Marion-Bermuda

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“Fortune favors the prepared mind - and the same can surely be said of the prepared yacht captain.”

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NEWS

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Bermuda Sun: Marion Bermuda is not an easy race says Williams

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Race Book - 2013

Marion to Bermuda Cruising Yacht Race

Marion Bermuda Participant Profiles

	Bob Anderson Seekonk, MA USA Ariel Alden 44 SUGGESTIONS FOR FIRST TIME SKIPPERS: Start early (like now for next year). Talk to other boat owners that have done the race recently and preferably for the first time recently... Read Profile
	Bob Kostyla Marion, MA USA Corsair C & C 40 SUGGESTIONS FOR FIRST TIMERS: Sail on a sound boat with an experienced catain. Choose your crew carefully as the boat becomes small very quickly, and plan very well... Read Profile
	Bill Knuff Groton, MA USA Walkabout Little Harbor 38 SUGGESTIONS FOR FIRST TIMERS: Get experience doing coastal overnighters. Get to know the Skipper, the Crew and the Boat personally prior to signing as crew... Read Profile
	Roy & Gail Greenwald Winchester, MA USA Cordelia Valiant 42 SUGGESTIONS FOR FIRST TIMERS: Don’t forget those special midnight snacks!... Read Profile
	Barlett and Constance Paulding Walkabout Little Harbor 38 SUGGESTIONS: The trip is rigorous and the quarters are close and various challenges will occur. It is vital that the relationship between skipper... Read Profile
	David Patton North Reading, MA USA Fiddlers Green Tartan 42 SUGGESTIONS FOR FIRST TIMERS: Start preparing this Fall and ask all the questions you want... Read Profile
	Anne Kolker Stonington, CT USA Etoile 52 Foot Salon Sloop ETOILE KEEPS HER SPIRIT OF LIFE What sets Anne and Etoile apart is that she almost gave up her boat and stopped sailing altogether when her husband died nearly two years ago... Read Profile
	Ron Wisner Marion, MA USA Hotspur Rhodes 41 SUGGESTIONS FOR FIRST TIME SKIPPERS: A wise sailor told me before the race to "beware of fast reaching". I believed we had taken a sober approach and aside from being pooped twice filling the cockpit and despite the stinging rain in our faces, the boat handled it just fine.... Read Profile
	David Risch Marion, MA USA Corsair C&C 40 FATHER SON TEAMS RETURN TO FINISH WHAT THEY STARTED Ocean racing inevitably flushes out every character flaw and strength inherent in the crew. CORSAIR entered the race with one paramount mission; to share the humbling and exhilarating experience of an offshore race, bonding fathers, sons and good friends... Read Profile More... Mission Accomplished By Diane Kelley
	Mark Craig Grosse Pointe, MI USA Solutions Jeanneau 45 HOW ARE YOU PREPARING: We are preparing for the race by first delivering the boat to Newport, RI from Harbor Springs, MI this fall (2010) and wintering it there... Read Profile
	Dan Biemesderfer Guilford, CT USA Shearwater Mason 43 WHY DO YOU KEEP DOING THE MARION BERMUDA RACE? There are a number of reasons I find this race rewarding. The first thing is that I just love ocean sailing... Read Profile
	Warren Zapol Cambridge, MA USA Mabuhay Sabre 362 WHAT INSPIRED YOU TO DO THE RACE? In 2003 I sailed with Skipper Jose Venegas in the MB race on his 36 ft Beneteau “Ipanema”. Jose is a great racing captain and I learned so very much from him and enjoyed that race (wherein we took Silver in our class). It remained for me to enter a period in my life when there would be sufficient time and resources to prepare my own boat, a 36 ft Sabre 362 named “Mabuhay” (a Philippine word meaning long life and good health) for this remarkable journey... Read Profile
	Mark “Gabe” Gabrielson Boston, MA USA Lyra Hinckley SQ 50 SUGGESTIONS FOR FIRST TIME SKIPPERS: Start preparations early, at least 9 months in advance. Put Safety First, Speed Second. Spend as much time planning the return as the Race itself. The Race organizers and veteran mentors do a phenomenal job of preparing everyone for the trip to Bermuda. The support system for that leg is comprehensive, well-rehearsed, and complete. It’s the trip back that you, the skipper, need to make sure is as safe, as well-planned and as fun as the trip down. Experienced mountaineers are fond of reminding rookie climbers that it’s the descent that matters. You’ve got to get down off the thing. Otherwise, summiting is kind of irrelevant. Selecting a competent and congenial crew is as important to get right as anything else you do. Consider Family First... Read Profile