Mercury Invitational Regatta entries:

 

1.      Jeff Linton
Tampa, FL 33606
aslinton@aol.com

Selection of Top Honors
2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005 Classic Moth Midwinter Champion
2008, tactician, 1st place Corsair 27 National Championship
2008, tactician, 1st place Lightning North American Championship.
2008, first place at the Chilean National Lightning Championships, Concepcion, Chile
2008, 2006, 2003 Lightning Southern Circuit Overall Winner
2007 Rolex Yachtsman of the Year
2007, first place at the South American Lightning Championships in Tomine, Colombia
Lightning World Champion 2007 in Athens, Greece and 2001 in Marsala, Italy
Second place at the U. S. Sailing Championship of Champions, 2007, Mission Bay, California
2007, Flying Scot North American Champion, Deltaville, VA
2007 Lightning Winter Championship, St. Petersburg, FL
2007, 2006 Flying Scot Wife-Husband National Championship
2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2003 Classic Moth North American Championship in Elizabeth City, NC
2007 Ft. Lauderdale-Key West Race line honors and record, as tactician aboard Stars & Stripes catamaran.
2006 US Sailing Offshore Championship, Lloyd Phoenix Award, tactician, Long Beach, CA
2006, 2003 Lighting Midwinters, Miami
2006, Key West Race Week, tactician, Melges 24
2005 Etchells World Champion tactician, San Francisco Bay, CA
Shortlisted for the 2005 Rolex Yachtsman of the Year
2004 Sandpiper 15 World Champion, Useppa Island Florida
U.S. Sailing Team at the 2003 Pan Am Games, Sunfish Class
Florida Council Distinguished Yachtsman of 2003
Innovation Award Winner, 2002 Classic Moth Class
Top dinghy skipper, Coppa dei Campioni 2002, Sardinia, Italy
2000, 1997, 1995, 1994, 1993 Sunfish North American Champion
1998 Prince of Wales US Sailing Match Racing Champion, Annapolis, MD
Top-five finishes at the Sunfish World Championships  (1993-2004)
1995 Honorable Mention in the Sailing World Medal of Achievement for One Design

 

2.      Brad Funk,

Plantation, Florida

zonesail@aol.com

2 time All American, Old Dominion U.

Miami Olympic Classes Rregatta, Laser Champ 2005

9th, Laser Worlds, 2008

8th Moth Worlds, 2009

Tied for first in Laser Olympic Trials, 2008

3 time Vanguard 15 Midwinter Champion

US Sailing Hinman Team Racing Champ, 2006

 

3.      Moose McClintock

Newport, RI

Moose.mcclintock@dimension-polyant.com

Young America Team for America’s Cup, 1995

America 1 Team for America’s Cup, 2000

5 time Congressional Cup Champ

5 time J24 World Champ

J22 World Champ, 1994

Admiral’s Cup Champ, 1997

IMS World Champ, 2000

Crewed for daughter in Mercury a couple of times at Bristol YC, Monday Night Series, All Firsts. Watch out!

 

4.      Dick Tillman

Melbourne, FL

 LDTillman@gmail.com

 1965 Rolex Yachtsman of the Year

Many times National and North American Champion in Snipes, Finns, Sunfish and Lasers

1976 Olympic Team

Renowned sailing author; most famous book: Laser Sailing

In Laser Masters competition, he won the North American Championships in 1981 and 1982 and was the 2002 Great Grand Master Laser World Champion.

He is currently president of the International Sunfish Class Association