Portsmouth Man One of National Sailing Hall of Fame's First Inductees

Portsmouth resident Ted Hood is one of 15 individuals who make up the National Sailing Center & Hall of Fame's first-ever class of inductees.

Sailors across the country were nominated for induction this past spring.

Inductees are American citizens, 45 years of age and up, who have made significant impact on the growth and development of the sport in the U.S. in categories of Sailing, Technical and Contributor. Nominations of non-citizens were also considered if they influenced the sport in the U.S., and posthumous nominations were also accepted. 

The selection committee, appointed by the National Sailing Hall of Fame (NSHOF), included representatives from the NSHOF Board, the national governing body, the sailing media, the sailing industry, community sailing, a maritime museum and NSHOF founding yacht clubs.  

Hood joins Bristol resident Capt. Nathaneal G. Herreshoff and Newport's Betsy Alison, the only woman inducted.

The group of 15 will be honored on Oct. 23 during an invitation-only ceremony scheduled to take place at San Diego Yacht Club in California. 

To read more about Hood, go here.

2011 National Sailing Hall of Fame Inductees (alphabetical list): 

Betsy Alison (Newport, R.I.)
Hobie Alter (Laguna Beach, Calif.)
Capt. Charles “Charlie” Barr (Marblehead, Mass.)
Paul Cayard (Kentfield, Calif.)
Dennis Conner (San Diego, Calif.)
Capt. Nathanael G. Herreshoff (Bristol, R.I.)
Ted Hood (Portsmouth, R.I.)
Gary Jobson (Annapolis, Md.)
Buddy Melges (Zenda, Wisc.)
Emil “Bus” Mosbacher, Jr. (Greenwich, Conn.)
Lowell North (San Diego, Calif.)
Ted Turner (Atlanta, Ga.)
Joshua Slocum (San Francisco, Calif.)
Olin Stephens (Hanover, N.H.)
Harold S. Vanderbilt (New York, N.Y.)