Dave Curtis
American sailor
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Full name | David Adams Curtis | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | American | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1946-06-22) 22 June 1946 (age 78) Marblehead, Massachusetts | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Class(es) | Jolly boat, Lightning, J/24, Soling, Etchells | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Eastern Yacht Club[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
College team | Tufts University | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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David Adams Curtis (born June 22, 1946 in Marblehead, Massachusetts) is an American sailor and sail maker.[2][3]
As a sailor he competed at the highest level in many National and International classes. He won the World Championships in the Etchells severn times and was second six time. However Dave was successful in many other classes he with five North American, four US, one European and one World Championship in the Soling,[4][5][6][1] and one in the J/24 he won the Worlds once and four North American Championships. As sail maker he held franchises for, among others, Horizon Sails, North Sails and Doyle Sails.
Curtis was inducted into the National Sailing Hall of Fame in 2013.[7]
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Soling American Championship Winners
- 1971 Dane, LeBlanc, Cerise
- 1972 Goldsmith
- 1973 Canada Fogh
- 1974 Melges
- 1975 Kolius
- 1976 Melges
- 1977 Curtis
- 1978 Curtis
- 1979 Haines
- 1980 Baird
- 1981 Canada Fogh
- 1982 Canada Fogh
- 1983 Curtis
- 1984 Haines
- 1985 Canada Fogh
- 1986 Canada Fogh
- 1987 Kostecki
- 1988 Kostecki
- 1989 Canada Abbott, Jr., M. Abbott, Beatty
- 1990 Canada Fogh
- 1991 Mahaney
- 1992 Mahaney
- 1993 Not completed
- 1994 Klein
- 1995 Madrigali
- 1996 Madrigali
- 2001 J. Hoeksema, Wolf, R. Hoeksema
- 2002 Cohan, Buttner, Gladchin
- 2003 Walker
- 2004 Wareham, Vance, Brackett
- 2005 Galloway, Steinborn, Anthony
- 2006 Canada P. Hall, Karrigan, Deacon
- 2007 Canada P. Hall, Parekh, Parsons
- 2008 Canada Fogh, Cheer, Findlater
- 2010 Canada Fogh, Fich, Devries
- 2011 Gallaway, Proctor, Ewing
- 2012 Canada Fogh, Fich, Devries
- 2013 Canada P. Hall, Lacey, W. Hall
- 2014 Canada P. Hall, Parsons, W. Hall
- 2015 Canada P. Hall, Lacey, W. Hall
- 2016 Canada P. Hall, Lacey, W. Hall
- 2017 Germany Dietzel, Zeileis, Ramoser
- 2018 Canada P. Hall, Lacey, W. Hall
- 2019 Canada P. Hall, Scott McNeil, W. Hall
References
- ^ a b Garland, Joseph E. "Eastern Yacht Club, A History from 1870 - 1985" (PDF). www.easternyc.org. Eastern Yacht Club. Retrieved 30 October 2019.
- ^ "Class of 2013". National Sailing Hall of Fame. Retrieved 30 Oct 2019.
- ^ "Eastern Yacht Club, History". www.easternyc.org. Eastern Yacht Club. Retrieved 30 October 2019.
- ^ Vaughan, Roger (ed.). "Curtis, Dave - 2013 Hall of Fame". www.nshof.org. National Sailing Hall of Fame. Retrieved 30 October 2019.
- ^ "Alumnus Dave Curtis Receives 2013 Distinguished Achievement Award". www.gotuftsjumbos.com. Tufts University. 2 October 2013. Retrieved 30 October 2019.
- ^ Reed, Dinny (ed.). "Soling Champions". The International Soling Association GUIDE. Vol. 1996–2000, no. 1. International Soling Association.
- ^ "Dave Adams Curtis 2013 Inductee". Nshof.org. Retrieved April 11, 2020.