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Dream bigger Winning tips to put your goals into action achievermag.com n september 2011 n vol. 1 issue 1 achiever n Around-the-world adventure with pro sailor Tom Reardon n Social expedition: Hub sites you don’t want to miss INSIDE

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Dream biggerWinning tips to put your

goals into action

achievermag.com n september 2011 n vol. 1 issue 1

achievern Around-the-world adventure with pro sailor Tom Reardonn Social expedition: Hub sites you don’t want to miss

INSIDE

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Freedoms of Nantucket

From the fa-mous dunes to B&B charm, this Massachusetts island escape has it all.

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Fit and fabulous

Wave trainer Mike Ander-son shares exercise tips to keep your body pumping.

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Readers’ voices

Tips and tricks from people who are achieving their fit-ness goals right now.

Ask Ms. EOOur goal advisor Car-rie Stack takes on a reader’s challenge to make 20 new friends.

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Do-gooder Laura Simpson bestows random acts of kindness on a suffering community.

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Gourmet 101Dorm-ready recipes from SOS star Aviva Goldfarb will keep munchies at bay.

32Go yogaYogi Gabrielle Sulc offers a do-anywhere sequence for focus and good health. Win the Mp3!

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The List ProducerProductivity expert Paula Rizzo shares her list for A-plus college success.

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The legend

From surf bum to pro skipper of Ticonderoga Tom Reardon learned to ride the waves from one of the nation’s winningest, most beautiful yachts. 56

Good deeds

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Master&Commander

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Much has been written about the lavish ketch Ticonderoga of Greenwich—how she’s

broken yachting records, withstood fearsome ocean conditions all over the world, and patrolled the Atlantic in u

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Tenured pro aboard Ticonderoga makes a career of mentoring new sailors

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World War II, her curves tucked into a battleship gray coat. The 72-foot, L. Francis Herreshoff beauty, now in her 75th year, has sealed her place in mari-time history, with character carved right into her gleaming wood

But it also takes character to embrace the challenge of sailing this legendary boat, something professional captain Tom Reardon has done for the past 25 years. His latest turn at the helm was for the July Marblehead to Halifax Ocean Race, a biennial tradition that links the two East Coast sailing villages. Ticonderoga blew past its competitors with grace and ease, tying up the win in its class in a nimble 42 hours, 34 minutes and 16 seconds.

Reardon made the transition from self-professed “surf bum” to successful pro sailor by setting his mind to it, the moment he realized it was an option. “I didn’t start sailing till I was 22 or so, and I said, ‘That’s it,’ ” Reardon said. “I planned on pretty much making it a

profession right then.”All it took was a chance encounter at

a newsstand to discover the passion that would fuel this native of Long Island’s unorthodox career at sea.

“I went sailing one day, it was in August. On the way home I stopped at a street corner store—I went to buy a surf magazine and saw this sailing magazine. I bought it, read an article about Antigua race week in the Caribbean, and I went, ‘people get paid to do that?’ And I said, that’s it, I’m going.”

Reardon attributes his longevity to a life of fun and adventure, with the confidence of his employers. “I wouldn’t be here if we weren’t still having great times. The present owner is a fabulous guy (Sen. L. Scott Frantz, R-Conn.), the previous owner is also a spectacular guy.”

“What Tom does so well is love that boat. He knows that boat better than anybody in the world,” Frantz said. “The beautiful thing about the program

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is that he totally respects anyone who comes on board.”

Support and success go hand in hand when learning to race offshore, and Reardon has made a teaching craft out of a sailing weapon. “I feel like this is a training vessel, we’re constantly training people. I take on a lot of crew just starting in the business, train them up and send them on their way,” Reardon said.

The training is as much a part of the boat’s legacy as the trophies, as other boats have benefited from Reardon’s natural teaching abilities. “The old J boat Endeavor used to wait until I had crew from between a year and year and a half, and then take them away from me, poach them,” he said with a laugh. “As they all left here, they’ve had no trouble walk-ing onto other boats. It’s been very, very simple for them.”

Owner Frantz gave Reardon a nod for his openness in bringing newcomers to the sport while maintaining the streak of more

elapsed ocean racing records than any other boat. “The crew may not be as expe-rienced but they have passion for sailing,” Frantz said. “Tom trains them and it works out well. We can expect a crew member to stay on average about a year and a half—much longer than usual because they love the program so much and they learn so much from him.”

But, of course, it’s better to learn the basics before you venture offshore.

“Buoy racing is where you learn more about sailing than anything, about sail trimming and boat handling, everything,” he said. “Seamanship, that comes from offshore, but buoy rac-ing you definitely learn more, because you’re doing every point of sail, every day, sails up, sails down.”

Breaking into ocean racing is less daunting than it might seem, accord-ing to Reardon, as the sport has made strides toward becoming more spectator and media friendly. It’s a unique u

‘I ... saw this sailing magazine. I bought it, read an article about Antigua race week in the Caribbean, and I went, ‘people get paid to do that?’ And I said, that’s it, I’m going.’

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sport that allows you to par-ticipate alongside talented and experienced professionals, much like playing pickup with Celtics captain Paul Pierce or park-and-rec touch league with Super Bowl champion quarter-back Tom Brady. The first step is simply showing up.

“When I started, I just hung around the yacht clubs and worked hard. I met people, and they knew I’d be there every race and they knew I’d work hard.

“There’s no shortcuts. It takes hard work, like everything else in life. It doesn’t come free,” Reardon said. But at the end of the hard work, there’s the perfect wind, a flawless race, a satisfied team and the best part, shiny hardware—the trophies and celebrations that make all the effort worthwhile. n

‘There’s no shortcuts. It takes hard work, like everything else in life. It doesn’t come free.’

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