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Full name | Harry Robert Sindle | ||||||||||||||
Nationality | American | ||||||||||||||
Born | 14 October 1929 Little Falls, New Jersey, U.S. | ||||||||||||||
Died | 24 April 2020 Gloucester, Virginia, U.S. | (aged 90)||||||||||||||
Height | 173 cm (5 ft 8 in) | ||||||||||||||
Weight | 74 kg (163 lb) | ||||||||||||||
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Class | Flying Dutchman | ||||||||||||||
Club | Lavallette Yacht Club | ||||||||||||||
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Harry Robert Sindle (14 October 1929 – 24 April 2020) was an American sailor, sailboat designer, and sailboat builder. He was a six-time national champion in the Flying Dutchman class, won a gold medal at the 1959 Pan American Games, competed in the 1960 Summer Olympics, and designed many types of sailboats. [1] [2]
Sindle was born in 1929. [1] He was raised in New Jersey. [2] He graduated from Rutgers University, where he studied mechanical engineering. [2]
Sindle competed in international boat races with sailboats including Lightnings, Thistles, Comets, and Flying Dutchmen (all one-design dinghies). [2] He was a six-time national champion in the Flying Dutchman class. [2] Sindle competed for the United states at the 1959 Pan American Games, where he won a gold medal in the Flying Dutchman class. [2] He went on to compete at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy. [2] Sindle sailed in the two-person Flying Dutchman event alongside Robert Wood and placed nineteenth. [1]
In 1963, Sindle moved to Gloucester, Virginia, to work with Roger Moorman. Moorman designed and built the Mobjack sailboat design. [2] Sindle designed several sailboat classes for the Mobjack Manufacturing Company. [2] Mobjack Manufacturing Company was purchased by Browning Arms Company, where it was renamed Newport Boats and later Gloucester Yachts. [2] Sindle designed sailboat classes such as the Blue Crab 11, Skipjack 15, Newport 17, and Holiday 20. He later built the Buccaneer 18. [2]
Sindle died in April 2020 at the age of 91 and had Parkinson's disease. [2]
Personal information | |||||||||||||||
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Full name | Harry Robert Sindle | ||||||||||||||
Nationality | American | ||||||||||||||
Born | 14 October 1929 Little Falls, New Jersey, U.S. | ||||||||||||||
Died | 24 April 2020 Gloucester, Virginia, U.S. | (aged 90)||||||||||||||
Height | 173 cm (5 ft 8 in) | ||||||||||||||
Weight | 74 kg (163 lb) | ||||||||||||||
Sailing career | |||||||||||||||
Class | Flying Dutchman | ||||||||||||||
Club | Lavallette Yacht Club | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
|
Harry Robert Sindle (14 October 1929 – 24 April 2020) was an American sailor, sailboat designer, and sailboat builder. He was a six-time national champion in the Flying Dutchman class, won a gold medal at the 1959 Pan American Games, competed in the 1960 Summer Olympics, and designed many types of sailboats. [1] [2]
Sindle was born in 1929. [1] He was raised in New Jersey. [2] He graduated from Rutgers University, where he studied mechanical engineering. [2]
Sindle competed in international boat races with sailboats including Lightnings, Thistles, Comets, and Flying Dutchmen (all one-design dinghies). [2] He was a six-time national champion in the Flying Dutchman class. [2] Sindle competed for the United states at the 1959 Pan American Games, where he won a gold medal in the Flying Dutchman class. [2] He went on to compete at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy. [2] Sindle sailed in the two-person Flying Dutchman event alongside Robert Wood and placed nineteenth. [1]
In 1963, Sindle moved to Gloucester, Virginia, to work with Roger Moorman. Moorman designed and built the Mobjack sailboat design. [2] Sindle designed several sailboat classes for the Mobjack Manufacturing Company. [2] Mobjack Manufacturing Company was purchased by Browning Arms Company, where it was renamed Newport Boats and later Gloucester Yachts. [2] Sindle designed sailboat classes such as the Blue Crab 11, Skipjack 15, Newport 17, and Holiday 20. He later built the Buccaneer 18. [2]
Sindle died in April 2020 at the age of 91 and had Parkinson's disease. [2]