2024 First Blockheads to the Island are BACK for 2025 on Andrews 70 “Illuminati”

John Sullivan, along with crew member and fellow-Blockhead Charlie Burris, were the First Blockheads to the Island 2024 AND the First to Finish in the Racing Division. John and Charlie were crew members aboard Sanford Burris, William and Ward Kinney’s Maverick, an Andrews 80. They also broke the race record, finishing in 22 hours, 24 minutes, and 23 seconds.

Almost one year later, we talked to John about this year’s Mac Race:

“This year has been a full court press to get our new boat ready for the Macs since Maverick is still undergoing a refit. We were lucky enough to get an Andrews 70 (illuminati) for the season so it has been 10-12 hour days getting it up to our race ready standards.”

“The biggest change is definitely switching from the Andrews 80 to the Andrews 70, but we also had to cut some of our crew since it’s a smaller boat. We will be sailing with 13 instead of 18.”

 

“Before I go offshore, I like to get a good night’s sleep and not stay up super late. I also like to have a healthy meal the night before. The morning of the race I will usually get a good healthy breakfast but no coffee!”

“Favorite snack? Peanut butter pretzels. I can live off these when I’m offshore! But my favorite freeze dried is by far the homestyle chicken and noodles with some Old Bay seasoning.”

 

Think you can beat John and Charlie to the island this year? Enter the contest!