USCG Captain # 1511603 (over 20 years)
Over 40 years of Sailing
FCC Tech / General KC8YWP 
40,000 Great Lake miles 
15,000 open ocean miles. 
2004 BVI to Bermuda (4th Place) "Crown Royal" Beneteau 51
2004 Bermuda to Hampton "Crown Royal" Beneteau 51
2006 Fort Lauderdale to St Thomas ,non stop "Soarcia" John Gaul
2007 Hampton to BVI Carib 1500 (2nd Place Over All) "Didi Mai" Gordon Johnson Beneteau 42
2008 Bermuda to Annapolis, double handed "LaBella Mae II" Cabo Rico 44
2008 Lake Superior to Hampton Va "Crown Royal" Beneteau 51
2008 Hampton Va to BVI Carib 1500 "Wanderlust II" Mike Harker Hunter 49

John C. Diel
76 - 92 Elect. Eng.
92 - 99 Builder
99 - 06 Mang. Youth Rehab
02-Pres Icom, Raymarine Sales
I have owned a sailboat since 1976


Captain Two
Dennis S.:
Degree in mechanical engineering and worked for 30 years for General Motors. Owned a sailboat since 1980 and have 30,000 Great Lake miles, 1500 ocean coastal miles and 10,000 open ocean
1996 Marathon, Fl. to Charleston SC, riding the Gulf Steam
1998 BVI to Newport RI , hand steering all the way with a crew of 3
2006 Fort Lauderdale to St Thomas ,non stop
2008 St Thomas to Fort Myers Beach, FL, with stops along the way
2008 Bermuda to Annapolis, double handed
2008 Lake Superior to Hampton Va
2008 Hampton Va to BVI Carib 1500

2009 Marsh Harbour Bahamas to Antigua "Sweetest Thing" Steve Stickler

2010 Panama to Cozmal Mexico

2010 Antigua to Bahamas "Sweetest Thing" Steve Stickler
2010 Bahamas to Maryland "Sweetest Thing" Steve Stickler

A little bit about myself, my interests and my plans.

In 2004 my wife and myself left Lake Huron and have sailed our way out to Maine
and will be heading to Florida at the end of next summer. We sail an Island Packet 35
named Tranquility ".