Drew Mitchell grew up sailing at the Lunenburg Yacht Club in Nova Scotia. He has raced on and coached high performance one design for nearly 20 years. Drew races in the Melges 24, Farr 30, Bluenose and Martin 242 fleets and has won the Farr 30 North Americans and Melges 24 PNW championship. He came in 3rd at Martin 242 North Americans and was in the Top 3 in the Bluenose class for the last 4 years at Chester Race Week. Drew’s distance racing experience includes winning the Van Isle 360 and racing the 2017 Transpac on a TP 52.

In addition to sailing, Drew enjoys playing hockey, surfing and snowboarding.

Chris Bedford is founder of Sailing Weather Services and creator (with Peter Isler)of the online weather school Marine Weather University (MWU). For MWU Chris developed a college-level curriculum to maximize the student’s comprehension of marine weather. The first online weather school for boaters – MWU provides cutting edge marine weather education taught by sailors for sailors.

A perennial champion and One Design Expert at North Sails, Brian has been sharing his skills and insights sail trim, rig tuning, and racing technique in clinics and training programs for decades.

Bill is the Director of North U and author of the North U Racing Trim, North U Racing Tactics, and North U Cruising and Seamanship books and discs.  In addition, Bill is a collaborator in the creation of the Rules and Match Racing programs and materials.