Introducing A Person You Will Be Very Glad You Know In Sheboygan.

This past weekend marked the addition of a new member of our 2014 North American's Organizing team. Tess Larson joined us as COO. Todd Wake who is the Off-Water Regatta Chairman  and Bill Faude On-Water Chairman are delighted Tess has decided to join our squad.

                                                    -Faude photo which Tess does not particularly enjoy.

                                                 - Larson action photo Tess prefers.

As COO, Tess is responsible for helping make sure the W-M-Js and the NAs...operate smoothly. Before the regatta dates, Tess will help make sure the different committee chairmen are making the necessary progress on their deliverables. She will help keep us on schedule and when we discover we need something we  don't have a plan for, she will help make it happen.

During the regatta Tess will be the daily contact functioning as a go-between for the Sail Sheboygan and Sheboygan Yacht Club staff and the regatta organization. She will be a great asset in that roll for two reasons: 1. She has seemingly never met a problem who's A _ _ she couldn't kick. 2. As a local who practically grew up at SYC, she is well known to most everyone we're counting on. She also has more energy than most small Middle Eastern Emirates.

Tess will also be a great contact for you when you arrive. Need to know where to be or when to be there? Just Ask Tess. You can always go to Fred and Gail the regatta concierge team but when in doubt your can also Just Ask Tess. That's kinda catchy.

Tess Larson grew up in Sheboygan. Her family has a J-80 docked in the club slips. She graduated from The University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire with a degree in Comprehensive English Education. She then got her Masters Degree from the University Wisconsin-Green Bay in Applied Leadership in Teaching and Learning. She is currently employed as a High school educator teaching English and journalism. Her Journalism students produce the school newspaper...among the first nationally to distribute their journalism 100% on-line. They are a very tree-friendly bunch and all social media'd up.

Prior to becoming regatta COO, Tess was a member of our social media committee. Come to think of it, she still IS a member of our social media committee. Through some clerical error, she was not allowed to divest herself of those duties, so she will be on the water during the regatta tweeting mark rounding positions, assisting with getting finishing scores and photographs quickly posted to the Sail Sheboygan website. To bad Tess didn't have Tess to help solve that problem...

Just over 184 days until the first day of measurement. We are very psyched to welcome more than 100 boats!!!