Bob Linfors

• Nickname:

  The Dutchman, Apron Strings

• Team Position:

  Team Navigator, Ninja

• Conch Republic Navy Rank:

  Lieutenant Commander

• Years Paddled:

  2000-2002, 2004, 2006-2009, 2011

• Age:

  44

• Family:

  Married to Sophia with three beautiful daughters.

• Where he's from:

  From Annapolis, Baltimore, Miami, Palmetto Bay (formerly Perrine). Current resident of unincorporated Miami-Dade County though some fools who want to pay extra taxes want to call us Village of the Falls.

• Education:

  Christopher Columbus High School, Florida International University where I was the only gringo kid, Morgan State University where I was the only white kid, and the University of Maryland.

• Work:

  For a living I stand at the front of 30 teenagers each hour and spout useless information about literature; this, of course, at the same Catlic high school at which useless information was happily bestowed on me.

• Influences:

• Fun Facts:

• Essential CAC Gear:

  His Boat - CRN Hailey's Pail: Current Designs 'Storm'

• Additional CAC Gear:

• How did you get involved with the CAC?:

  Founding Member... "OB said if I didn't he'd tell my wife what my real name was. (She knows now, but she used to think I was Inigo Montoya.)"

• In his own words:

  "I found I couldn't save the world just by forcing useless knowledge down teenagers throats; so I picked up a paddle to knock some sense into adults."