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Sailing puts Rocky Cipriano’s mind at ease to manage challenges in business.
Today, Rocky Cipriano, owner of Insight Marketing, turns to sailing to put his mind at ease. Being out on the water, though, didn’t always bring peace to the Mamaroneck native and current resident. His first sailing experiences were as a teen with a friend whose family had a sailboat.
Cipriano describes growing up at the beach and enjoying the calm that typically is associated with the sport, but one afternoon the teens made a terrible mistake of heading out on the water without first checking the weather. Cipriano says the afternoon ended in a near death experience neither will ever forget. The friends got caught in a storm, made some technical errors that left them unable to control the sailboat amidst harrowing 4- to 6- foot waves. His friend had jumped in and was not able to stall the boat. Fortunately, the Coast Guard came to their rescue but it was an experience that for a while kept Cipriano away from the sport.
