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Carson Agnew, class of 2002 Restoration program Born in Ft Benning GA on 1968, I spent 7 summers in Maine at a boys camp with strong sailing and woodshop programs and this laid the foundation for a ...
Posted Mar 30, 2010 1:08 PM by Emmanuel Castrinakis -
Margery Bradshaw, class of 2006 Restoration program Born in New London, CT on December 13, 1967, I studied in URI, where I acquired a BFA in Photography. In Savanah College of Art and Design, I worked on ...
Posted Jun 19, 2010 2:29 PM by Sophia Chiou -
Gina Di Renzo, class of 2006, Restoration program Born in Jersey Shore, I grew up on the water, taking my boat out regularly. Before the age of ten, I regularly seized opportunities to "borrow without asking" my fathers ...
Posted Mar 30, 2010 11:42 AM by IYRS Alumni Association -
Josh Swan, class of 2002, Restoration program Josh born on July 5, 1980, grew up in North Central Wisconsin, where after graduating from High School in Eau Claire and after a few brief life detours, he made ...
Posted Mar 30, 2010 11:45 AM by IYRS Alumni Association -
Margot Koch, class of 2010, Restoration Program I was born on 5/17/1984, in Boston, MA. I always enjoyed woodworking, from summer camp at age 8 to high school shop class. Spent lots of time working ...
Posted Jun 6, 2010 1:38 AM by Sophia Chiou -
Bob Delnickas ( Bobby D), class of 2010, Restoration Program I was born on 12/7/43, in Hartford, CT and I am so old, that my younger years are not clear. I do remember my first boat ride and ...
Posted Jun 19, 2010 2:31 PM by Sophia Chiou -
Ron Parker, Jr., class of 2010, Restoration Program I was born in Los Angeles, Ca. I won't say about my younger years, as that was too long ago to remember! I graduated from the Northeastern University, in ...
Posted Jun 6, 2010 1:39 AM by Sophia Chiou -
William Sofrin, class of 2001 Restoration program I was born in Hartford, CT, on 08/20/1980. My mother married my step father when I was 13. His mother lived in Barrington RI. That year my ...
Posted Mar 30, 2010 11:56 AM by IYRS Alumni Association -
Manos Castrinakis, class of 2007 Restoration program A few weeks after his birth in Athens, Greece, at the beginning of the 1945 civil war, Manos (short for Emmanuel) smelled the Sea surrounding the naval base his grandfather ...
Posted Mar 30, 2010 11:56 AM by IYRS Alumni Association -
Jennifer Harner, class of 2005, Marine Systems Jennifer was born in Middletown Ohio, in 1973. She was the oldest of 5 children in her family. When she was thirteen her father moved the family to a farm ...
Posted Feb 28, 2010 4:41 PM by Sophia Chiou -
Keijiro Yanagimoto, class of 2007 Restoration program Keijiro or Kei to his classmates was born in 1959 in Miyazaki Japan, a place near Okinawa. As a child he grew near a river. He remembers constructing makeshift 25ft ...
Posted Mar 30, 2010 11:57 AM by IYRS Alumni Association -
Joe Transue, class of 2005 Restoration program Originally from Auburn, Alabama, Joe learned about IYRS through friend Seth Hagen ('02) during a visit to Newport in 2001. After a few years, Joe ceded a career in photography ...
Posted Mar 30, 2010 11:57 AM by IYRS Alumni Association -
Tom Daniels, class of 2008 Restoration program After working in the white collar world for 15 years, I decided to make a switch to boatbuilding. I wrote about this and tracked my 2 years at IYRS in ...
Posted Mar 30, 2010 11:58 AM by IYRS Alumni Association -
Hank Drude, class of 2006, died July 11 2009 In 2004, after 25 years with the Cigna Insurance Company, Hank retired as vice president of Human Resources and entered the full-time program at IYRS. His goal was to ...
Posted Feb 28, 2010 12:15 PM by Sophia Chiou -
Phil Erwin, class of 1999 Restoration program I attended IYRS from 1997 to 2000 (2 year program, 1 year fellowship). I was the first and only member of my class to complete either program--programs in their ...
Posted Mar 30, 2010 11:59 AM by IYRS Alumni Association -
Jens Lange, class of 2010, Restoration Program Jens Lange was born on 29 NOV 1968 in Frankfurt/Main, Germany He came to sailing at age 18 during his mandatory civil service in Germany, his first experiences were ...
Posted Jun 6, 2010 1:38 AM by Sophia Chiou
