As reported by Bill Wagner in the Capital today:
"George Collins was a well-known, successful sailboat racer back in the 1980s and 90s. During his days as CEO of T. Rowe Price in Baltimore, Collins campaigned such designs as a Mumm 30, Mumm 36, Corel 45, Tripp 47 and Baltic 52 — all of which were named Moxie.
Many sailing enthusiasts will remember Collins for single-handedly funding Chessie Racing, the Maryland entry in the 1997-98 Whitbread Round The World Race. Chessie Racing played a critical role in helping Baltimore-Annapolis become a stopover for that event, which became the Volvo Ocean Race.
Collins retired from T. Rowe Price in the late 1990s and sold his estate on Gibson Island in 2002, moving full-time to Singer Island in south Florida. Removed from the beloved Chesapeake Bay where he did the majority of his racing, Collins became far less active in competitive sailing.
However, Collins is back in the cockpit at Quantum Key West 2013, having chartered a Farr 400 for the popular midwinter regatta. It marks the first time in about 12 years that Collins has competed in Key West, which was always one of his favorite venues.
'I’ve done this regatta five or six times and had some success. We won our PHRF class one year and we won the feeder race from Fort Lauderdale a couple times,” he said. “It’s good to be back in Key West. It is one of the great places in the world to sail.'"
