David F. Bacon: Sailing Resumé


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Summary

13 years of regular sailing experience, 7 years as a racing helmsman on J/24's.

All experience listed is as captain/helmsman unless otherwise noted.

Racing

1999-2005: Campaigned J/24 in the Wednesday night race series at the Manhattan Yacht Club, North Cove Marina, Manhattan.

2004: Crew on Donnybrook, Custom Santa Cruz 73, Vineyard Race.

2003: Tactics, foredeck, Mad Mad Hatter, Ericson 32, Hudson River Yacht Racing Association (HRYRA) weekend series. First in class (PHRF B).

1998-1999: Various positions, frostbite racing series sailed on Colgate 26's at the Colgate Sailing School, Jersey City, New Jersey.

1997-1998: Co-captain and helmsman of J/24 in the Tuesday night race series at the Manhattan Yacht Club, North Cove Marina, Manhattan.

1995: Mainsheet trimmer, Crossbow, Contessa 35, in Long Island Sound PHRF series. Third in class in Block Island Race.

Chartering and Delivieries

2004: Crew on delivery of custom Santa Cruz 73 from Annapolis to Saint Martin.

2002: First mate on delivery of Beneteau 36 from New York Harbor to Three Mile Harbor, Long Island.

2000: Weeklong charter of First Command, Morgan 445 center-cockpit sloop, from BVI Yacht Charters, Road Town, British Virgin Islands.

2000: One-day charter of a Catalina 27 from Cooper Boating, Vancouver, British Columbia.

1999: First mate on delivery of Miss Manhattan, a Beneteau 432, from South Amboy, New Jersey, to Hampton Roads, Virginia.

Daysailing

1997-2002: Member of the Manhattan Yacht Club. J/24's in New York Harbor.

1996: Member of the Croton Sailing Club, Croton, New York, on the Hudson River. Rainbow 24's on the Tappan Zee, New York.

1994-2001: Cape Dory Typhoon in Boothbay Harbor, Maine.

1991-1994: Member of the Cal Sailing Club. Lido 14's, Lasers, Rhodes 19's, and Ensigns.

1986-1988 Owned sailing dinghy of dubious provenance on City Island, New York.

Classes

5/98 J/World 3-day J/24 racing workshop with Ed Adams.

5/95 J-24 Racing clinic, Manhattan Yacht Club.

5/95 Racing Tactics and on-the-water clinic taught by Steve Benjamin at the Nyack Boat Club, New York.

7/93 J-24 Basic Coastal Cruising prep class, Berkeley Sailing School.

'91-'93 Weekly keelboat lessons in Ensigns at the Cal Sailing Club. Docking manuevers under sail, COB retrieval, tillerless sailing, night-time pilotage.

Service

1999: Chair, Boat Safety Committee, Manhattan Yacht Club.

1993-1994: Taught inroductory sailing at the Cal Sailing Club on Lido 14's in San Francisco Bay. Points of sail, COB retrieval, reefing, capsize recovery.