VOLUNTEER SPOTLIGHT:  GREG NORMAN AND MISSY CALLAHAN

Boat Name and Type:  Finally:  49' Hylas

Home Port:  Minneapolis MN

Years volunteering for the Salty Dawgs:  Our first year!

How do you volunteer for the Salty Dawgs?  We were asked to step in and host the Puerto Bahia rendezvous in the DR and then also were the Homeward Bound Fleet Captains for the Bahamas-based boats.  Responsibilities for both were to basically coordinate between the boats and host marinas, or to help with organized dinners etc.  Great thing is that when you volunteer you have great support from the SDSA team, in particular Tatja!

Why do you volunteer for the Dawgs?  It is a great way to meet new cruisers!  This was our second full season in the Caribbean so we already have a friend base from last year, but volunteering helped expand contact with boats that we would not necessarily have connected with otherwise.

What are you up to now?  We are now back in MN for the summer, and Finally is at rest in Deale, MD, right alongside another SD vessel, Tiger Lily, owned by Bob and Linda Boynton.  We expect Maalu IV to “jack-up” in the marina neighborhood any day now too!  Our summer will include a hike into Glacier National Park, and then getting ready for our son’s wedding the end of September.

Other hobbies/interests:  Enjoying reconnecting with our home-based neighbors and friends.