Dave Curtis | |
Full Name: | David Adams Curtis |
Nationality: | American |
Birth Date: | 22 June 1946 |
Birth Place: | Marblehead, Massachusetts |
Classes: | Jolly boat, Lightning, J/24, Soling, Etchells |
Club: | Eastern Yacht Club |
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David Adams Curtis (born June 22, 1946 in Marblehead, Massachusetts) is an American sailor and sail maker.
As a sailor he competed at the highest level in many National and International classes. He won the World Championships in the Etchells severn times and was second six time. However Dave was successful in many other classes he with five North American, four US, one European and one World Championship in the Soling, and one in the J/24 he won the Worlds once and four North American Championships. As sail maker he held franchises for, among others, Horizon Sails, North Sails and Doyle Sails.
Curtis was inducted into the National Sailing Hall of Fame in 2013.[1]