Jeff Causey: From El Toros in Olympia to Boat Captain of Britannia, UK’s Americas Cup Sailboat
April 13 SSSS Zoom General Meeting
Jeff Causey will return to the April SSSS General Membership meeting to share his recent sailing adventures, including being an Oracle USA team member in their successful 2013 defense of the America’s Cup and most recently, as the Captain of the Britannia, UK’s boat in the recently completed America’s Cup in New Zealand. Check out: https://www.ineosteamuk.com/en/moving-parts/260_Meet-Britannia-s-Boat-Captain-Jeff-Causey.html
Jeff was born in the City of Destiny (Tacoma) and grew up sailing in Olympia with the Maritime School and with Jan Visser’s Youth Program racing Lasers and Laser II’s. He raced keelboats with the SSSS through high school on such infamous local boats as Grafitti, Gadzooks, Uproar, and the Red Scare/Gayle Force Melges 24 program. He also taught sailing in El Toros on Capitol Lake for a time through Olympia Parks and Recreation.
His entry into professional sailing grew through an apprenticeship in yacht rigging. He began his formal education in the trade working for Butch Bogun in Portland while also sailing as Captain of the varsity team at Portland State University. Jeff moved to San Francisco after college and continued to work under riggers and began racing as a professional in Grand Prix classes like 1D35s, IRC 40s, and TP52s.
Since then, he has continued to race in a range of classes in venues all over the USA, from Newport, RI, to Newport Beach, California, and around the World in Sydney, Saint Tropez, Dubai and the Isle of Wight, and in many places in-between. He has participated in three America’s Cups
While he has lived in San Francisco, Bermuda, Italy, England and New Zealand, he and his family still consider Olympia home.
Join us to hear Jeff share his incredible sailboat racing adventures and respond to questions from SSSS members. We will also share the latest news regarding club cruises, races, and sailing education.
Jeff would like to tailor his presentation to the questions we have, so if you would like him to address a specific question, please email the question to: .
The Zoom Doors will be open at 6:50 pm on April 13 and the meeting will begin at 7:00 pm.
The link to register for the meeting is: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYvcO6hpzItHdzXUdJ8l-Fx0dhHH0mkFhQB
We hope you will join us.
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