Banderas Bay Crew

The Banderas Bay Regatta crew has been selected based on the years of sailing experiences. Roger wisely chose Di as his first mate and back up helmsman. This will allow him to have dinner and a place to lay his head for a few more days. Based on the start antics he may get to enjoy more favors in the future.

Bruce Tomlinson was chosen based on his ability to close the hatches whenever the first mate asked, major job on Di's Dream with her seven foot headroom. Roger also figured Bruce would know when to let go or the spinnaker sheet so he wouldn't go flying into the air. This has been know to happen during race week.

Bruces's wife Paula, Aka gimp was selected as social direcctor and primary souvenir shopper extroidenaire. She could be found in the sunnies spot on the boat even while we were racing.

Our last grinder selected was Chip Prather mainly because he could put out any fires if the boat got overheated while dueling with Destiny. His past life prepared him for this demanding position. His secondary assignment was jib trimmer.

For rail candy the nimble Katie Prather was the obvious choice. As the best looking rail candy we fully intend to win the parade of boats! She also was selected as the endurance coach for her long distance walks every morning to get us in shape to endure Roger's antics. Somehow the rest of the crew never got her training memo and may not be up to her standards.

A little about our skipper, well maybe not a little about Roger. He deserves an entire to himself but I won't bore you with that right now. He is our Master and Commander right down to the choosing that particular soundtrack as our battle song. With the music blasting and the rail buried in the water all we can see of Roger is a smile. Let's hope it is still there Saturday evening after the exhausted crew gathers for our celebratory dinner.