Stearns Boating
LLC .
310 S. Michigan Ave. Suite 1603 Chicago IL
HANSE SAILBOATS MIDWEST
Rich Stearns 312-994-9153 cell 847-404-2209 rstearns@hansesailboats.com
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310 S. Michigan Ave. Suite 1603 Chicago IL HANSE SAILBOATS MIDWEST Rich Stearns 312-994-9153 cell 847-404-2209 rstearns@hansesailboats.com |
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Stearns Boating LLC is the J-Boat Hanse Yacht and MJM powerboat dealer for the Midwest. The company is located in down town Chicago and serves boaters in Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, and Iowa. Rich Stearns the owner has been racing sailboats since 1962 when he started sailing a Penguin dinghy. Since then he has raced and cruised all over the world. Rich was a Sailmaker for 25 years owning the Murphy & Nye Hood, Sobstad and Doyle franchises in Chicago. Along with racing he has cruised both monohulls and catamarans throughout the Caribbean. Rich Started in selling boats buy developing the LS-10 33 foot sailboat. Rich has sold J-Boats since 2000 and is now the exclusive dealer in the Midwest for J/boats and MJM powerboats. Rich has known the Johnstone family for over 30 years sailing with and against Bob Johnstone when he lived in Wilmette Illinois in the 60’s and 70’s. Rich is also the author of “Getting Started in Sailboat Racing” / McGaw Hill 2004. Some of Rich’s sailing resume includes: 3 Olympic Campaigns
(Soling) Americas Cup Campaign Heart of America Main trimmer and sail co-coordinator 1st Soling Great Lakes Championship 2nd Soling North American Championship 1st T-10 North American Championships 2nd four times 1st T-10 North American Championship (crew) 5 times Chicago Mac race 35 times 1st overall 2 times 1st to finish 3 times 1st section 9 times last win 2008 Port Huron Mackinac race 1st to finish 2 times 1st overall 3 times Millennium 600-mile Mackinac race 1st overall 2000 Detroit NOOD 1st overall 2002 Chicago NOOD 1st overall 1998 2002 2004 2005 Verve Cup 1st 2003 2004 2005 2006 International 50 cup navigator “Insatiable” Old SORC 1st 2 times SORC 1st one time 3rd two times Penguin regional Champion Verve Cup first overall 2003 Key West first J-92s 2007 IRC National championship 2008 2nd
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