- Dick Nye
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Richard (Dick) S. Nye in an American sailor.[1] He won the Frostbite Regatta three years in a row in 1957[2], 1958[3] and 1959[4]. He has won two Fastnet races, two Transatlantic races and three Bermuda Races (two overall wins, one class win).[5]
References
- ^ "Dick Nye at helm of winning yawl". New York Times. 26 May 1963. http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive/pdf?res=F10D15F73C5515768FDDAF0A94DD405B838AF1D3. Retrieved 7 May 2011.
- ^ "Nye's Ditto Triumphs; Takes Frostbite Regatta Series at Indian Harbor". New York Times. 27 January 1957. http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F30A12FE3A5C14738DDDAE0A94D9405B8789F1D3. Retrieved 7 May 2011.
- ^ "Nye Captures Regatta; Scores 2d Straight Triumph With Ditto at Greenwich". New York Times. 17 March 1958. http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F60F13F63A5B117B93C5A81788D85F4C8585F9. Retrieved 7 May 2011.
- ^ "Nye Sails to Victory". New York Times. 12 January 1959. http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FB0D14FB3D5C1A7B93C0A8178AD85F4D8585F9. Retrieved 7 May 2011.
- ^ John Ahern (8 December 1957). "Foremost Ocean Racing Man; Is Dick Nye Being Overlooked As an America Cup Skipper?". Boston Globe. http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/boston/access/2068393492.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&type=historic&date=Dec+08%2C+1957&author=&pub=Daily+Boston+Globe+%281928-1960%29&desc=Foremost+Ocean+Racing+Man&pqatl=google. Retrieved 7 May 2011.
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