Over the last 8 years, Vaughn has been the Head Coach at ISA. Having founded the business as a way of fielding his growth as a coach, he has spent over 1000 days on Banderas Bay working with numerous sailors of varying skill. Vaughn has developed a curriculum and language for sailing that is easy to understand and consistently applies to every camp. He is able to identify weaknesses and adapt to everyone’s learning curve.
Outside of ISA, Vaughn has been coaching and racing in the World Cup circuit which puts him in Europe each spring. Vaughn has coached 6 World championships including 3 medals in Laser Masters.
Since 2012 Vaughn has focused more on developing his racing skills in other boats. Having worked several months as the team manager for trimaran MOD 70 Orion in San Francisco, Vaughn got an opportunity to mingle with some of the worlds best offshore sailors.
In 2014 Vaughn began working with 2 time Olympian Greg Douglas in Finn. Afterward, he helped with the transition of Tom Ramshaw into the Finn class. Tom went on to place 10th at his first European championship and 8th at the Gold Cup in Gaeta, Italy. Vaughn has been working closely with Andrew Lewis from Trinidad and Tobago and Cy Thompson of US Virgin Islands who both qualified for the 2016 Rio Olympics. Vaughn coached Cy Thompson (ISV) at the 2016 Rio Olympics.
