Hall of Famer - Rick White
Hall of Famer - Rick White
Oddly enough Rick and another of the Hall of Fame inductees are related. White (60 years old) is the son-in-law of Bill Wells (87 years old). White claims he learned everything about racing boats from his father-in-law. But, Wells modestly denies it, saying, "I didn't teach him anything."
White operates House-in-the-Woods lodging and is a member of the Chamber of Commerce, The Crews' Nest, Bass Islands
Antique Auto Owners Club, and Put-in-Bay Yacht Club.
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White has won nearly 200 championships, including Nationals, North Americans,
Mideasterns, Midwesterns, Southeasterns, Cup of Miami, the Schenley Cup and numerous State championships in such
boats as Sharks, Lasers, JY15s, Tornados, Hobies, MacGregor 36s, F-27s, F-28s, F25Cs and F-24s.
Rick and Mary Wells (wife), taken when they lived in Vail, Colorado.
This was a promo picture taken for his new single release and album. His band was Rick White and the Sweetwater
Junction -- they produced over 10 singles and had a charted hit in the late 70s.
He was formerly multihull editor for Sailboat Week, correspondent for Yachting, Sailing World, and Soundings, is presently a columnist/contributor for Multihulls Magazine, and columnist/executive editor for Catamaran Sailor. White has written five books on racing, the most recent, Catamaran Racing For the 90's, was released in the spring of 1992. Then in 1995, he released a new book Sailing Drills: How to sail Better, Faster, Smarter, Safer, a compilation of drills to improve sailboat handling abilities. The rights to the same book were given to Fernhurst Books of the United Kingdom, who published it under a different title, Race Training. This book is not only for multihulls, but for monohulls and boardsailors as well. He has just completed the textbook that is the Official American Sailing Association Guide to Cruising and Bareboat Chartering, Multihull Cruising Fundamentals. White is presently working on a series of teaching videos based on these seminars and books.
Now living in the Florida Keys and in Put-in-Bay, Ohio, White still races competitively but is spending most of
his time putting on seminars to help others get faster and to promote the sport of one-design sailing. He has helped
train a number of Olympic Medalists and hopefuls.
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