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“I
Want to Crew!”
Last updated 11/11/2008
To
add your name to this list, send an email to
Cathy Bleakly, Fleet 50 Webmaster (cbleakly@cox.net))
giving your name, contact information, and experience.
However,
don't sit by the phone waiting for it to ring! Generally each
Lightning skipper has two favorite crew that sail regularly, and one or
two favorite back-ups, so it is unusual for a skipper to come here to
search for a replacement crew for a given race day. But it does
happen.
We
recommend you also check the website regularly to see which skippers have
been sailing, and which ones have not (because they were short crew?) ,
and then send email messages to one or two to promote your interest and
availability.
Many skippers, when they know in advance that they will
need crew for an upcoming race, will post a request on the Fleet 50
Yahoo Groups mail list. You should
join this
group if you want to receive the postings.
Your
best bet for picking up a crew position is to just show up at the dock on
a race day (get there a few minutes prior to the 10 AM Skippers'
meeting). Almost always there is one skipper short one crew, and
occasionally more than that. And, if all boats are full, you almost
always can secure an assignment on the Race Committee, which gets
you a free, all-day motorboat cruise on the Potomac and an opportunity to
officiate, under supervision, in an exciting athletic competition while
meeting other crew and skippers as you officiate.
Names
will remain on this list for a minimum of one year. Inactive crew
candidates will be removed from the list after one year of inactivity.
Thanks
for your interest!
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Name
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Email
address
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Phone
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Experience
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Received
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Kate Smith-Morse |
kasmores@gmail.com
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703-581-9828 |
New to sailboat racing. Referred by Craig Huzway.
Crewed for Russ Roberts on Oct 19 and Nov 2, in good winds --
and finished first both days! Sailed with Bob Wilbur on Oct 26. |
11/9/08 |
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Tarey Mellan |
tareymellan@gmail.com |
703-979-2679 |
Sailed Lightnings and Snipes many years
ago in high school. Cruised on a 34' Ferro-cement yawl in the
Caribbean for 5 years.
Currently have a funky 9' sailing dinghy, but would love to crew. |
9/30/08 |
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Janet Cohen |
jancohen53@yahoo.com |
571-292-2851h 703-257-1394 |
Raced Lightnings many years ago in high school and
college and then was landlocked for many years. |
8/28/08 |
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Patrick E. McKnight, Ph.D. |
pem725@gmail.com |
703-585-1342 |
I would like to crew on a Lightning and am available
most weekends. I have been racing for 30+ years (Lasers, 420, 470,
505, FJ's, Penguin, J-22, and J-24) but not on Lightnings. |
8/3/08 |
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Mladen Karcic |
karcic@us.ibm.com
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703-455-5819 (Home)
703-599-3928 (Cell) |
an experienced sailor who has been
sailing for over 30 years. Previous Lightning owner. Now
interested in crewing. owned 2 Lightnings (#6351 and #12962) for about
20 years. Sailed both boats in the lower Potomac, but did not race
them. Also crewed on a Fleet50 Lightning for 2 seasons in the early
90's. |
7/25/08 |
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Sarah Evans |
sarah.evans.5@gmail.com |
860-857-6646 c |
Crewed with Joe Warren on 6/8/08. Former collegiate
sailor (Div I) in 420s, FJs, JY-15s, Lasers, etc. US Sailing Level 1
Instructor with four or five years of teaching in a variety of
classes. Big boat experience. Happy to crew any position or to
skipper, as needed. Available weekends and some evenings. |
6/22/08 |
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Larry Bradley |
Larry.Bradley@gartner.com |
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Sailed with Bob Wilbur 5/18/08. "excellent
crew, has had good experience on J-24s." |
5/19/08 |
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Anderson Weaver |
cweaver2@gmu.edu |
757-377-4522 |
I have been sailing ever since I was
5 years old (almost 20 now) and I have sailed everything from Optis,
Lasers, Cats, 420's, Flying Scots (was in nationals this past June)
and also a few keel boats such as a Catalina 25, Catalina 31 and a
few Hunters in that size range. I live in Norfolk, Va. when I am
not at school at George Mason. My summer job the past 3 summers
has been on the Norfolk Naval Base, teaching kids and adults how to sail. |
9/26/07 |
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Jack Regan |
manitoujack@yahoo.com |
703.244.4862 |
Crewed on his brother's M26, a friend's J30 and
another friend's J24. Also has been sailing on Flying Scots and
a friend's S2 11.0 m.
Is looking to buy a Lightning sometime in
near future.
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9/3/07 |
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Todd Ross |
ToRoss@wcsr.com |
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many
years of general sailing experience, with some recent experience in
racing (Hobies, J-24s). |
6/1/07 |
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Geof Bishop |
geof_bishop@hotmail.com |
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Lots of sailing experience; likes competition;
comfortable in any role; 140 pounds; strong, can hike hard.
Sailed with Rick Welch a few years ago; RC September 18; 2005 Leukemia
Cup Laser. |
9/21/05 |
(To remove your name from this list, send an email
to Cathy
Bleakly,
Fleet 50 Webmaster, (cbleakly@cox.net)
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