Jeff Causey: Boat Operations Manager of INEOS Britannia, 2024 America’s Cup Challenger
When: Tuesday, January 21, 2024 @ 7:00 pm (Social Hour at 6:15 pm)
Where: Olympia Yacht Club, 201 Simmons St NW., Olympia, WA
Join us on January 21 for an evening with Jeff Causey of the INEOS Britannia Team, the sailboat that raced against Emirates Team New Zealand in the recent America’s Cup in Barcelona, Spain.
Jeff started his sailing career as a child on the waters of Budd Inlet and then went on to join the Portland State University varsity racing team, where he was a 3-time All-Conference Skipper. Since 2004, he has worked in professional yachting, racing, rigging, and project managing on sport boats, TP52s, Maxis and more. He was with Oracle Team USA for two America Cups, and two America Cups with INEOS Britannia, which was the winner of the AC37 Prada Cup in Barcelona. He currently is Boat Captain of Katana GL52.
He will share his career journey from Budd Inlet to Barcelona, the challenges of keeping the crew safe on a multimillion dollar sailboat that flies through the water at 50+ knots, and lessons he has learned.
If you have not experienced the exciting world of America’s Cup racing, do an internet search for “America’s Cup 37” and check out the You-Tube racing videos. It is slightly different from our SSSS races.
We encourage our younger sailors from Olympia Community Sailing to join us and will have pizza available for those who are hungry.
The doors of the Olympia Yacht Club will open and a social hour will begin at 6:15 PM, with the program beginning at 7;00 PM. We will a have informal conversation in the back corner about participating in SSSS races.
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