Northport Youth Sailing School (NYSS)

Instructors

In 2011, NYSS will had three full-time instructors. We were able to provide instruction at beginner, intermediate and advanced levels.

Dustin Webb is a graduate of the University of Michigan. He has a degree in secondary education and just completed his second year of teaching at Lake City High School in Lake City, MI. Dustin teaches social studies & speech, directs the school play, and coaches forensics, track and field, and cross country. He has sailed for over 25 years, having sailed before he could walk, on the waters of Northport Bay.

He grew up just north of Milwaukee, WI during the school year, but has always felt more at home in Northport. This is his third year as an instructor at the Northport Youth Sailing School.

Becca Halstedt, hailing from Zionsville, Indiana (yes there is sailing amidst the cornfields) has been sailing for the love of the sport for the past five years. She has sailed Optis, Finns, 420s, Flying Juniors, and her family's Catalina Capri 22 on Eagle Creek Reservoir, but her passion is racing lasers throughout Indiana, Ohio and Michigan on behalf of the Eagle Creek Sailing Club. Along with racing, she has assisted in a youth sailing camp for three summers. Becca loves art and hopes to follow photography or graphic illustration after high school. This will be her second year with NYSS.

Delvon Napier currently attends the Great Lakes Maritime Academy as an engineering student in Traverse City. He also studies business administration at Ferris State University. Although he grew up in Oakland, CA, he has lived in Traverse City on and off since 2005.

Delvon started his sailing career around the age of 14 on beautiful San Francisco Bay and the coast of California. He learned how to sail on an historic scow schooner called Alma and has worked on other schooners around the country. He has taught small boat sailing in California.

Delvon also enjoys travelling, camping, other water sports and writing. He teaches writing and composition.