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Archive for August, 2009

Tom Neill

Monday, August 24th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off

As was fitting for Tom Neill's wake we ended up at The York Tavern, which was the bar/restaurant where he held his 'winter meetings' with the Nitemare Team.   The visitation was from 3-8 and by 6 many of the sailing ...

Navy Big Boat Clinic

Tuesday, August 11th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off

I was asked to coach at the Naval Academy for their Big Boat Clinic.  It was 4 days of coaching with 26 kids ranging from ages 13 to 18 sailing onboard Navy 44s. It was a lot of work for the ...