The Team
Unique backgrounds, years of campaigning experience, and a drive to win. A team since April 2023, Carson and Lindsay placed second in the US Selection Trials in 2024, closely missing out on a spot in the Paris Olympic Games. They are back again for the new Olympic cycle with the goal to podium at the Los Angeles Games in 2028.
Carson Crain
Carson grew up sailing in Northeast Harbor, ME and has spent the last 10 years focused on sailing fast high-performance boats. Leading up to the 2016 Olympics, he competed for Team USA in the men’s windsurfer division at numerous world championships, Olympic test events, and the 2015 Pan American Games. In summer 2016, Carson founded an all-American sailing team, Next Generation USA, for the 2017 Red Bull Youth America’s Cup. On the water he helmed the foiling 45ft catamaran and off the water managed the day-to-day business of running a professional team. In 2018, Carson briefly returned to Olympic windsurfing before shifting focus toward professional sailing opportunities. He joined Stars+Stripes USA for a training camp in early 2019 and trained with the team in preparation for their victory at the 2020 World Match Race Championship. In summer 2020, he decided to pursue a spot on Team USA in the mixed foiling multihull division for the 2024 and 2028 Olympic Games. As an athlete, Carson enjoys combining the physical effort with data driven innovation to get the absolute most out of any everyday of sailing.
Lindsay Gimple
Lindsay grew up in a Coast Guard family and moved often, but luckily always had a home by the water. She considers Stonington Harbor, Connecticut her homeport. Lindsay raced for Cornell University while earning a degree in mechanical engineering, appearing in two ICSA Women’s National Championships and receiving All-Academic Honors two years in a row. She worked as a submarine components engineer before returning to school to earn a Master of Sports Leadership at Northeastern University to better suit her sailing career goals.
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Until pairing up with Carson in 2023, Lindsay managed youth offshore campaigns and competed in offshore events. Her first offshore season was as the watch captain on the Swan 48 Dreamcatcher with the youth development MudRatz team. Their efforts in the 2018 Newport Bermuda Race resulted in a Class 5 win and secured the Stephens Brothers Youth Trophy. In 2019, she was the program lead and co-skipper of Dreamcatcher for the Marblehead to Halifax Ocean Race, taking 2nd in class. Since her youth campaigns, she has competed in many more offshore races including another Newport Bermuda, two Rolex Fastnet Races, the Round Ireland Race, the Annapolis to Newport Race, and the Caribbean 600. In between the Paris and Los Angeles campaigns, Lindsay was selected for the IMOCA X Magenta Project Female Leadership Development Program, where she worked for Team New Europe assisting team manager Irina Gracheva in preparations for the Vendee Globe.
Lindsay likes to give back when she can through mentoring, advising, and coaching with programs like The Magenta Project and the MudRatz.
