Steve Colgate is founder and CEO of the Colgate Sailing School, which he founded in 1964. He has taught thousands of people to sail and to improve their sailing. A fierce competitor, Steve learned to sail at age 9, made his first transatlantic race at 19, and has been racing at the highest levels of the sport ever since, with two America's Cups trials, 20 Newport to Bermuda races, seven Fastnet races, including the tragic 1979 race, the Olympics, and six transatlantic races.