Team Southwest Harbor, ME
representing Hospice Regatta of Maine - Competing 2010 skipper Stuart Johnstone

Stuart has been sailing on boats since he was nine months old, starting out on a leaky Lightning in Lago de La Cocha, Cali, Columbia. As a child, he learned the ropes cruising on Hinckley's in Maine for a dozen summers. His racing started by age ten crewing on Penguins, Rainbows, Solings with his parents. By age thirteen got kicked off the boat by his Dad, then started racing Sunfish then 470s until college. Later, the family business started out with the J/24 and then his one-design/ offshore experience expanded worldwide. Stu's offshore sailing has included skippering/ tactics on Santa
Cruz 70s, Farr 60s, Nelson Marek 45s, IOR Maxi's amongst others.

Sailing CV Summary:
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1979 & 1980- Two time Intercollegiate Sailing All-American- Tufts University

1980- U.S. Intercollegiate Sailor of the Year- only person to place in all
four men's categories (Singlehandeds, Dinghies, Sloops, Team Racing).

1981- USYRU Tean Race National Champion (with Ed Adams and Scot Ferguson).
1981- World Team Race Championship- England- Runner-up

1983- J/24 Worlds- Malmo, Sweden- second- tactician

1985, 1986, 1987, 1992, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2005- Chicago-Mackinac Race-
Division Champion (J/40, J/44, J/120, Santa Cruz 70)

1989 & 1990- ZIPLOC Ultimate Yacht Race- World Professional Sailing
Championship- Overall Champion 14 Division

1990- COWES Week- Cowes, IOW, England- CHS I Division Winner- J/44 J-Hawk-
skipper

1991- J/24 World Championship- Athens, Greece- Winner- Tactician for Ken
Read

1991- SPI OUEST Week- La Trinite Sur Mer, France- CHS I Division Winner-
J/44 J-Hawk- skipper

1992- J/24 European Championship- Cowes, England- Winner- Skipper

1996, 1997, 1998- Chicago Sailing World NOOD- Division Champion- J/105s-
tactician

2001, 2002, 2003- Chicago Sailing World NOOD- Division Champion- Santa Cruz
70- HOLUA- Skipper/ Tactician

2002- J/105 North Americans- Chicago, IL- 3rd- skipper

2009- Rolex Block Island Week/ Rolex NYYC Race Week/ Rolex Big Boat Series-
J/105 Class- 1st, 1st, 2nd- tactician

2009- J/105 North American Champion- Rye, NY- First- Tactician

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