all boat types and sizes – from 9-foot sailing dinghies to 180-foot super yachts, race boats, cruising boats and everything in between.
• Racing expertise, close to 50 years, from day sailing to long distance.
• Over 30 years’ experience as a sailmaker, with extensive knowledge of sailcloth, rigging, and deck layout
• Individual (and family) & Team coaching for racing boats
• High school coach America’s Cup veteran (1977 & 1980 campaigns for Australia)
• Yachtmaster Offshore license – master of vessels up to 200 tons
• 60,000 miles of sailing experience
• Writer-Coop’s Corner in WindCheck Magazine, Sailing world, Cruising world and sail magazine
• Lectures and seminars (for your yacht club, class, builder association in the winter)
• Born in Sydney, Australia; U.S. resident for 25+ years
• Located in Newport, Rhode Island

Joe Cooper giving a talk about sailing techniques and equipment, at the West Marine store in Middletown, RI

Coach Cooper instructing young sailors on rigging headsail sheets on a J-105

Poster for a presentation at Barrington YC

Cooper in action at a seminar in California last year.