THE DISCO MAFIA ARE THE BIGGER PART OF DISCO INFERNO, THEY HELP MAKE THE DISCO WHAT IT IS. THE DISCO MAFIA ARE ALL REGULAR DISCO SAILORS WHO HAVE SAILED AND PARTIED AT THE BEST REGATTAS IN THE WORLD! HERE IS A WHO'S WHO OF THE GANG, SEEN ON A RAIL NEAR YOU SOON.....

HE'S THE MAN AT THE BACK HANGING ONTO THE BACKSTAY. GAINED HIS NICKNAME 'YOU'D BETTER BE SURE' QUITE LATE ON IN HIS DISCO CAREER, IT'S HIS 'LAST CHANCE' HOLLER TO ANY DOOMED PORT TACK CROSSER WHO AFTER A YELL OR TWO OF 'STARBOARD' RETAINS HIS DEATH WISH!

THE ADMIRAL, ANOTHER GREAT NAVIGATOR/TACTIAN, NOT ONLY LOVED ON THE WATER WITH US BUT WE ALSO LIKE HIM AT HOME WATCHING THE ATLANTIC WEATHER SYSTEMS AND DIRECTING US SAFELY ACROSS THE OCEAN AS HE'S ALSO OUR WEATHER ROUTER. EXPECT TO SEE MORE OF HIM OVER THE UPCOMING MONTHS.

- First Disco Experience August 2002

NOT FAT AT ALL BUT THEN HE CALLS HUTCH SHAGGA? WORK IT OUT FOR YOURSELF! ALWAYS THE ONE SEEMING TO DO THE MOST WORK ON BOARD, GRINDING, TRIMMING, MAINSHEET, IF THERE IS A JOB TO DO FATBOY WILL MAKE A MEAL OF DOING IT. ON SHORE HE'S ONE OF OUR MORE CRAZY PARTY ANIMALS, STAY AWAY FROM THE VODKA JELLY WHEN HE IS AROUND!

- First Disco Experience October 2000

LAWS PREVENT US FROM PUBLISHING HIS NICKNAME BUT REST ASSURED HE'S GOT ONE, USUALLY SEEN BEING STRETCHERED OFF OF THE DISCO WITH HIS ARM IN THE AIR OR SCREAMING AT THE GUYS AT THE FRONT FROM THE SAFETY OF THE PIT. GRADO'S PARTNER IN CRIME IN THE EVENINGS MEAN YOU TREAD CAREFULLY WHEN MARKY IS AT THE BAR, WIFE BEATER COCKTAIL ANYONE? MARKY IS A LEGEND.

- First Disco Experience June 2000

THIS PAGE ISNT LONG ENOUGH TO TELL THE STORY OF HIS NICKNAME, YOU WILL HAVE TO HOPE HE IS ABOARD AND ASK HIM YOURSELF, USUALLY SEEN ON MAIN OR TRIM AND THEN STRUTTING HIS FUNKY THANG ON THE DANCE FLOOR, NOBODY CAN STAY OUT AS LATE AS NAKED, WE DONT KNOW WHAT HE DOES OR WHERE HE DOES IT BUT HE ALWAYS MAKES THE START AND NEVER SUFFERS. PARTY ON DUDE.

- First Disco Experience June 2001

NOTHING TO DO WITH RABBITS AND EVERYTHING TO DO WITH STARSKY, ASK HIM ALSO! HUTCH IS THE MAN ON THE JIB, A ROCKSTAR IN THE MAKING, YOU NEVER HEAR A WORD AS HIS CONCENTRATION IS MAX. THEN GET HIM IN THE BEER TENT AND YOU NEVER GET A WORD IN! HUTCH IS ANOTHER FULL ON DISCO GUY AND LOVES IT. GO ON HUTCHMAN. HE'S THE FIRST MAFIA MEMBER TO HAVE SAILED ON DISCOS 1, 2 & 3!

- First Disco Experience June 2001

BRAINS IS A QUALITY NOT QUANTITY KINDA GUY, WE SEE HIM FOR ANTIGUA WEEK AND COWES PLUS A SOCIAL APPEARANCE IN STTROPEZ AS HE TRIES TO FIT US IN WITH HIS ACTION MAN LIFESTYLE OF HELICOPTER FLYING, RALLY CAR DRIVING, CLASSIC YACHT RACING, MOTORBIKE RACING AND SCUBA SAFARI'S IN THE PACIFIC. HE'S ALWAYS AT THE FRONT ON THE DISCO AND HE ALWAYS HAS SOMETHING TO SHOUT AT THE POOR SOULS AT THE BACK OF THE BOAT. DOES HE EVER RELAX?

- First Disco Experience June 2001

HE'S THE MAN AT THE END OF THE SPINNAKER POLE STRUTTING HIS STUFF, OTHERWISE SEEN WITH A WINE LIST IN HIS HAND TALKING VINO TACTICS WITH YBBS BOB AT THE END OF THE TABLE. NEVER LET HIM GO TO THE BAR, MANY NIGHTS HAVE GONE DOWNHILL AFTER GRADO'S RETURN WITH TWO TRAYS OF SHOTS OR TEQUILA REDBULLS! GRADO IS A DEDICATED DISCO BOY AND JUST CANT GET ENOUGH OF IT, I GUARANTEE YOU WILL SEE HIM ON THE WATER VERY SOON.

