{"id":4297,"date":"2025-10-21T05:39:00","date_gmt":"2025-10-21T05:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sailsporttalk.com\/?p=4297"},"modified":"2025-10-21T13:57:33","modified_gmt":"2025-10-21T13:57:33","slug":"guest-rotarian-and-sailor-alison-healy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sailsporttalk.com\/index.php\/2025\/10\/21\/guest-rotarian-and-sailor-alison-healy\/","title":{"rendered":"IYFR-SF Commodore Alison Healy"},"content":{"rendered":"<body>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Columbian Naval Tall Ship <em>Gloria<\/em>, Mexican Naval Tall Ship <em>Cuauht\u00e9moc<\/em>, Peruvian Naval Tall Ship <em>B.A.P. Union<\/em> and other Navy\u2019s Tall Ship\u2019s visit the United States and other country\u2019s as ambassadors for diplomacy, to represent their country\u2019s music, art and exports and to train their naval cadets to be officers.  Recently the  <em>Gloria<\/em> visited San Francisco during Fleet Week, and IYFR-SF Commodore Alison Healy, helped arrange for some of the logistics for the ship.  She is an insider into the ways of Tall Ships and has sailed aboard several of them as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Jan 23, 2024<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Listen in on Alison\u2019s insights of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.iyfr.net\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.iyfr.net\/\">International Yachting Fellowship of Rotarians<\/a> worldwide and her passion for Tall Ships worldwide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-vimeo wp-block-embed-vimeo wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"(Audio 252) Sail Sport Talk with Karen Lile and Rick Tittle: Commodore Alison Healy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/908113193?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"829\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sailsporttalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/alison-healy.jpeg?resize=829%2C1024&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4298\" style=\"width:365px;height:auto\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sailsporttalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/alison-healy.jpeg?resize=829%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 829w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sailsporttalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/alison-healy.jpeg?resize=243%2C300&amp;ssl=1 243w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sailsporttalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/alison-healy.jpeg?resize=768%2C949&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sailsporttalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/alison-healy.jpeg?w=1170&amp;ssl=1 1170w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 829px) 100vw, 829px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Orchestrated Russian Olympic Sailor exchange to HMS Rose (Captain Bailey) and sailed from CT to Nova Scotia and into the great lakes and back during hurricane season. 60 knot winds in major storm while raising the sails while aloft 140 \u2018 up in the air. Brought 42 sailors to different east coast ports just after Perestroika with Russian storyteller, Olympic sailor and PhD boyfriend.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Fell in love with tall ships in the way they teach people about team work and confidence building.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sailed on <a href=\"https:\/\/sdmaritime.org\/visit\/on-the-water-adventures\/tall-ship-adventure-aboard-californian\/\">Tall Ship Californian<\/a> for 6 months, later trained 50 volunteers to be relief deck hands<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>At the last minute rescued a cancelled state sesquicentennial celebration with then California governor. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Welcomed 8 class A Tall Ships from Indonesia, Colombia, Ecuador, Canada, Japan, Spain\u2026\u2026.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Founded non profit to host tall ships and recruited from Spain, Peru, Colombia, Ecuador, Japan, Russia, Peru, Brazil, US and more to bring ships to HI, AK, CA  WA ports.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>First woman aboard on Indonesian Ecuadorian Tall Ship, also sailed on Colombian Tall Ships.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Continues to welcome Tall Ships on the rare occasion they come to SF. Without someone recruiting they no longer make this a stop as it is too costly.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Now enroute to nonprofit <a href=\"https:\/\/floatingdoctors.com\/\">Floating Doctors<\/a> where mission to Panama nonprofit will focus on repairing their cayuco (canoes) made from one piece of wood, which carries almost 20 persons, and donating medical equipment while volunteering. If interested in being a paying volunteer in July email Alison<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Founded <a href=\"https:\/\/bayareamarineservices.com\/\">Bay Area Marine Services<\/a> in 2000 after naval engineer husband and I lost jobs due to pandemic. Now service SFPD, USCG and many more.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"681\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sailsporttalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Screen-Shot-2021-03-09-at-9.14.06-AM.png?resize=1024%2C681&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2530\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sailsporttalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Screen-Shot-2021-03-09-at-9.14.06-AM.png?resize=1024%2C681&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sailsporttalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Screen-Shot-2021-03-09-at-9.14.06-AM.png?resize=300%2C199&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sailsporttalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Screen-Shot-2021-03-09-at-9.14.06-AM.png?resize=768%2C511&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sailsporttalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Screen-Shot-2021-03-09-at-9.14.06-AM.png?w=1510&amp;ssl=1 1510w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"950\" height=\"355\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sailsporttalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/home_06-1.jpg?resize=950%2C355&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4391\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sailsporttalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/home_06-1.jpg?w=950&amp;ssl=1 950w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sailsporttalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/home_06-1.jpg?resize=300%2C112&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sailsporttalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/home_06-1.jpg?resize=768%2C287&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 950px) 100vw, 950px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/body>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Columbian Naval Tall Ship Gloria, Mexican Naval Tall Ship Cuauht\u00e9moc, Peruvian Naval Tall Ship B.A.P. Union and other Navy\u2019s Tall Ship\u2019s visit the United States and other country\u2019s as ambassadors for diplomacy, to represent their country\u2019s music, art and exports and to train their naval cadets to be officers. Recently the Gloria visited San Francisco during Fleet Week, and IYFR-SF Commodore Alison Healy, helped arrange for some of the logistics for the ship. She is an insider into the ways of Tall Ships and has sailed aboard several of them as well. 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