Mr. Steven Jennings

The Croton Sailing School was established in 1986 by Steve and Katherine Jennings to serve the residents of the greater New York metropolitan area.
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Steve Jennings grew up sailing and racing on the Hudson River and after spending time cruising the Caribbean and managing a sailing school in Virginia, he wanted to return to the most spectacular day-sailing he had yet discovered.
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With over twenty years of sailing and teaching experience behind him, Steve Jennings founded the sailing school on the philosophy of teaching with "patience, not pressure," and emphasizing Hands-On instruction in every level of sailing.The Croton Sailing School is dedicated to giving each student personal attention and maximum sailing time.
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All our instructors are certified and personally trained by Steven Jennings.

"We've made our niche in what we call hands-on sailing," says Steve Jennings, who owns Croton Sailing School Inc. with his wife, Katherine.They started the business nearly nine years ago after returning from Virginia to Jennings' boyhood home in the Hudson Valley.

After graduating from Bucknell University, and sailing boats to the Caribbean and teaching sailing in the early 1980s, Jennings, 34, realized a suit and tie would never be for him.But the boating business was."It quite literally just grew and at the early stages wasn't even a conscious decision," Jennings says."What's ironic is I'm really more of a businessman now than a sailing adventurist."

That's bound to happen when a business starts to grow.Much like the boats he sails, guiding the business in the right direction isn't easy.To make the business viable, Jennings had to find ways of expanding it to include more than just weekend outings for those curious about sailing.There was the other question of what to do during the winter.

"We're not a resort area," Jennings says."We were thinking, 'How are we going to ' attract people?' In Key West there would be opportunities for a sailing school.

"The answer was corporate business," he continues."I took what I initially thought was a liability and turned it into a positive.That's something we'll be expanding on in the coming years."

Racing sailboats is an activity companies' can use to build teamwork, Jennings says.And they have.Crews of managers from Salomon Bros., General Electric Co. and McKinsey & Co. recently have signed up at the Croton Sailing School.And Armonk-based IBM has provided a steady stream of sailing enthusiasts.A steady stream of former IBM employees, Jennings says, who have time on their hands after taking early retirement

Jennings is putting his corporate marketing efforts into high gear.Using the telephone directory and other listings, Jennings is contacting companies and offering sailing lessons, corporate races and cruising parties as a training vehicle and an alternative for awards and bonuses.
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"Boats require a lot of time and a lot of money," Jennings says.
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"Boating in general used to be very exclusive, but the yachting image has changed," Jennings says.

"It is a great sport for girls to get involved in," said Steven Jennings, founder of the Croton Sailing School in Croton-on-Hudson, "A girl can sail just as well as a boy.They can compete on an even level.It is something they can excel at."Jennings's school has two women instructors, including the head instructor, and girls make up about 30 percent of students in its youth sailing program."We try to cultivate them," Jennings said, "because we need female instructors as role models."

... The Croton Sailing School was established in 1986 by Steve and Katherine Jennings to serve the residents of the greater New York metropolitan area.
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Last year, the RAC approached Captain Dr. Greg Schmidt and his Republican majority ship's officers about reviewing the village's contract with longtime Senasqua Park tenant and harbormaster Steve Jennings of the Croton Sailing School.
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WHEREAS, the Village has had many discussions with Steve Jennings, the owner of the Croton Sailing School, regarding an amended lease agreement; and

WHEREAS, a new lease agreement has been drafted commencing as of June 1, 2006 and ending on May 31, 2018,
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Ah, it was my understandingâ€"and it still isâ€"that since that time, the Village manager, the Village Treasurer and the Recreation and Parks Superintendent have been working with Mr. Jennings to um, ah, explore all of the issues that were raised at that work session and that this has resulted in the contract that we have in front of us, in which we um, spent some time reviewing ah, at a recent work sessionâ€"the last work session we had.
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Trustee Leo Wiegman: "That's absolutely right but I do want to add that I was a little surprised last summer when we were asked to consider renewing or bringing the sailing school and Steve Jennings to the table to discuss renewal of agreement that wasn't yet to ah, be up for anotherâ€"at that pointâ€"for another, over three years.
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Trustee Thomas Brennan: "Joe, I'd like to comment on that especially being that you mentioned to the insure cause I was uncomfortable with the insurance that Mr. Jennings written in the contract and I proposed a bigger umbrella, a bigger insurance clause and after some wrangling with the board, I was able to you know, everybody hopefully saw my point and I'm still not 100% sure that we're gonna get that coverage.
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Steve Jennings has done an admirable job as harbormaster for many years now and has thereby contributed much to the village, more deserving of gratitude than harrassment.