Team Annapolis - Jack Biddle, Skipper

Jack was introduced to racing late in his sailing career, and drove his first sailboat race at 30 years old aboard his J/30 the former “Irish Wake.”

With the acquisition of J/105 RUM PUPPY in 2000, he and core crew Brent Allen and Leigh Patterson have steadily moved up in the class rankings over the years, where ‘winning the party’ and ‘chillin the most’ - while still paramount goals of the program - are closely followed by trying to put in an occasional good race. He attributes Rum’s steady improvement in the 105 Fleet to the outstanding competition provided in the class by world class sailors such as current J/22 World Champion Alec Cutler (Hooked on Tonics), Farr 40 World Champion and J/105 National Champion Steve Phillips (Le Renard), and many other outstanding J/105 club racers
in the very competitive Chesapeake Bay J/105 Fleet.

Both of Jack’s parents passed away of cancer at age 60, with their families by their sides, at home and comfortable because of the work of Hospice and the many contributors and supporters who make it possible.

Read an article from the The Capital, Annapolis, Md. published September 16, 2004
By NANCY NOYES

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