Crow’s Nest Yachts Fishing Team Adds More Top West Coast Talent

Newport Beach, CA – June 2cnd, 2008: Grander Inc. dba, Crow’s Nest Yachts headed up by Newport Beach entrepreneur Anthony Hsieh, today announces the signing of top angler and professional, Greg Stotesbury, to the company’s fishing team. Stotesbury will run a West Coast Solution Contender 31 Fisharound and compete in key Southern California in-shore and off-shore fishing tournaments.

"We are proud to have Greg as a member of the Crow’s Nest Yachts fishing team,” said Anthony Hsieh, CEO of Crow’s Nest Yachts. “Our fishing team is a symbol of excellence and professionalism representing both Crow’s Nest Yachts and fishing community.”

Greg Stotesbury has over 40 years of experience fishing the waters of Southern California, Mexico, Hawaii and throughout the Atlantic. For the past 23 years he has worked as sales manager for AFTCO Manufacturing. Greg is a past president of the Balboa Angling Club and a member of the Avalon Tuna Club and has won many tournaments and light tackle angling awards. He is a lifetime member of, and has served on the board of United Anglers of Southern California. Greg’s articles and contributions have appeared in many national and local publications, and he is a noted authority on all aspects of inshore and offshore saltwater fishing. He frequently lectures and gives seminars on a variety of fishing topics and is a regular guest on radio and TV productions.

Stotesbury’s Contender 31 Fisharound is the ultimate West Coast combination of 40-knot speed powered by twin Yamaha V6 250’s 4-strokes, combining speed, fuel efficiency, with a boat designed specifically to take advantage of Southern California offshore fishing at the islands and for swordfish, marlin and tuna fishability, unsurpassed seaworthiness and the comfort of an enclosed cabin allowing multi day trip comforts such as a full stand-up head, vee birth, sink, refer and microwave.

Other key features of Stotesbury’s Contender 31 Fisharound will include a full 2-person upper station for visibility, dual built-in bait tanks and mackerel tubes with dedicated pumps fed through a custom sea chest, 22 flush mounted rod holders in the gunnels, over a dozen over-head rod holders and a whole host of purpose built features designed by Stotesbury.

Stotesbury chose a top-of-the-line SIMRAD electronics package for Contender 31 Fisharound. The electronics includes the Simrad GB40 combining the 3D electronic charting, high def 36 mile radar and high performance fish finding. The GB40 will also come preloaded with sophisticated Jeppesen C-MAP MAX PRO-3D cartography, combining GPS, land elevations, satellite photos and bathymetric sea floor data. The Simrad equipment is further enhanced with the use of new Airmar tilted/flush mounted transducers, allowing for higher speed and eliminating drag. The external communication include a Simrad RD68 VHF with remote mic.

All of the changes to the Contender 31 will be accessible on www.badcoteam.com via Stotesbury’s blog. You will also find other members of the Crow's Nest Pro-Staff on the site, including Steve Lassley, Jimmy Kingsmill, Pete Grosebeck, Barry Brightenburg, Mark Wisch and many other accomplished and influential West Coast anglers. Crow’s Nest yachts simple philosophy is that you must fish to sell fishing boats, and our fishing team is committed to providing great feedback to further enhance our quality products.

“The Contender 31 Fisharound will be the fastest, most seaworthy and fuel efficient purpose-built sport fisher ever to fish off of Southern California. The 31 will be able to do 2 day over-night trips to San Clemente Island on less than 100 gallons of fuel while cruising at 30knots and living in style and comfort,” said Stotesbury. “There has never been a 31’ boat with all of the fishing features, speed and comfort like our new Contender 31 Fisharound will have.”

“We look forward to having Greg share his expertise in light tackle big game fishing, in shore and off shore saltwater fishing and boat rigging at our coming amateur sport fishing seminars,” said Hsieh.

About Crow’s Nest Yachts

Crow's Nest Yachts is celebrating over 30 years of selling top quality yachts on the West Coast, with water front marina locations in Newport Beach, San Diego, and Seattle. With the acquisition of Sundance Marine in late 2007, located in Mission Bay, Crows Nest Yachts added a 4th waterfront store. In 2008, www.crowsnestyachts.com was launched, offering the best boat show online and continued the company leadership position, transforming how yachts are presented to consumers online.

Crow’s Nest is a proud exclusive dealer for Vikings Yachts, Viking Bad Company Editions, Viking Sport cruisers, Tiara Yachts, Contender, Parker, and a complete line of previously owned yachts that have been inspected and approved by Crow’s Nest world-class team.