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Michael Clow , Co-Captain and "Frontier Land Warrior" is one of the few owners who does not like to drive, "it's boring". I get a rush out of sailing doublehanded spinnaker with Kathy. Otherwise I would just as soon be Beer Boy & Cunningham Trimmer. As owner of TheYachtsman.Com I usually wear shorts and enjoy testing new gear on the boat. |
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Kathy Pitus, Co-Captain and fearless driver, loves to mix it up at the start and mark roundings. When doublehanding with Michael she can handle the helm, sheet & guy during a beam reach to beam reach spinnaker jibe. So she is not just a pretty face. |
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Reid Pouliot, long time NSSC sailor, lives on the Clinton River and has great local knowledge of Anchor Bay. His grandfather raced in the first Mackinac Race in 1926 so he is a third generation competitive sailor. He brings Tiki II racing experience to the boat with quiet confindence. |
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Michelle Drabant, a.k.a Bow Babe, has been sailing since she was a todler which is why anything from the mast forward is done with grace and strength. She also sails on her dad's boat, Knot Yours II out of PHYC. It is a rare treat to have someone well under 30 on the boat. And it is also easier to recruit young bucks for crew. |
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Lynn Jeffery has sailed the '05, '06 & '07 Anchor Bay Fall Series with Desire. And it looks like we may have him "hooked" on Tuesday night racing in. He is a very talented jib & spinnaker trimmer who has the ability to work well with the helmswoman (she won't listen to me). He brings long time sailing experience to the boat from his prior campaigns with Tiki II & Rush. |
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Deborah Crotty is new in 2008 & has taken several adult sailing classes & is very eager to learn. She participated in the 2008 BYC Women's Regatta and was on the third place boat. She will be going to J World this winter. |
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Dee Teff is an athletic dinghy sailor & halyard flyer who is transitioning to keel boat racing. She is quickly learning trim & regularly asks questions from her reading of the North Sails Trim book. Her experinece as a pilot makes understanding lift very easy. |
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Rhonda always loved watching sailboats so in 1997 she bought a Coronado 26, "The Glass Slipper". It came with one lesson. She donated the boat in 2000 and hopes to find the new owners. She joins us with a little experience and lots of DESIRE. She is quickly getting back into the groove as a backup helmswomen and one of our most enthusiastic crew members.” |
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J.T. Monaghan comes to us from Turn The Page, the 2007 Mackinac Cruising Division winner. He quickly learned how we work our bow & is helping us improve our "Frontier Land" work. |
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Visiting & Emeritus Crew |
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Jim Baker, a.k.a. Homo suesuss & Jungle Jim (see video), has been our tactician & coach for the last couple of seasons. He has the rare ability to give us the most important information in a manner that makes sense to the entire crew. He seems to have a sixth sense about wind shifts and keeps us in phase. |
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Jeff Bodkin ownes a J 80 and is also a Past Commodore from Texas. His drive and focus from the J 80 racing provides us with fresh prespective. |
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Mom Pitus crews with us once or twice a year when she comes north from Florida to visit. She provides a huge pyschological advantage because we tell the competition that we have a "Rock Star" comming up from Florida. PLUS we seem to win more with Mom Pitus because we sail a little less agressively. Mom has a rock solid stomach and is able to go below in weather that makes the rest of us quezzy. |
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Charles Harris has crewed with us for the last 6 or 7 years in the Anchor Bay Fall Series. He is always thinking and comes up with "wild ideas" that always seem to work. He has raced several Singlehanded Mackinac races and is great "in the clutch" especially when we are short handed. |
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Ian Pouliot is one of our under 30 sailors who has been sailing since he was a toddler. He is quiet AND very knowledgeable. Ian will be sailed with us several times in 2007 as our tactician & coach. He is a sailmaker at North Sails. |
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Jerry Grass is an experienced cruiser and distance doublehanded sailor on his Morgan Out Island 41. He is a Past Commodore of the DSA. He did a lot of small boat sailing in the 80's and re-kindled his interest by sailing on Fridays with a steady hand on the wheel. |
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Andromache Mason crews with us two or three times a year when she is not racing on a Petersen 37 or J80. She helmed Desire in the 1991 Friendship race and beat her dad's boat that year. Andromache can work any position on the boat and is especially helpful with "eyes outside the boat" and has a soft touch on the helm in light air. |
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John Cox was a 2007 addition to the weekend & Friday race program. John has been racing on Anchor Bay for many years with Ron Spainhour on Pagan Baby (Tripp 33). John has experience in all positions and has been very good with spinnaker trim and works great with the bow person. He also has the ability to help with tactics and strategy input while still managing his crew position. |
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Al Billings owns C-YA, an Ericson 25 SD IB, that he has raced on Anchor Bay for many years. He was a 2007 addition to the Friday & weekend program. Al has been "rock steady" on the helm when Kathy or Jerry have not been availabe to drive. When not driving he can work any other position in the boat. |
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Steven Stoll is a fellow C&C owner & NSSC memeber who raced the 2006 DSA Fall Championship as our helmsman. Steve has also completed a number of Singlehanded Mackinac races. |
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Julie Schmittdiel raced with us in 2007 because she wants to learn more about racing with a spinnaker. She has extensive Jib & Main experience on the C&C 35, Piper. She is always ready to take on new crew work and is learning fast. She also keeps us smiling and having fun. |
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Bob Smahay sells C&C's at Active Yacht Brokerage and has thousands of miles of boat delivery experince in addtion to lots of race time. He has a steady hand on the wheel and a keen mind for putting the boat in the right spot on the starting line. |
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Ralph Templin, a long time NSSC member & Anchor Bay sailor who always knows how to put his best side forward. |
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Turk Lewis is a business associate who came out sailing to help tune the boat. His first time driving he was plus or minus 5 degrees. He could be a natural. |
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