I have met many of the members of TSC, but not all. So, allow me to introduce myself. I'm Dave Long and I've been Race Captain at TSC since 1/1/2010. My wife Patty and I own Tip & Ring, a Catalina 310 on dock 7. We have three grown children and live in McKinney.
I've been sailing for more than 30 years, starting on a Sunfish on a lake in Omaha, Nebraska. In the mid-90's, we bought a Catalina 22 that we sailed as a family. More recently, I bought a Capri 22, then the Catalina 310 in 2005.
My youngest, Erin, currently races a Laser on the Grapevine Sailing Club youth team. My son Bob is Race Captain for the Texas A&M Sailing Team at College Station, racing 420's and is Head Instructor and Racing Coach for Grapevine, for the last two summers. Their big sister Katie helps on TSC Race Committee and takes awesome pictures, but fashions herself more as a cruiser.
I received my USCG Captain's License (Master; 50 GT; Tow and Sailing Endorsements) in 2007. I also earned my ASA Instructor certification (BKB, BCC, BBC, CN) the same year.
As far as sailboat racing... I'm a certified Club Race Officer and a Judge-In-Training for US Sailing. I started racing in the fall of 2005 with Tip & Ring, but moved to crewing on Godspeed in 2007 (with my son Bob). With my Race Captain commitments, I'm now somewhat of a journeyman crewman, as well as occasionally racing Tip & Ring. I also have a Laser (bought it to match race against Erin), but I have yet to get out on it (maybe this weekend).
When I'm not doing something with sailing, I have my day job, which is Executive Vice President of Operations and Product Development for Taqua in Richardson.
I hope to use this blog to talk about upcoming TSC racing events, descriptions of what happened in previous weekends, as well as any tips/hints that may come my way.
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