- First Disco Experience November 2002

SHE SEEMS TO HAVE BEEN AROUND FOREVER, TASH JOINED US FOR THE FIRST TRANSATLANTIC ON DISCO AND HAS HARDLY SPENT A MONTH WITHOUT VISITING DISCO SINCE, SHE'S THE TOP TRIMMER USUALLY SEEN ABUSING GRADO IN THE EVENINGS AND NEVER WITHOUT A LAUGH. TASH ORGANISES ALL THE LONDON SOCIALS FOR THE GANG, NEVER A WEEK GOES BY WITHOUT AN EMAIL STORY OF WHAT THEY HAVE ALL GOT UP TO ON A THURSDAY NIGHT, USUALLY ALCOHOL INDUCED AND OCCASIONALLY INVOLVING A HAMMER, HIDE YOUR PHONES BOYS! SHE WINS AS THE PERSON THATS DONE THE MOST MILES ON DISCO SO FAR, GO GIRL.

- First Disco Experience August 2003

DOM FIRST JOINED DISCO FOR THE STMALO RACE IN 2003. NEXT WAS THE BENETEAU CUP WHICH WAS WHERE HE GAINED THE NICKNAME SLASHER! ASK HIM WHY WHEN YOU SEE HIM. HE IMPRESSED US ALL WITH HIS BREAKDANCING MOVES, HIS EATING OF CIGARETTES , THAT WERE SMOKING! AND HIS BODY SLIDING OR STICKING ABILITIES. IN NOVEMBER THAT YEAR HE JOINED US FOR THE RAC. HIM AND NORTHY BECAME DRINKING & CURRY BUDDIES. HE'S NOT MAD THOUGH, HE'S FROM BRADFORD!

- First Disco Experience August 2004

BEN JOINED THE DISCO AFTER A TRANSATLANTIC ON A 38FT RACE BOAT, THE LOOK ON HIS FACE WHEN HE SAW THE COMFORT WE HAD CROSSED IN AND BEATEN THEM IN WAS PRICELESS. BEN IS A TOP SAILOR AND IS GOING TO BE A REAL ASSET TO THE TEAM AS HE DOES MORE AND MORE DISCO SAILING. ALL HE NEEDS NOW IS A DISCO NICKNAME, HMMMM I AM SURE ONE WILL POP UP SOON!

- First Disco Experience Nov 2003

FIRST ON DISCO IN 2003 FOR THE RAC TRANSATLANTIC, YEP HE'S THE ONE THAT WE HAD TO PERFORM EMERGENCY SURGERY ON MID ATLANTIC (WELL SORT OF). FOOTBALL CRAZY AND HAS A STATISTIC FOR EVERYTHING, NEVER BET AGAINST HIM AND ALWAYS SIT NEXT TO HIM IN THE CASINO, HE'LL GIVE YOU ODDS ON ANYTHING FROM WHETHER WE ARE GOING TO MAKE THE MARK OR WHETHER MARK WILL MAKE IT HOME BEFORE DAWN. NORTHY IS THE MAN ON THE WINCHES AND THE MAIN GIVING IT SOME! GO ON MY SON. GRIND BABY GRIND.

- First Disco Experience August 2003

SELF CONFESSED OLD GUY ON THE DISCO, ALAN HAS DONE THE LOT, HE'S A SERIAL BOAT OWNER AND RACER WHO HAS DECIDED TO RELAX AND LET THE DISCO TAKE THE STRAIN. USUALLY SEEN ON THE MAIN OR POSING FOR A PHOTOGRAPHER OR GETTING QUIETLY WASTED ON CHAMPAGNE AFTER RACING. ALAN BRINGS THE SHORE TEAM WHEN HE DOES A REGATTA AND WE ALL BENEFIT FROM THE AMAZING SNACKS SHEENA RUSSLES UP FOR US AFTER RACING. ALAN IS MR GLOBAL CREW 2005 HAVING TURNED UP TO EVERY REGATTA WE OFFER TO INDIVIDUALS. ROCK ON!

- First Disco Experience July 2001

ME AND MY MONKEY, HE'S THE MAST MAN ON A MISSION, ON AND OFF THE WATER! HE'S ALWAYS PLANNING SOMETHING, OUR LITTLE MISCHEAVOUS MONKEY. SAILS ONLY IN WARM CLIMATES, NEVER SEEN ON THE SOLENT! HE DREAMS OF ABRAS... A GREAT MEMBER OF THE TEAM AND HE KNOWS A LOT MORE ABOUT RACING THAN HE LIKES US TO THINK.

- First Disco Experience April 2003

"CAN I TAKE A PHOTO OF YOU 2 FISTING?" WAS THE START OF IT ALL IN ANTIGUA IN 2003, SHE WAS IN NEED OF A DISCO NICKNAME AND TUFTY 2 FISTS WAS BORN. ANOTHER WARM WEATHER ONLY DISCO SAILOR, ALTHOUGH SHE DOES SAIL WITH ANOTHER TEAM ON THE SOLENT. A VERY EXPERIENCED RACE CREW MEMBER ON THE BOAT AND IN THE BAR!

- First Disco Experience April 2006

IT'S NOT DIFFICULT TO GUESS WHO HIS BETTER HALF IS! THE LOVELY TIMMY JOINED US FOR ANTIGUA WEEK PROVIDING HE COULD DO THE BOW, NO ARGUMENTS FROM US AND WE LET HIM WORK HIS MAGIC AND MAGIC HE WAS. TIM ALSO RACES BACK ON THE SOLENT IN A COMPETITIVE ONE DESIGN CLASS AS CREW BOSS. HE'S A GREAT ASSET TO THE DISCO RACE CREW. TUFTY YOU CHOSE WELL!