Skipper - Dan
Perkins
Crew - Tripp Cashel & Ben
GreenfieldFleet 85, ILCA Mentor Bill
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Dan Perkins, age 19, born and
raised in Niantic, Ct. Dan will be a sophomore at BU studying
business finance and is on the BU sailing team. Dan started sailing
at age 7 growing up through the NBYC sailing program. Dan went on
to sail nationally in Optis and C420 including USSailing Youth
Championships the past two years. When not campaigning his C420 you
can find Dan getting a ride on a Lightning or Atlantic in NBYC
weekend series. Dan has enjoyed his C420 sailing experience so far
and is looking forward in starting his next stage of his sailing
education in the competitive Lightening Fleet.
e-mail Dan
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| Tripp Cashel, age 19, will be a sophomore
studying engineering at Boston University and is on the BU sailing
team. He attended high school at Tabor Academy; Tripp was
the captain of the '07 Team Racing National Champs. Tripp grew up
sailing IODs, Bulls eyes, Optis, and 420s, at Fishers Island, in
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Ben Greenfield, from Rhode Island, is currently a
freshman pre-med student at Boston
University and on the BU sailing team. Although new to Lightning’s,
Ben grew up sailing on Narragansett Bay competing predominantly in
420s. Since leaving junior sailing, Ben is still an avid regular
competitor in the 420 class and also in the 505 and looks to further
improve himself through the Lightning Class.
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2008 Racing Schedule
May
24th
Niantic Bay Saturday Series
June
31st- 2nd Niantic Memorial Day Races
7th Niantic Saturday Series
14th-15th CT / RI District Champs, Cedar Point YC
July
5th-6th 70th Anniversary
Regatta
12th Niantic Saturday Series
19th Niantic Saturday Series
26th-27th Atlantic Coast Champs, Rock Hall YC, MD
August
2nd-
3rd Brian Hughes Memorial Regatta,
Newburyport Yacht Club, MA
8th-13th North American Championships, New York YC, RI
17th Niantic Saturday Series
23rd- 24th Squam Lake Annual Regatta, NH
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