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Meet Your Captains
Lynn Hanna, Captain
Transplanted Texan, Captain Lynn Hanna is a retired IT professional who decided sailing was a better alternative to retirement. A former Marine Corps officer, Hanna worked in both southern California and Texas before making San Diego his permanent home in 2003. Having owned two medium size cruising sailboats in San Diego and Texas, Hanna is now a licensed 100-ton captain and has worked as captain of IACC charter boats since 2004.
  
     
Steve Pattison, Captain / Co-Owner
Massachusetts native Steve Pattison, grew up in New Hampshire before graduating in 1977 from the Mass. College of Pharmacy in Boston. Pattison fell in love with sailing at an early age and began lake sailing in New England before graduating to bare boat charters in the Caribbean. After moving to San Diego from Miami Beach, he began volunteering aboard two America’s Cup boats sailing in the bay. In the process he became a licensed 100-ton captain. Like his business partner, Pattison is now retired and spends most days working on his full-time hobby—USA-11—and doing his best to stay on top of the endless task of owning a mighty big boat.
  
     

Annie Gardner, VIP/ Guest Captain
1995 Women’s America’s Cup team navigator, Captain Annie Gardner is regarded as one of the best women sailors in the world. With dozens of wins, titles and women’s firsts to her credit, the native Floridian has been competing in big boat races for over 30 years. Gardner is a sought after skipper and team-builder who regularly organizes women’s sailing events throughout the United States and the Caribbean. As a member of the 1984 Olympic team, Gardner garnered a silver medal in the Board Sailing exhibition and holds five world titles. Named Yachtswoman of the Year in 2006, Gardner brings her considerable talents, and good spirits to the Sail USA-11 crew.

  
     
Mark C. Niblack, M.D., Co-Owner
Mark Charles Niblack, M.D., received his B.A. in Biology at UCLA and his M.D. from UCSD Medical School. Doctor Niblack practiced medicine in San Diego as an anesthesiologist for fourteen years before retiring. After several years of crewing regularly on two retired America's Cup racing boats, he and co-owner Steve Pattison bought Dennis Conner’s 1992 America’s Cup yacht, Stars & Stripes, USA-11. Now, most of his free time is spent sailing or fixing things.

  

 
 
 
 
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