Olin Stephens
Olin James Stephens II (born April 13, 1908 in New York City , † September 13, 2008 in Hanover (New Hampshire) ) was an American yacht designer with a penchant for wooden ships.
Life
Olin Stephens was the most successful yacht designer in the America's Cup after Nathanael Herreshoff . He designed five victorious AC boats: Columbia (1958), Constellation (1964), Intrepid (1967), Courageous (1974) and Freedom (1980). With his brother Rod Stephens and the yacht broker Drake Sparkman , he founded and ran the company Sparkman & Stephens (S&S), the leading yacht design company from 1920 to 1980. His yacht designs Dorade , with the 1931 transatlantic regatta and in the same year, are legendary the Fastnet Race was won, and Stormy Weather , with which he won the tragic 1935 transatlantic regatta . In the mid-1930s he introduced the scientification of yacht design with Starling Burgess . Towing tests optimized the J-Yacht Ranger , which defended the America's Cup against Endeavor in 1937 . In the 1960s, the cooperation with the Finn Pekka Koskenkyla , who founded the yacht yard Nautor's Swan , began.
Honors
- Because of his special merits as a designer for the America's Cup, he was inducted into the America's Cup Hall of Fame in 1993 as an Inductee (honorary member) .
- 2007 First inductee of the ISAF Sailing Hall of Fame
Fonts
- All This and Sailing, Too: An Autobiography , 1999, ISBN 978-0-913372-89-0 .
- Lines: A Half-Century of Yacht Designs by Sparkman & Stephens 1930–1980 . ISBN 978-1-56792-221-9 .
literature
- Franco Pace : Olin Stephens . Delius Klasing Verlag, 2002, ISBN 978-3-7688-1384-6 .
Web links
- Photo: Olin Stephens at the helm of a Swan
- Dorade: Photos ( Memento from March 12, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
- Stormy Weather: Photos ( Memento from July 19, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
- Furnishing plan: Dorade ( Memento from April 24, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
- Photo: Stormy Weather ( Memento from August 4, 2001 in the Internet Archive )
- Photo: Tenacious ( Memento from August 9, 2001 in the Internet Archive ) (Owner: Ted Turner )
- Website. ( Memento of August 13, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Sparkman & Stephens Inc. (S&S)
- Further information on: Dorade, Stormy Weather etc. ( Memento from April 9, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
- Happy Birthday, Olin! In: Yacht
- Profile of Olin J. Stephens. ( Memento from July 12, 2012 in the web archive archive.today ) New York Yacht Club
Individual evidence
- ↑ Olin J. Stephens II; a Top Innovator In Yacht Design and Competition . Washington Post . September 19, 2008. Retrieved December 22, 2008.
- ^ Olin J. Stephens II, Renowned Yacht Designer, Is Dead at 100 . New York Times . September 14, 2008. Retrieved December 22, 2008.
- ↑ The Majestic J Class Racers ( Memento from September 16, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ America's Cup Hall of Fame: Olin Stephens.Retrieved July 22, 2009
- ↑ Olin Stephens. ( Memento from February 7, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) ISAF Sailing Hall of Fame:
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Stephens, Olin |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Stephens II, Olin James |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American yacht designer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 13, 1908 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | New York City |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 13, 2008 |
| Place of death | Hanover, New Hampshire |