Rear Commodore Bill Conerly
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Bill Conerly began sailing in
1960, crewing on the family Lido 14 in Alamitos Bay, California. He also
crewed on Snipes, Enterprises, Dragons and Luders 16s. He daysailed
Sunfish and a San Juan 21 in the Gulf of Mexico during his college years,
then took a six year hiatus. He returned to sailing in San Francisco,
crewing on a CF-37 in the IOR fleet, his brother's Moore 24, and a wide
miscellany of keel boats. He bought his first boat, a Columbia 26, which
he cruised and raced. Bill moved to Portland in 1984, and shortly
thereafter he sold the keelboat and bought his first Thistle. He has been
a regular in the Thistle Fleet since then, racing almost every week plus
traveling to Thistle regattas. He has been Thistle Fleet Captain and
District Governor. Both of his sons, Peter and Tom, have crewed for him in
the Thistle. (Notable quote: "I thought Daddy never used bad
language, until I crewed for him.") He also sails a Laser on
occasion. Bill has bareboat chartered with his wife Christina in the
Caribbean, the Mediterranean, and the San Juan Islands. In his spare time,
Bill is an economist with Conerly Consulting LLC.
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