You have found the Home Page for Mark Strube Sailing. These pages will provide you with more information than you ever needed to know about Mark Roger Strube. Although he has been sailing all his life he did not make it his profession until 1997.

      

Mark grew up in South Milwaukee sailing with his parents. The picture above left shows Marko (2 y/o) giving orders to his sister Jill and parents in the cockpit of the first family boat, Questa, a 1929 Hershoff designed “Q” Boat. This boat is now on Flat Head Lake in Montana.  Mark showed an early aptitude for work aloft in the rigging. His interest in football and physical training runs deep. The last picture above shows him at about 10 years old with Jerry Faust, Head Coach for Notre Dame He attended sailing lessons at the South Shore Yacht Club and has been sailing competitively since 1970 when he was eleven years old. After his sophomore year at South Milwaukee High School his parents, Roger H. Strube, M.D. and mother, Kathy Strube moved to Green Bay, Wisconsin where he finished school at Southwest High School. He attended Northern Michigan University supported by his football scholarship. He graduated with a 3.3 G.P.A. earning his Bachelors Degree in Business Administration.

Following graduation Mark attended the University of Miami in Florida where he earned a Masters Degree in Business Management. After working for a discount stock broker in West Palm Beach for several years he left the boiler room cubical life and became the Sailing Instructor of Palm Beach Sailing Club. This position lead to many contacts in the world of national, international and professional sailing. After several years as a sailing instructor Mark became a professional sailor.

Mark has participated in the past three America’s Cups as a grinder for various challengers. He sails professionally in small, medium, large and maxi racing events. You may view Mark’s past racing history on the Resume Page. If you are interested in having Mark join your sail racing team or contracting with him for any rigging, marine equipment installation or repairs please click here or on the “Services” tab to the left.

Mark has competed over the years for the top position on the US Sailing Team in the Star Class. The top American sailors will be sent to the 2012 London Olympics. Mark and George Szabo are currently ranked second in the Star Class by US Sailing and ranked sixth in the world by the International Sailing Federation (ISAF). The last two major regattas will determine our American Olympic Sailing Teams. These events will be held in Weymouth, UK and Perth, Australia.

The voyage to the Olympics is long, difficult and expensive. US Sailing provides some support however the bulk of the cost is paid by our athletes. The American Sailing Teams depend on part-time work and contributions from folks like you to finance their efforts. If you have the means, please consider making a small nondeductible contribution to the Olympic Campaign of Mark Strube and George Szabo through Pay Pal

Larger donations may be tax deductible by writing a check to the Sailing foundation of New York. This is a 501c3 not-for-profit organization that passes contributions directly through to the designated sailors. The check should be made payable to The Sailing Foundation of New York. Write “For Mark Strube” in the memo line. The check is mailed to my registered residence address:

Mark Strube Sailing
Sailing Foundation of New York Donation
2560 Rio Palermo Ct
Punta Gorda, FL 33950

The checks will be forwarded to the Sailing Foundation of New York. This is the check routing process used by the volunteers at the Foundation to help keep their accounting in order.

You may review the support programs of the New York Yacht Club on the Sailing Foundation of New York web site:

http://sailingfoundationofnewyork.org/

The US Sailing contribution form may be found at the following Web site:

http://www.ussailing.org/olympics/documents/donationform.pdf 

Browse this Web site for more information about Mark Strube Sailing. If you have any questions or would like to speak with Mark Strube regarding a tax deductible donation to support our Olympic Team athletes, please e-mail him at strube.mark@gmail.com .