Meet the Author

Hayden began sailing in his college days during the summer of 1978 when he borrowed a friend's 12' Snark and launched her on the Susquehanna River. Little did he know that this one activity would lead to a lifetime of sailing, yacht racing and ocean sailing.

Following a very successful small boat racing career in an 18 foot Chrysler Buccaneer where he reached a national ranking of second, Hayden joined a J-35 race team in New York. For the next 8 years, he raced on this team out of Mamaroneck, NY, racing the Long Island Sound scene. Positions held were jib trimmer and mainsail trimmer. Overnight ocean races out to Martha's Vineyard and Block Island were a yearly event as well as "round the buoy races" on the Sound.

Overlapping with the J-35 racing career, Hayden began to cruise the Chesapeake Bay on his Island Packet 27. Cruising and racing eventually lead to ocean sailing aboard his new Island Packet 35. Since 2001, Hayden has been extending his ocean sailing with trips into New England and south through the Chesapeake Bay.

This web site is an overview of taking the trip from the Bay to New England. I challenge you to experience ocean sailing and go beyond 100 miles off shore. Enjoy!