The Big Picture: Hot Crews

August 2, 2023

Credit: Sharon Green

Westerly

One of our favorite Canadian photogs, Sharon Green, sent this great shot of the crew of Westerly, Stuart Dahlgren’s Santa Cruz 70 out of Royal Vic YC when they won ORR-B at California Offshore Race Week.

Here’s Sharon’s portrait of the team after their win.

Notorious

Skipper Kevin Brown sent along this handsome shot of Notorious, his Farr 30, at the Chicago YC Belmont just ahead of the start of the Chicago-Mac earlier this month. They finished We were 1st in Class, 6th in the Chicago-Mackinac Trophy fleet and corrected time was 23^rd overall out of 205 racing boats.

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