Phil Strause

General Manager

Phil got hooked on sailing after a family trip to the BVI just before college. Shortly after he joined as crew on a J105 that campaigned throughout the Chesapeake Bay.

In 2013 he was able to go on sabbatical and sailed his 1966 Bristol 27 solo from Annapolis MD to Key West, Florida. By 2015, Phil had relocated to the San Francisco Bay Area, where he began racing out of Berkeley Yacht Club.

Phil joined OCSC Sailing that same year and went on to become Club Manager, managing corporate events as well as flotillas and adventure travel.  

In 2018 he joined Berkeley Yacht Club as General Manager.

In 2021, Phil moved back across the Berkeley Marina to join Inspire Sailing as General Manager.

Phil and his wife Moni actively race Wolpertinger a 1976 Santa Cruz 27 as well as regularly crew aboard Sea Star a Cal 39.