Mary Elkins | Modern Sailing

Mary Elkins

Digital Marketing Lead

A Bay Area native, Mary spent most of her adult life landlocked and working in the IT industry in Colorado. While employed full-time and raising three sons, she managed to indulge her love of nature and thirst for challenge and outdoor adventure through trail running, backpacking, and mountain climbing. Pining for the ocean, she returned to California in 2013 to seek new adventures. With her first sail on San Francisco Bay in March of 2016, she was immediately smitten. By her third sail, she firmly decided: “I have to find a way to make this my life.”

In April of 2017, she left the cubical life behind to work at Modern Sailing. After two years serving as a Customer Service Representative and Executive Assistant to the CEO, it was discovered that she has a knack for writing, photography, and design, and her talents were put to use in digital marketing. In the meantime, she also sailed the Bay frequently, completed ASA courses up to ASA 106, Advanced Coastal Cruising, and became a skilled sailor thanks to her friends and mentors at Modern Sailing. Mary is as passionate about her role to plan, write, and produce outbound marketing, website, print, and video content for Modern Sailing as she is about sailing itself.

Mary also plans to obtain her OUPV Captain’s License in the future and to continue sharing her passion for sailing as an ASA instructor and sailing photojournalist.

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  • Esther C

    I took ASA 101 with them recently. They have the best customer service I've ever seen! I mistyped my address when I signed up online so didn't receive the textbook. I called and the lady immediately sent me another copy! Everyone at the club is super friendly.

  • Andrew Goble, San Francisco

    It has been wonderful sailing with MSC over the years. Please extend my thanks to the owners, management, and staff for unrequited professionalism and high standards in a charter fleet. I have sailed with several in my years and none nearly hold a candle to the quality of business and staff at Modern Sailing.

    Andrew Goble and Crew
  • Warren Leiden, Member

    I try to get out on the water every week: out the Gate, around Angel, up Raccoon - I love it all. After 18 years as a member of OCSC in Berkeley, I learned to sail the bigger boats at Modern by taking ASA 103 and 104. My ASA 104 instructor Dave Russell was terrific. Also, Captain Bill Moreland has been very generous in giving informal advice whenever I’ve asked him. Thanks to Bill, I no longer have any anxiety about docking!

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Sausalito Location
2310 Marinship Way, Sausalito, CA 94965
(415) 331-8250
(800) 995-1668

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