Team Pirates of the Chesapeake

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Jodie Perkins has volunteered to help out teampotc as ground crew during the Tybee500.  She brings a wealth of experience to our team due to the fact that shehas helped out in a number of Worrell 1000 and Tybee 500 campaigns in the past. She’s already helping us tie up some of our loose ends in [...]

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Well, I’ve done everything I can with the boat while it’s been in my garage. We had a nice scrap down the side of our Port hull, the we believe was caused by arun in with a lawn mower last year.   The Tybee Sponsorship logos also hadto come off the front of the hulls [...]

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Elizabeth Chapman, (Keith’s neice) was kind enough to design us our very own JollyRoger logo, that incorporates the homes waters of the Cheseapeke Bay.  Keithcame up with the idea of using crab claws and legs around the traditional skull, andElizabeth, took it to the next level.  It must be nice having such a talentedartist is [...]

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The Good – The sails arrived for Performance Catamaran – Yippee!!
The Bad – The order isn’t right –
The Ugly – The problem is, they sent us a plain white spinnaker with a patchsetup for an end pole snuffer.  We should have received our custom spin the Keithdesigned with a patch setup for the mid pole [...]

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Well, our home fleet finally had its yearly awards party.  This is when we allgather to see old friends, tell stories and honor the teams that came out week afterweek taking top honors in the racing series.  The trophies were made by our fleetcommodore Roger Holmes, and he’s out done himself yet again this year.  [...]

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At the end of the sailing season last year, Keith and I finally got around to puttingon the self tacking jib track.  This nifty piece of hardware really makes thingseasier for the crew.  When tacking upwind, the crew no longer needs to uncleatthe jib sheet, pull the jib to the other side of the boat [...]

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There are many ways for interested folks to help out with this adventure.  Butwouldn’t it also be cool to come along for the ride?  Check out the “Become aPirate” link.  This is an opportunity for you to join up and have your name onthe boat to go along for the Tybee-500.  You’ll be listed on [...]

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A special thank you is given to ai solutions for helping us out by becoming acoporate sponsor for the Pirate team.

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Kokatathas just announced that it will be joining the Pirates of the Chesapeake Sailing teamas a Corporate Sponsor.  Keith and I have been using there dry suits fora couple of years now and have been very impressed with how well they hold upto the conditions on the boat.  They’re breathable, which means you won’t getwet from the [...]

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