Schooner Maggie B » Former Crew

Curtis Weinrich

webmaster — Thu, 01 Dec 2005 08:23:14 +0000

Chemist by schooling, builder by training, stubborn and somewhat irreverent by birth, Curtis is on a quest to reinvent the wheel, as it were. Determined to find out if the world really is round, he has joined forces with the wonderful crew of the Maggie B to make his first experience ever setting foot aboard a sailing vessel a rounding of the infamous Cape Horn.

Before this trial by fire, he has been, in turn, a forklift operator, concrete flatworker, printing factory grunt, lawn god (actual job description), DOE researcher, strawbale house builder, farmer, aspiring writer (to what he doesn’t know yet), commercial fisherman, and busboy.

When not being gently prodded by the Captain of the Maggie B to hurry up and write his bio, Curtis is spending his time aboard being awestruck at the otherworldly beauty of southern Chile, cooking, avoiding doing the dishes, and reading. Son of four parents, older brother to 3, friend to many, Curtis resides mainly in his own head.

Willis Sautter

Frank — Thu, 01 Dec 2005 08:19:49 +0000

Willis ran into the crew of the Maggie B at the Antigua Classic Race Week, where he was finishing a season of sailing his own boat through the islands of the eastern Caribbean. Prior to running off to sea, he received a J.D. from the University of Chicago (which, he later discovered, is little use on a boat) and practiced law for several years in Washington, D.C. As his previous sailing experience has been confined to the balmy waters of the Caribbean, he looks forward to sailing new (colder) waters and seeing new places.

John Steele

webmaster — Thu, 01 Dec 2005 08:19:47 +0000

John Steele is President of Covey Island, the builder of the Maggie B.

A boatbuilder since his school days, John was one of the original Covey Island partners when the yard was established in 1979. He was voted Entrepreneur of the Year by the Bridgewater & Area Chamber of Commerce in 1994.

Independently, John is currently (2005) building a 56′ cruising schooner for himself and his family. One inspiration for the project is his years of experience at Covey Island building custom vessels with traditional styling. The other is a year-long sabbatical spent sailing in the Caribbean, Ireland and England with his family on 53′ Marguerite T, an original (1893) Bristol Channel pilot cutter they owned and restored.

Valentine Michon

Frank — Thu, 01 Dec 2005 08:13:27 +0000

Valentine Michon is a student in History from Strasbourg.

She hopes to join a University program towards her Masters in History and Geography and anticipates teaching in a secondary school. After spending a year in Saskatchewan, Valentine realized that there are many other places in the world and she started to enjoy traveling — from the Sahara to the Caribbean.

Bori is a close friend and she is happy to join her for her first real sailing experience.

Nadia Mohammedi

Frank — Thu, 01 Dec 2005 08:13:13 +0000

My parents are from Algeria and I was living in Toulouse, but I found it too cold so I moved to Caracas to work for a Social Forum. I took a sailboat from Venezuela to Antigua to be with my friend Mounira and to travel with her.