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Crew: Jeanne Goussev, Aimee Fulwell, Evgeniy Goussev, Cooper Rooks, Nate Rooks, Oceanna Van Lelyveld, and Vasiliy Goussev
Hometown: Bainbridge Island, WA
Vessel: Henderson 30
Class: The Wind Division
Get to know Team Accidental Mullet
First thing first. Why race in WA360?
Doing it again, doing it different, doing it anyway. Combining fast (TSLAG and Whales) and slow (Bunny Whaler/TSLAG delivery team) boats into a perfect blend of business in the front of the fleet and party in the back of the fleet. Will we rub off on each other and become a perfect mediocre?
What’s your connection to these waters?
We live next to the world’s best backyard and we play in it whenever we can. We would rather say “tanker” than “car” when we go play.
Superpowers. Each crew member gets one. What are they and why?
Evgeniy- Whales team put this experienced, hardcore racer in touch with his feels, and now he is a mechanical, sailing, racing genius who can be mushy.
Aimee- living life at 120%, this woman leaves nothing on the table. She can’t say no and will not form opinions until things are tried and fully documented to be facebook worthy.
Nate and Cooper-They are so similar, they get the same write up. These brothers have Rainier for blood, have taste tested every burger from here to Ketchikan, are true mariners and are two of the nicest, best humans around. Cooper was Jeanne and Ev’s son’s Humanities teacher and they knew Maks would be a better person for it.
Vasiliy- Evgeniy’s dad, he has more sea miles under his his keel than there are teaspoons of salt in the sea.
Jeanne- She lives hard, loves hard and pushes to get the most from every moment.”
Defend your vessel choice for WA360. What makes it so cool and worthy?
Henderson 30- she is fast, and has more bunks than the TSLAG Melges and is lighter than the furniture on the Whales boat Gray Wolf.
What are your adventure qualifications for WA360? What makes you (y’all) cool and capable?
13 prior R2AK/WA360 finishes with 6 of those on a winning team, a total across those teams of 39 days at sea between PT and Ketchikan. Countless circumnavigations/ocean crossings, 2 marine mechanics, 5 skippers, 4 who have done R2AK.
What is going to break?
Our legs and then our souls. But not our hair. It will be appropriately groomed and gel slicked (speed goo) in the front to avoid wind resistance with the effect of a spoiler off the long tresses in the back.