Team Annapolis representing Hospice Cup XXV

Competing Skipper 2006 -- Eric Greene, Team Annapolis

Eric Greene helming Farr 31 Green Flash

Eric Greene

Eric started racing with his dad Stewart in 1970 on Long Island Sound. Sailing a PJ 43 named “Dove,” they won numerous distance races, including the Overall Performance trophy in the blustery 1972 Bermuda Race. Twenty years later they won the ocean portion of the Annapolis-Bermuda Race in a Ladd 54 cruising ketch. Eric skippered the MIT sailing team to runner up positions in two McMillan Cups and one Kennedy Cup regatta at the USNA. He also was part of the U.S Admiral’s Cup team that competed in the 1979 Fastnet Race. The Greenes are now a three-generation show welcoming Eric’s son Cole on their J-105 in the Annapolis area.

Eric Green helming J-105 Dove with Cole Greene at mast and Owen Empey seated in front

Bruce F. Empey

Bruce started crewing on 3-person dinghies at Severn Sailing Association at about 7 years of age. Probably his first notable win was as crew in the 1969 Mid-Atlantic Midget Championships. He added two trips to the Sears Cup, one to the Pan-Am Games, a number of World, Hemispheric, and National Championships. Bruce has also cruised extensively on the US East Coast, the Caribbean, and Mediterranean; with two trans-Atlantic crossings under his belt.

Eric Green helming J-105 Dove with Cole Greene at mast and Owen Empey seated in front

Cole Greene and Owen Empey

Cole and Owen have been sailing together since they were very young, and racing since about the age of 9. Most of their experience is in Optis, 420’s, a Farr 31 racing handicap, and a J-105 on which they regularly work foredeck and trim jib & spinnaker. As crew, Cole won the 2004 CBYRA 420 Midget Championship and Owen has won the Soling Ice Bowl once, and the Frostbite Series twice. Owen is Stuart Walker’s regular foredeck man for winter racing.

Eric Greene helming J-105 Dove with Stew Greene in companionway and Bruce Empey playing spinnaker

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