Team Mad Hornblowers

Team members: Dan Culpepper, Maddy Culpepper
Hometown: Stamford, CT, USA
Race vessel: Com-Pac 19
LOA: 19′
Human propulsion: Pedal (Prop)
Connect: instagram

MARSIE is a 1988 Com-Pac 19—barn-stored for the better part of its life, recently revived, and now spit-polished to the point where a person squinting from about 324 feet away might think it’s a much nicer boat. Up close, it’s still very much itself. Solid, simple, and chosen less for speed than for the sense that it will stay right-side up when things get upside down.

Dan has done tried this race before, solo—a devotee of the Congregation of Angus. This time, he brings his daughter Maddy, who watched one of those departures from the dock and decided that spectating was the wrong role. They’ve sailed together plenty, and they tell us the father/daughter combo works well for them. Dan talks, Maddy talks less.

The current wildcard is propulsion. The plan is a recumbent bike drive, still being finalized at the time someone wrote this, and already the leading candidate for “first thing to need attention.” There’s a rowing backup, eighteen feet of duct tape, and a vague commitment to working out problems as they appear.

Coffee is optional. Comfort is relative. Dad jokes are capped at ten per day, though enforcement may slip.

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First things first, why Race to Alaska?
It’s the perfect chance for a real father/daughter adventure!! Besides, Dad did it alone the past 2 races, and I can’t let him have all the fun!

What’s the one piece of advice you’re absolutely going to ignore?
Never go to sea with your kid……..have ignored this advice many times….successfully.

Friendship Survival Rate
100%

Night-Before Sleep (hh:mm)
03:00