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Sailing into the Future Susan Marquez On the fourth of July, Anna Marie “AM” Jones was a bartender at the Jackson Yacht Club. The next day, she was named the club’s full-time sailing director. 16 • SEPTEMBER 2022
And five days later, she was headed to the Eastport Yacht Club in Annapolis, Maryland, for immersion training with one of the nation’s premiere sailing programs. “It was a lot in a short period of time,” she laughs. Anna Marie grew up two minutes down the street from the Yacht Club. “I went to sailing camp there when I was fourteen years old,” she recalls. “Everyone has fun at sailing camp, but only a small percentage really get into it. I was in that small percentage. I loved everything about it.” She attended camp again at age fifteen, and by the time she was sixteen, she was an instructor at the camp. “I also went to work at the Yacht Club. I think I had every job you could think of there while I was a teenager.” From server to lifeguard to sailing instructor, Anna Marie has learned all aspects of the club. After graduating from Madison Ridgeland Academy, Anna Marie attended Ole Miss. “I finished in three years with a degree in general business and a minor in English.” She then returned to the place she knows best, the Jackson Yacht Club. While in Annapolis, Anna Marie had to piece together the various programs the club there offered. “They had adult sailing classes, but they had to look beyond that and provide something after the classes were done. They also had classes and programs that considered a person’s age, type of boat, and their skill level. They also did family sailing classes. I was most impressed with the Tuesday night sail, where hundreds of boats were out on the Chesapeake Bay. We could easily do that at the Reservoir.” When she returned from Annapolis, Anna Marie hosted Nan Walker, a national sailing program consultant, at the Jackson Yacht Club. “Nan came in and evaluated our existing programs. We are now creating a framework for programs that we can implement here for future generations of the club to support and sustain a community of sailors and a culture around water-based activities. We are looking at what our club can be in the future, starting with our current assets. We have six Catalinas that no one knows about. We need to start by utilizing those.” Anna Marie will also be implementing additional water activities such as stand-up paddle boards, rowing shells, and kayaks. “During sailing camp, if there is no wind, the kids usually end up in the swimming pool. That’s fine, but since we are lake-based, I wanted other activities. If sailing doesn’t resonate with a kid, they may end up loving kayaking.” A US Sailing Level 1 instructor, Anna Marie has spent several years as a summer sailing camp leader at JYC, as well as teaching Scouts at Camp Hood in Hazlehurst. She is also CPR and SafeSport trained with US Sailing. On the go since she was named as the club’s first ever full-time sailing director, Anna Marie attended the Junior Lipton’s regatta at Fairhope Yacht Club in Alabama, followed by an adult regatta in Pass Christian. “It was time for the Jackson Yacht Club to have a full-time director,” she says. “Until I came on board in July, it was a volunteer position.” As the club has grown, and the emphasis on sailing has become more intense, Anna Marie is poised to grow the program and carry it into the future. “I feel blessed to be here. We already have so many wonderful amenities here and so many wonderful things we can offer.” Hometown MADISON • 17
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