Harry Sindle

Harry Robert Sindle (14 October 1929 – 24 April 2020) was an American sailor, sailboat designer, and sailboat builder. He was a six-time national champion in the Flying Dutchman class, won a gold medal at the 1959 Pan American Games, competed in the 1960 Summer Olympics, and designed many types of sailboats.[1][2]

Harry Sindle
Personal information
Full nameHarry Robert Sindle
NationalityAmerican
Born14 October 1929 (1929-10-14)
Little Falls, New Jersey, U.S.
Died24 April 2020 (2020-04-25) (aged 90)
Gloucester, Virginia, U.S.
Height173 cm (5 ft 8 in)
Weight74 kg (163 lb)
Sailing career
Class(es)Flying Dutchman
ClubLavallette Yacht Club
Medal record
Sailing
Representing  United States
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place 1959 Chicago Flying Dutchman

Life and career

Sindle was born in 1929.[1] He was raised in New Jersey.[2] He graduated from Rutgers University, where he studied mechanical engineering.[2]

Sindle competed in international boat races with sailboats including Lightnings, Thistles, Comets, and Flying Dutchmen (all one-design dinghies).[2] He was a six-time national champion in the Flying Dutchman class.[2] Sindle competed for the United states at the 1959 Pan American Games, where he won a gold medal in the Flying Dutchman class.[2] He went on to compete at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy.[2] Sindle sailed in the two-person Flying Dutchman event alongside Robert Wood and placed nineteenth.[1]

In 1963, Sindle moved to Gloucester, Virginia, to work with Roger Moorman. Moorman designed and built the Mobjack sailboat design.[2] Sindle designed several sailboat classes for the Mobjack Manufacturing Company.[2] Mobjack Manufacturing Company was purchased by Browning Arms Company, where it was renamed Newport Boats and later Gloucester Yachts.[2] Sindle designed sailboat classes such as the Blue Crab 11, Skipjack 15, Newport 17, and Holiday 20. He later built the Buccaneer 18.[2]

Sindle died in April 2020 at the age of 91 and had Parkinson's disease.[2]

Sailboats designed

References
  1. "Harry Robert Sindle". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved March 13, 2022.
  2. Williams, John Page (May 12, 2020). "Longtime Gloucester, VA. Sailboat Builder Passes Away". Chesapeake Bay Magazine. Retrieved March 13, 2022.
  3. "Nomad 20". SailboatData.com. Retrieved March 13, 2022.
  4. "Skipjack 15". SailboatData.com. Retrieved March 13, 2022.
  5. "Surprise 15". SailboatData.com. Retrieved March 13, 2022.
  6. "Blue Crab 11". SailboatData.com. Retrieved March 13, 2022.
  7. "Scout 11". SailboatData.com. Retrieved March 13, 2022.


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