U. S. Sailing's Yachtsman
& Yachtswoman of the Year

Year	Man	Woman
1961	Buddy Melges	Timothea Schneider
1962	Bus Mosbacher	Sue Sinclair
1963	Joe Duplin	Leggie Mertz
1964	Bob Bavier	Jane Pegel
1965	Dick Tillman	Timothea (Schneider) Larr
1966	Bill Cox	Jerie Clark
1967	Bus Mosbacher	Betty Foulk
1968	Lowell North	June Methot
1969	Robert F. Johnson	Jan O'Malley
1970	Ted Turner	Jan O'Malley
1971	Ding Schoonmaker	Jane Pegel
1972	Buddy Melges	Jane Pegel
1973	Ted Turner	Sally Lindsay
1974	Ted Hood	Sally Lindsay
1975	Dennis Conner	Joan Ellis
1976	Lowell North	Allison Jolly
1977	Ted Turner	Jan O'Malley
1978	Buddy Melges	Bonnie Shore
1979	Ted Turner	Nell Taylor
1980	Dennis Conner	Lynne Jewell
1981	Dave Curtis	Betsy Gelenitis
1982	Randy Smyth	Betsy Gelenitis
1983	Dave Curtis	Wendy Thomson
1984	Bill Buchan	Betsy Gelenitis
1985	Ken Read	Kathy Steele & Heidi Backus
1986	Dennis Conner	J. J. Isler
1987	Ed Adams	Susan Dierdorff Taylor
1988	John Kostecki	Allison Jolly & Lynne Jewell
1989	Larry Klein	Jody Swanson
1990	Jim Brady	Courtenay Becker
1991	Ed Adams	J. J. Isler
1992	Kevin Mahaney	Julia Trotman
1993	Cam Lewis	Betsy (Gelenitis) Alison
1994	Ken Read	Danielle Brennan
1995	Ed Baird	Cory Sertl
1996	Dave Ullman	Courtenay (Becker) Dey
1997	Chris Larson	J. J. Isler
1998	Paul Cayard	Betsy (Gelenitis) Alison
1999	Eric Doyle	Dawn Riley
2000	Mark Reynolds & Magnus Liljedahl	J. J. Isler & Pease Glaser
2001	Steve Fossett	Cory Sertl
2002	John Kostecki	Liz Baylis
2003	Augie Diaz	Hannah Swett
2004	Paul Foerster & Kevin Burnham	Jody Swanson
2005	Nick Scandone	Sally Barkow
2006	Jud Smith	Paige Railey

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