The Big Picture: Crew

April 5, 2023

This shot came via Heather Mahady, crew on Jackrabbit who writes, “Here’s a picture attached from the Patos Island race this past weekend. We did pretty poorly but the conditions were a bit funky, anyways, hoping for better results Easter weekend at Southern Straits!”

Left to right is Matthew Bacon, Colin Nichols, Graham Heath (back), Sergo Moukminov (front), Kaleb MacDougall (back), Heather Mahady (front), and Robert Mcilveen. Marysa Curtis (not pictured) took the photo. 

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