Richard "Dick" Newick (May 9, 1926 in Hackensack, New Jersey – August 28, 2013 in Sebastopol, California)[1] [2] [3] more frequently known as Dick Newick was a multihull sailboat designer.
He grew up in Rutherford, New Jersey.[2] At 10 he built two kayaks with his father and brother.[2] At 12 he designed and built two more by himself.[2] At 14 he sold kayak plans to a schoolmate for $5.[2] After school he spent some time in the United States Navy and earned a degree from the University of California, Berkeley.[2] He ran a boat shop, worked charitably with Quakers in Mexico, then explored Europe by kayak.[2] He sailed to St. Croix in the United States Virgin Islands where he met and married his wife Patricia Ann Moe.[2] They lived in Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts and Kittery Point, Maine and had two daughters, Lark Blair and Valery Wright, both of whom have boat designs named after them.[2]
He believed in reincarnation, and said he had been a Polynesian boat builder in a previous life.[2] He lauded simplicity of design,[2] safe seagoing performance,[1] aesthetics,[1] and speed under sail.[2] [4]
Newick was at the forefront of the 1960s revival of multihulls, helping to reform their aesthetic and influencing later designs such as the AC72.[2] He was inducted into the North American Boat Designers Hall of Fame in 2008.[2]
| Design | Type | Year | Length | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Argonauta | trimaran | 27 | folding trimaran | ||
| Ay-Ay | catamaran | 40 | |||
| Cheers | proa | 1968 | 40 | Atlantic proa, 1968 OSTAR, third place | |
| Creative | trimaran | 42 | |||
| Echo II | trimaran | 36 | |||
| Eterna | proa | 1980 | 54 | Atlantic proa, 1980 OSTAR entrant | |
| Godiva | proa | 1980 | 34 | Atlantic proa, 1980 OSTAR entrant | |
| Gulf Streamer | trimaran | 60 | built for Phil Weld | ||
| Lark | trimaran | 1962 | 24 | named for Newick's daughter | |
| Lucky Strike | trimaran | 50 | racing design | ||
| Maine Cat 22 | catamaran | 24 | 18 examples built | ||
| Moxie | trimaran | 46 | 1980 OSTAR winner, built for Phil Weld | ||
| Native | trimaran | 1976 | 38 | ||
| Ocean Surfer | trimaran | 1988 | 40 | 1988 CSTAR entrant | |
| Pat's | trimaran | 50 | Newick's personal cruiser. Named for Newick's wife. | ||
| proa | proa | 1974 | 34 | Pacific proa[5] | |
| Quick Silver | trimaran | 40 | |||
| Rev | trimaran | 16 | Newick's personal daysailer. Crab claw rig | ||
| Rogue Wave | trimaran | 60 | built for Phil Weld | ||
| Rusty Pelican | trimaran | 1983 | 45 | ||
| Somersault 26 | trimaran | 26 | |||
| Spark | trimaran | 28 | yawl rig | ||
| Three Cheers | trimaran | 1976 | 46 | wing deck. Yawl rig. 1972 OSTAR, 5th place. | |
| Traveler | trimaran | 51 | |||
| Tremolino | trimaran | 23 | |||
| Trice | trimaran | 36 | sloop rig | ||
| Tricia | trimaran | 36 | |||
| Trine | trimaran | 32 | Newick's first trimaran design. Sloop rig.[6] | ||
| Tryst | trimaran | 36 | |||
| Vaka Fanaua | trimaran | 50 | "island freighter" trimaran | ||
| Val | trimaran | 1976 | 31 | Named for Newick's daughter. 1976 OSTAR as "The Third Turtle" | |
| Val 1 | trimaran | 31 | wing-deck | ||
| Val 2 | trimaran | 31 | |||
| White Wings | trimaran | 36 | yawl rig |