American sailor
John Dane III (born July 15, 1950, in New Orleans , Louisiana ) is an American Olympic sailor in the Star class . He competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics , where he finished 11th together with his son-in-law Austin Sperry .[1] Dane almost made the Olympics in the dragon in 1968 , when he took second place at the US Olympic trials in a borrowed boat. He also sailed the trials in the Soling (1972), Finn (1976) and Star (1984) classes.
Dane, together with Mark LeBlanc and , was the winner of the first North American Championship Soling in Milwaukee back in 1969. This team also took the second place in the Soling World Championship of 1970 in Poole , UK.
He is the former president of Trinity Marine Group and the current president and CEO of Trinity Yachts, LLC.[2]
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Fleet racing
1971 Dane , LeBlanc ,
1972 Goldsmith
1973 Canada Fogh
1974 Melges
1975 Kolius
1976 Melges
1977 Curtis
1978 Curtis
1979 Haines
1980 Baird
1981 Canada Fogh
1982 Canada Fogh
1983 Curtis
1984 Haines
1985 Canada Fogh
1986 Canada Fogh
1987 Kostecki
1988 Kostecki
1989 Canada Abbott, Jr. , M. Abbott ,
1990 Canada Fogh
1991 Mahaney
1992 Mahaney
1993 Not completed
1994
1995 Madrigali
1996 Madrigali
2001 , Wolf,
2002 Cohan , Buttner, Gladchin
2003 Walker
2004 , Vance ,
2005 , ,
2006 Canada P. Hall , ,
2007 Canada P. Hall , ,
2008 Canada Fogh , ,
2010 Canada Fogh , ,
2011 , ,
2012 Canada Fogh , ,
2013 Canada P. Hall , ,
2014 Canada P. Hall , ,
2015 Canada P. Hall , ,
2016 Canada P. Hall , ,
2017 Germany , ,
2018 Canada P. Hall , ,
2019 Canada P. Hall , Scott McNeil,
Fleet racing
1969 Dane , LeBlanc ,
1970 United States Melges
1971 United States Melges
1972 Olympic year - not held
1973 H. Fogh
1974 United States Melges
1975 Australia Forbes , Anderson , O'Neil
1976 Olympic year - not held
1977 P. Hall
1978 H. Fogh
1979 P. Hall
1980 Brazil T. Grael , Adler , Senfft
1981 H. Fogh
1982 H. Fogh
1983 United States Chapin
1984 Abbott, Jr.
1985 H. Fogh
1986 H. Fogh
1987 Not held
1988 Abbott, Jr.
1989 Thomson , Flinn , Gow
1990
1991 Thomson , Flinn , Gow
1992 Abbott, Jr.
1993 United States Madrigali
1994 United States Kolius
1995 South Africa Savage
2002 , T. Rickards,
2004 , ,
2005 , ,
2006 H. Fogh , ,
2007 H. Fogh , ,
2008 H. Fogh , ,
2009 H. Fogh , ,
2010 H. Fogh , ,
2011 Abbott, Jr. , /M. Abbott , J. Abbott
2012 H. Fogh , ,
2013 Abbott, Jr. , M. Abbott ,
2014 , ,
2015 P. Hall , ,
2016 , ,
2017 P. Hall , ,
2018 P. Hall , ,
2019 Bruce Clifford, M. Abbott ,
Fleet racing
1969: Dane , Le Blanc &
1970: Curtis , &
1971: Mosbacher , Hutcheson & Dickey
1972: Curtis , , Rousmaniere &
1973: , &
1974: Kolius , Hoepfner &
1975: Forbes , Anderson & O'Neil
1976: Buchan , &
1977: Fogh , & Kerr
1978: Haines , Trevelyan & V. Brun
1979: Abbott Jr. , &
1980: , &
1981: Grael , Adler & Senfft
1982: Baird , &
1983: Melges , &
1984: Fogh , & Calder
1985: Fogh , Calder &
1986: Fogh , Calder &
1987: Kostecki , Billingham & Baylis
1988: Mahaney , & Brady
1989: Mahaney , Brady & Kern
1990: Mahaney , Brady & Kern
1991: Mahaney , Brady & Kern
1992: , &
1993: , &
1994: Fogh , &
1995: Madrigali , Barton & Massey
1996: Madrigali , Barton & Massey
1997: Curtis , &
1998: Madrigali , Healy & Jordan
1999: Curtis , &
2000: , &
2001: , &
2002: , &
2003: , &
2004: Abbott Jr. , &
2005: Abbott Jr. , J. Abbott & Boston
2006: , &
2007: Fogh , &
2008: Fogh , &
2009: P. Hall , &
2010: Fogh , &
2011: , &
2012: P. Hall , Davis &
2013: Fogh , &
2014: P. Hall , Davis &
2015: P. Hall , &
2016: Abbott Jr. , Davis & J. Abbott
2017: P. Hall , &
2018: , &
2019: den Outer , de Lange &
2020: Not held due to COVID-19
2021: Not held due to COVID-19
Match racing