Skip Novak
Skip Novak (* 1952 in Chicago ) is an American sailor , mountaineer and author. He has taken part in four Whitbread Round The World races so far. With his two ships Pelagic and Pelagic Australis, he regularly travels the high southern latitudes. He also writes articles for trade magazines, including about storm tactics on sailing yachts .
In addition to taking part in the Whitbread Round-the-World races (now the Volvo Ocean Race), he took part in various other regattas with large and very large ships. He was skipper on board Simon Le Bon’s maxi yacht Drum when it lost its keel spectacularly and capsized at the Fastnet Race 1985 . Back then, no one was seriously injured by being very lucky. Only one month after this accident, however, he started the round-the-world regatta with this ship and in 1985 came third in terms of time sailed. Novak is a recipient of the Blue Water Medal from the Cruising Club of America and the Tilman Award from the Royal Cruising Club of London for its high-latitude tour guides .
Web links
- Skip Novak's Storm Sailing Techniques with various videos about storm tactics
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Skip Novak: want a larger yacht? Sometimes smaller is better for exploratory cruising . Yachting World. April 27, 2016. Retrieved March 3, 2018.
- ↑ Skip Novak's storm sailing techniques . Yachting World. Retrieved March 3, 2018.
- ↑ About Skip Novak . Retrieved March 3, 2018.
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| SURNAME | Novak, Skip |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American sailor, mountaineer and author |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1952 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Chicago |