Induction Class: Class of 2017
William Carl Martin
September 6, 1940
“When you make a deal, leave something on the table for everybody.”
Randolph Lyle Smyth
July 7, 1954
“Speed makes you look good.”
Cornelius Shields
April 7, 1895
“A great deal of my best instruction I learned from juniors and beginners.”
Robert Staunton Naish
April 23, 1963
“I love the freedom of the sport, there are no rules.”
William Bruce Bentsen
February 18, 1930
“Share your ideas with other competitors and they will usually do the same.”
Thomas Avery Whidden II
September 24, 1947
“My business is sailmaking, and my passion is sailing.”
Clark Wilbur Mills
January 28, 1915
“Just because the boats look stupid don’t mean nothing.”
Charles Raymond Hunt
May 17, 1908
“I ought to be able to design racing boats that wouldn’t be so darned expensive.
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