Obituaries
Multihull Designer Dick Newick Dies at 87
The "sailboat design visionary," whose trimarans proved faster than competitors expected, lived on Martha's Vineyard for a time, according to his obituary in the New York Times.
A leader in the 20th-century multihull movement died in California last month, the New York Times reports.
Read Dick Newick, Sailboat Design Visionary, Dies at 87
Newick, whose trimaran designs proved more competitive than traditional multihull sailors had expected, spent part of his long life and career living on Martha's Vineyard with his wife, Patricia Ann.
"I suspect all the world multihullers will now feel fatherless. This is what I feel right now," posted Christian Fevrier on the Scuttlebutt Sailing News website, along with a photograph of Newick on the Vineyard in 1979.
Read more about Dick Newick in Scuttlebutt Sailing News.
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