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Default RIP Olin Stephens

Wilbur Hubbard wrote:
"jlrogers±³©" wrote in message
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: NEW YORK, NY, September 13, 2008 -- Olin J. Stephens, Member #1 on the
: New York Yacht Club’s Seniority List, passed away this weekend. He
: joined the NYYC in 1930, or 78 years ago. He designed the winners of a
: total of eight of the nine America's Cup matches between 1937 and
: 1980.
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: Wasn't he and Capt. Rob close friends?
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Yes, and it was Capt. Rob who actually drew the lines of some of the more
successful yachts.


No, but Stephens wife, not knowing what to do with the half models she
has been left, has decided to give them to Bob. In turn Bob will flog
them for a kings ransom on flea bay, and brag ad-nauseum about it to the
group even as we read about her starving grandchildren.

Cheers
Marty