Proudly serving our country in the United States Army for 13 years, Captain Francis J Racioppi, Jr. was a Ranger-qualified Infantry Officer and a Green Beret in the Army Special Forces.

Co-founded by brothers Kilian and Sean Duclay of Huntington Station, NY, SailAhead is a non-profit organization that uses sailing and the ocean as a therapeutic platform to help heal U.S. Armed Forces veterans suffering from PTSD.

Let’s Take a Veteran Sailing has two purposes. The first is to increase awareness of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and the fact that it is often overlooked. The second is to spread the word about SailAhead and what we do.