Moe Roddy is a retired RN and transplant to the bay area
from St. John USVI, where she lived for 23 years and
then Newport RI. She has sailed and raced extensively in
the Caribbean and Northeast both ocean racing and
deliveries. In 2005, at the age of 51, she became the
second woman to finish the single handed leg of the
Bermuda 1,2 (the first having finished hours before her)
and on the return leg to Newport her crew member was
another woman, together they became the first women’s
team to compete and finish both legs of the Bermuda 1,2.
A record they held until 2023. She has spoken around the
country about heart disease and women and uses her
experience of both being a nurse, assisting in open heart
surgery, and single handing to Bermuda to educate
women about heart disease and empowering them to
take control of their health. As she likes to say, “Sailing
empowers women to do the things they thought
impossible”. She is now actively involved as a volunteer
at the Guide Dogs for the Blind and is on the Board of
Directors at the St. Francis Sailing Foundation and a
member of the Cruising Club of America where she
serves as the National Director of the Safety for Cruising
Couples program. She is also the membership Chair of
the SF CCA Station. With her partner Donald she is
active in race management and racing all over SF Bay
and an active racer in their Alerion 28. Moe was named
2023 Yachtswoman of the year at The San Fransisco
Yacht Club.