Strategies designed for

Sailing Industry Marketing

Tired of working with marketing partners who don’t know a spinnaker pole from a boom?

Digital marketing is hard enough. You shouldn’t have to worry about whether your marketing partner has a good enough grasp of the sailing world to get your strategy right. Plus, sailing industry marketing is different than general marine marketing.

If you’re wading through the challenges of digital marketing and content marketing, you need a marketer who:

  • Speaks your language
  • Understands your audience
  • Knows how to create a strong digital presence


I help sailing brands earn loyal customers. I’ve worked with sailing organizations from top sail makers to sailboat manufacturers to one design classes. 

Let’s identify your target market, clarify your message and value, and create strategies that lead to the right kind of engagement.

Wherever you fit in the sailing industry, we can create a strategy to suit your audience.

Sails | Rigging | Gear

You help sailors bring their A-game and get top performance from their boat. Let's create a marketing strategy and campaigns that will make you their most-trusted brand.

Sailboat Manufacturers

Whether you depend on dealers or a strong, growing one design class, we can increase demand for your boats and turn first-time boat buyers into repeat buyers. Let's talk about your boat marketing strategy.

One Design Classes

The boat is great, and you have devoted sailors. But do you have a plan for growing your membership? We'll create a strong online presence and resources for your class spark plugs. (Yes, it really is possible to have a sailing marketing plan!)

I understand the sailing industry because I'm a lifelong sailor.

nicole shedden sailing a thistle photo by paulbickford.com

The Thistle Class is my tribe. I’m a third generation Thistler, and now my kids (age 10 and 8) race with us on the local regatta circuit.

Nicole Shedden sailing a J/111

Other boats I’ve raced: J/70, Flying Scot, J/111, Lightning, 420, FJ, Laser, Vanguard 15, Jet 14, Sunfish, and probably some I can’t remember.

View from a sailboat in the BVI

The opportunity doesn’t come around often for me, but bareboat cruising in Caribbean waters is the best vacation, hands down.

Let's start the conversation.

Tell me about your goals.

I’d love to chat for 30 minutes about your goals. We can talk about the ways marketing could get your sailing business there and decide if we’re a good fit for each other.