Naval Academy Athletics

Pete Carrico has held the position of assistant coach since 2000 and he was originally hired the Naval Academy for his rigging and high-tech race boat maintenance abilities in 1989.

Carrico sails offshore with Navy crews on the donated and Navy 44 sailcraft in all the major Navy sailing offshore races as on-board Officer in Charge to include trans-Atlantic on American Promise and is presently Officer in Charge and boat captain on Zaraffa (Reichel-Pugh 66'). Carrico's long list of offshore racing credentials include his proud accomplishment as bowman for Tom Blackaller on the Farr 50 GREAT NEWS to win overall in the 1989 Fastnet Race. Carrico has also been on overall winner boats in Antigua Race Week and Key West Race week and has won class as watch captain and bowman racing in the 1984 Newport-Bermuda Race on board Full Cry (Swan 391).

The long list of boats Carrico has sailed on at the Naval Academy can be short-listed and described as "All boats" that the Naval Academy has had since 1989 and the only person to tune the masts on all the offshore boats at the Naval Academy.

Carrico started sailing very early in life, sailed intercollegiate while attending St. Mary's College ('77-'81) as a Laser and 420 skipper and then after college sailed professionally for eight years in offshore racing boats in the East Coast USA, the Caribbean and Europe and for a present total of 41 sailing years experience.

Carrico lives in Cape St. Claire with his wife Bootsie, two sons, and Sam, and one stepdaughter Becky and grandson Cameron.