Club Champions
Note: This list is a special group of sailors. They were all members of Riverton Yacht Club at some time during their lives. All have brought world wide fame to our little pier at the end of Main Street. All are true corinthians.
World Champions |
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| Star | Finn |
Robert Lippincott 1950 |
Paul Van Cleve 1983 |
International Champions |
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| Comet | |||
Edward Merrill |
1938 | Bob Seidleman |
1964, 1965 |
Philip Somervell |
1940, 1941, 1946, 1952 |
Dave Oberg |
1971, 1976 |
Jim Merrill |
1947, 1948 |
Jim Lippincott |
1977, 1979 |
Howard Lippincott |
1949, 1950, 1954, 1955 |
John MacCausland |
1984 |
| Penguin | |||
Gardner Cox |
1958, 1960, 1964 |
John MacCausland |
2000, 2001, 2003 |
Western Hemisphere Champions |
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| Star | Moth |
John MacCausland 1998 |
Jim Greenfield 1960, 1962 |
North American Champions |
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| Star | |||
Robert Lippincot |
1953 | John MacCausland |
1983, 1984, 1987, 2004 |
Howard Lippincott |
1956 |
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| Lightning | |||
| Bob Seidleman 1964, 1966 | |||
| Comet | |||
Dave Oberg |
1986 |
John MacCausland |
1982, 1983, 1985 |
| GP-14 | |||
| John MacCausland 1980, 1981, 1982 | |||
National Champions |
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| Mariner | |||
Nick Mortgu |
1981 | Richard Martin |
2005 |
Howard Lippincott |
1956 |
Alan Crew |
1998 |
| GP-14 | |||
| John MacCausland 1980, 1981, 1982 | |||
| Duster | |||
John Knight |
1946 |
John Morton |
1964 |
| Frederick Steiner |
1947 |
James Walter |
1965, 1968, 1970, 1971, 1972 |
| Bob Lunstedt |
1948 |
Peter Mullen |
1966 |
| Marter Carhart |
1949, 1950, 1951 |
David Styer |
1969 |
Bob Seidelman |
1955, 1956 |
Robert Martin |
1979, 1993, 1994 |
| Elwood McCord |
1957 |
Barbara Martin |
1980, 1971,1972 |
Bob Lippincott, Jr. |
1963 |
Greg & Bret Maute |
2007 |
| Optimist Pram | |||
| Bob Oberg 1993 | Patrick Curran 1998, 1999 |
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| Laser U.S. Single Handed Champion | |||
| Patrick Curran 2004 | Peter Denton 2007 | ||
Shields |
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| Peter Denton 2007 | |||
Canadan National Champion
Star
Midwinter Champions |
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| Lightning | ||||
Bob Seidleman |
1962, 1963, 1965, 1966 |
Jim Lippincott |
1977 |
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| Comet | ||||
Edward Merrill |
1939 |
Jim Lippincott |
1977 |
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Howard Lippincott |
1952, 1962 |
John MacCausland |
1980 |
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Blair Fletcher |
1956, 1957, 1958 |
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Regional Champions |
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| Penguin | Mariner | ||
Mike Hecky |
Atlantic Coast Regata 2007 |
Dave Oldam |
Great Lakes Regatta 1997, 1989 1999, 2000,, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 |
Southern Circuit Champions |
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| Lightning | |||
Bob Seidleman
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1962, 1963, 1965, 1966, 1967 |
Robert Lippincott |
1961 |
Special Events |
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| 1931 Transatlantic Race | 1972 Olympics Munich |
| Jim Merrill — Dorade Crew | Donald S. Cohan — Bronze Metal Dragon Class |
| America’s Cup 1985-1987 | |
| John MacCausland — Stars & Stripes Crew | Richard Walling — American Eagle, US 21 Crew |
| PHRF National Champion 2007 | |
| Bob Oberg - Key West Race Week Instructor (Former RYC Sailing Class Instructor) | |