 He placed first in the 1975 Smirnoff Transcontinental Sailplane Race, and won the Coupe d’Europe European Sailplane Championship in 1977 at Angers, France.He is an enthusiastic sailor, winning the Eastern High Point Trophy three times, and the Douglass Trophy for match racing against Canada.He has written about 85 articles on soaring and sailing in publications such as “Yachting”, “Soaring”, “Sailplane & Gliding”, and “Popular Science”.