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Aloha Yachts

Aloha Yachts were a range of sailing keelboats manufactured in Whitby, Ontario, Canada by Ouyang Boat Works, founded by Ti Ouyang who had previously worked for Whitby Boat Works.

Australian Paralympic Sailing Team

Teams - Russell Boaden, Colin Harrison, Graeme Martin - 3-person keelboat Sonar ; Daniel Fitzgibbon, Rachel Cox - 2-person keelboat SKUD 18 ; 2.4mR (single-handed) - Aaron Hill

Australian Sailing magazine

The readership includes owners and crew of the 100 ft maxis, keelboat racers, dinghy and sailboard racers.

Chicago to Mackinac Boat Race

Two sailors died in the 2011 race when WingNuts, a high performance keeled Sportsboat Kiwi 35, (berthed in Saginaw, Michigan) capsized and turtled in 75 mile per hour winds.

J24

J/24, the worlds most produced keelboat and most popular one-design offshore sailboat

John Carlsson

Johan Erik "John" Carlsson (January 5, 1870, Stockholm - July 24, 1935 Värmdö) was a sailor from Sweden, who represented his native country at the 1908 Summer Olympics in Ryde, Isle of Wight, Great Britain in the 8 Metre.

Sofia Bekatorou

After a serious back injury she won a bronze medal in the Yngling Keelboat class at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Sumner White

He competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, where, contrary to expectation, he won a gold medal in the 5.5 metre class with the boat Complex II, together with Britton Chance and Edgar White.

William Bakewell

He never achieved significant status past the Depression years, although he became familiar in dozens of films, from Gone with the Wind (1939) to the phenomenally popular Disney series, Davy Crockett (1954-1955), in which he played Maj. Tobias Norton and a Keelboat Race Master of Ceremonies.


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