Tag Archives: Sailing

The National Sailing Hall of Fame (NSHOF) announced today ten sailors comprising its 13th class of inductees. The Class of 2023 includes: Elwood Widmer “Skip” Etchells – Known as a superb athlete, Etchells’ long career has left an enduring legacy. After building destroyers and icebreakers for the U.S. Navy in World War II, he founded his own boatbuilding company, the ...

The Board of Directors of The Sailing Museum and National Sailing Hall of Fame announced today that Ashley Householder has been appointed executive director. Householder has been part of the National Sailing Hall of Fame and The Sailing Museum family for over two years already, working previously as both consulting curator and director of exhibits and programs. Now, she will take ...

Sail America, the trade association for the U.S. sailing industry, welcomed four new member to its 2023 board of directors: Beth Oliver, Offshore Sailing School; Randall Carnahan, Hilb Group NE; Dan Krier, Marine Servicenter; and Parker Stair, Bonnier Corporation. All directors are elected through the association’s standard election process. A nominating committee submits candidate names to association members, who then ...

Sail America hosted last week marine brokers, manufacturers and business owners for two days of networking and education at its Sail America Industry Conference (SAIC) in Annapolis, after an almost three-year hiatus due to COVID. The conference’s content focused on navigating the new normal in a post-pandemic business environment – with an emphasis on emotional intelligence, strategic talent acquisition and development ...

The National Sailing Hall of Fame (NSHOF) announced eleven sailors comprising its 11th class of inductees. The Class of 2021 includes: ■ Alexander “Red” Bryan and Cortlandt “Bud” Heyniger – founders of Alcort, Inc. and designers and producers of the iconic Sunfish. ■ William “Carl” Buchan – championship sailor, Olympic gold medal winner and 1988 defender of the America’s Cup. ...

The National Sailing Hall of Fame (NSHOF) announced today its last call for nominations for consideration in this year’s Induction Class. Nominations for the 2021 cycle will close on February 28, 2021. An open and inclusive process, nominations can be made by the sailing community, the marine industry, members of the press and the general public. A single nomination by one person makes that candidate ...

 The National Sailing Hall of Fame (NSHOF) announced today that on Saturday, September 12th, it celebrated its 10th annual induction in a virtual format. While COVID-19 prevented everyone from gathering in person, the virtual platform allowed friends, family and a host of Hall of Famers and VIPs to join from across the country – and the world.  Nine individuals were honored ...

The National Sailing Hall of Fame (NSHOF) announced that on Saturday, September 12th, it celebrated its 10th annual induction in a virtual format. While COVID-19 prevented everyone from gathering in person, the virtual platform allowed friends, family and a host of Hall of Famers and VIPs to join from across the country – and the world.  Nine individuals were honored during ...

The National Sailing Hall of Fame (NSHOF) announced nine sailors comprising its 10th anniversary class of inductees. The Class of 2020 includes: James E. Buttersworth, the renowned 19th century maritime painter; Gordon Douglass, designer of the Thistle, Highlander and Flying Scot one-design boats;Robbie Haines. Jr., Olympic gold-medalist and world champion; Bill Mattison, national and world champion sailor and iceboater; Dave Perry, leading racer, coach, judge and author; John Rousmaniere, ...

Torqeedo and ZF are taking electric yachting to a new level by announcing a cooperation between the two companies to integrate ZF’s steerable saildrives into Torqeedo’s Deep Blue system. These 50 kW and 100 kW electric propulsion systems will not only offer maneuverability and joystick docking, but highly effective hydro-generation performance, allowing sailing yachts to generate their own clean, renewable ...