The Great Texas Catamaran Race starts on Wednesday, June 14th in South Padre Island, Texas. The race will end on Saturday, June 17th in Galveston with an awards ceremony at the Texas Seaport Museum.
Fourteen teams are expected to be on the starting line next Wednesday. Competitors hail from throughout the US including California, Arizona, Utah, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas and Connecticut.
The web site
www.pisailing.com will carry extensive coverage of this year’s event. Once again, Team Nauti Gear (formerly Team PI Sailing) will be calling in with on the water reports via satellite phone.
The following is a list of competitors in this year’s race.
Team Name Skipper Crew Team Manager Boat
TCDYC Chris Green Jessie Fulmar Irene Green Hobie Tiger
Nauti Gear Steve Piche Aaron McCulley Phil Buck Nacra 20
Team Kansas Oklahoma (TKO) Ian Sammis Stu Bernd Mary Myers Hobie Tiger
Chums I Lee Wicklund Anthony Aquila Nacra 20
Chums II Matt Morris Sean McQuilken Kirk Hooper Hobie Tiger
Team R3 Roy Newberry Jr Roy Shaw Lou Ann Shelby Nacra 20
Team Dallas John Webster Steve Foxall Andrew Barnard Nacra 20
Team Sailboat Shop Mike Rohrer Chris Holt Jennifer Dwyer Hobie 20
TBD Mike Beuerlein Patric Geery Terri Reuwsaat Nacra 6.0
Texas Performance Racing David Mimlitch Ian Billings Sherri Morris Hobie Tiger
Yost Automotive Michael Yost Kate Wodash Nacra 20
Team San Diego Carl Teyssier Glenn Brown Wally Chapman Nacra 20
Team McBok Joe Sarabok Dave McDaniel Nacra 20
Team Cuba Libre John Tomko Tiffany Tomko Robert Cummings Hobie Tiger
We wish all the teams in the race good luck this year.
