as head coach. His timing was great, lots of talent especially in the big boat team. My daughter was a freshman, and on the team, the year they went to France for the world championships. Quite an achievement for a bunch of kids from a small school in Maine, beating some well funded schools like Navy and the USCG teams, not to mention the west coast teams.

Butch left around that time, he remained involved helping at regattas sometimes. Tom Brown lost interest about 2 years ago, maybe the birth of his 4th or 5th child had something to do with it, that and he got more involved with the family business.

Plenty of talent around in New England high school programs, the MMA program just needs a motivator, someone with a clue about boats and racing. The athletes will do the heavy lifting.