2024 Anne D. Kraft Memorial
Crew of the Year Award - Mark Laplante

Given in memory of Anne D. Kraft, the Crew of the Year Award recognizes the member who, in a position other than skipper, has contributed to the "success" of the boat/team. The member may have crewed either on racing or cruising boats or both. Crew may have been particularly skilled, dependable or supportive of the skipper's objectives, may have provided consistency or cohesion to the team or may have ensured that gear or provisions were in order, so the skipper could focus on other concerns. The crew may have taken initiative to better her/himself and thereby improved the overall team.

A BFSC member noted,

"Mark has joined the Taka crew for several races - especially when regular crewmates couldn't make this year's race series.

And as I hear it, he's been a great asset to Team Taka."