David Ullman Explained
| David Ullman |
| Classes: | 470, Melges 24, Snipe, Lido 14, Thistle, Sabot, Coronado 15 |
David Ullman (born 1946) is an international yachtsman, sailboat racer, and sailmaker. Ullman founded Ullman Sails in Newport Beach, California in 1967.[1]
He won the 470 World Championships in 1977, 1978 and 1980, and the Melges 24 World Championships in 2007.[2]
He also won the National Championships in Lido 14 (eight times),[3] Snipe (1973),[4] Thistle,[5] Sabot and Coronado 15.
Besides, Ullman won the gold medal in Snipe at the 1975 Pan American Games and in 1980, the Championship of champions (Jack Brown Trophy)[6] and the U.S. Men’s National Championship (Mallory Cup)[7] He is also a five times (1992-1996) winner of the Sir Thomas Lipton Challenge Cup.[8] [9]
Ullman has also won races in the S.O.R.C. class, and is a U.S. Team Racing champion. He formerly coached the U.S. Olympic Sailing Team.[7] Ullman continues to race and coach, and is active in running his international sailmaking business.[10]
Awards
Ullman was named US Sailor of the Year in 1996, and was nominated again in 2007.[11] He was inducted into the National Sailing Hall of Fame in 2016.[12]
Publications
- Championship Dinghy Sailing (1978), with Christopher Caswell[13]
External links
- Sailing : Multihull Issue Causes Multitude of Problems, Ruch Roberts, June 6, 1988
- Yacht Racing; Race Week Beckons Italian Sailors, Barbara Lloyd, January 17, 1999
- Boating report notebook: Despite Flooding, Illbruck Comes Back, Herb McCormick, December 9, 2001
- Ullman Scores Huge Victory for Future of Brand, June 26, 2013
- Dave Ullman, Melges 24 Worlds, Dave Reed, July 5, 2007 - July/August 2007 issue
- Video interview
- Team Brickhouse Interview with Dave Ullman, December 3, 2009
- Ullman Sails Website
Notes and References
- http://www.sail-world.com/Dave-Ullman---yachting-s-elder-Statesman--Pt-I--/74591 Dave Ullman - yachting's elder Statesman (Pt.I)
- http://www.melges.com/?p=news&id=1075 Melges 24 World Championship - Ullman the ultimate survivor of a wild west windup! 8 May 2007
- http://www.sailingscuttlebutt.com/2014/07/31/bringing-fight-lido-14-nationals/ Bringing the fight to the Lido 14 Nationals
- http://snipeusa.com/regattas/trophies-deeds-of-gift/commodore-charles-e-heinzerling-trophy/ Commodore Charles E. Heinzerling Trophy winners
- Web site: Newport Yacht Club "Birds and Worms" newsletter, April 2014 . 2015-11-23 . 2016-03-04 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304130404/http://www.newportyc.org/Newsletters/BW2014_04.pdf . dead .
- http://www.ussailing.org/racing/championships/adult/cofc/previous-winners/ US Sailing
- http://www.nantucketcommunitysailing.org/uploaded_files/2014_iod_program_2_.pdf IOD Celebrity Invitational Program
- http://sdyc.org/news/full_post/lipton_cup_history_who_were_those_guys, San Diego Yacht Club Lipton Cup History: Who Were Those Guys?
- https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1997-05-30-sp-63985-story.html Entered in Lipton Challenge Cup This Weekend
- Web site: About Us . 2015-11-23 . https://web.archive.org/web/20151123203755/http://www.ullmansails.com/about.aspx . 2015-11-23 . dead .
- Book: Yachting. April 1997. 17–. 0043-9940.
- Web site: David Charles Ullman 2016 Inductee . Nshof.org . April 16, 2020.
- Book: Christopher Caswell. David Ullman. Championship Dinghy Sailing. 1978. David and Charles. 978-0-7153-7812-0.
