Eric
Norfleet

I was taught to sail by the U.S. Navy as a kid, which meant a whole lot of time behind a desk before we ever went out on a boat. But that was OK. My family were RVers, not boaters. We had a Coleman Popup camper that we took on vacation all around the East Coast. Put sailing aside for the most part, until my kids were little. One year, when we were living in Croton on Hudson, NY, my wife bought me sailing lessons for father's day, and it was off to the races.

I bought a 1983 Hunter 34 about 15 years ago and have been an avid sailor since. I have skippered single-handed from New York to Carolina Beach, NC and crewed across the Gulf of Mexico and from Connecticut to St. Marten.

I worked in New York in the finance world for thirty years before getting smart and joining Pop.

I am an avid woodworker, an expert knot tier, a sometime triathlete and mediocre golfer.

I am a U.S. Coast Guard licensed captain and a member of the Coast Guard Auxiliary.