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Pinkney was named Chicago Yacht Club’s Yachtsman of the Year in 1992. [17] [18] In 1999, he was named one of the Chicagoans of the Year by Chicago magazine. [19] Pinkney is a member of the National Sailing Hall of Fame. [9] He was awarded The America and the Sea Award by Mystic Seaport Museum on October 26, 2022. [20]
The Sailing Museum and National Sailing Hall of Fame is a nonprofit educational organization that promotes sailing and racing by recognizing individuals who have contributed to the sport, highlighting sailing's contribution to the American culture; and demonstrating its value as a hands-on tool for teaching math and science. The organization ...
As sail maker he held franchises for, among others, Horizon Sails, North Sails and Doyle Sails. Curtis was inducted into the National Sailing Hall of Fame in 2013. [ 7 ]
Full Sail University is a private for-profit university in Winter Park, Florida. [4] It was formerly a recording studio in Ohio named Full Sail Productions [5] and Full Sail Center for the Recording Arts. [6] The school moved to Florida in 1980, began offering bachelor's degrees in 2005, [7] and began offering online degrees in 2007. [8]
A hall, wall, or walk of fame is a list of individuals, achievements, or other entities, usually chosen by a group of electors, to mark their excellence or fame in their field. In some cases, these halls of fame consist of actual halls or museums that enshrine the honorees with sculptures, plaques, and displays of memorabilia and general ...
The American Sailboat Hall of Fame is a defunct hall of fame honoring 26 production sailboats built-in the United States. [1] [2] The hall of fame was established in 1994 by Sail America, a trade association for the U.S. sailing industry, to recognize ingenuity in designs by American boat builders. [1] [2] The last year of induction was 2004. [3]
The Ensign was inducted into the now-defunct Sail America American Sailboat Hall of Fame in 2002. In honoring the design the hall cited, "She is rarely the belle of the ball. In fact, some hotshots have even been known to call Ensigns 'tubby' as they go zipping by in their dripping-wet performance dinghies.
The Chicago Yacht Club was founded in 1875 to encourage and promote the sport of yachting. In 1898, the first Race to Mackinac was held. In 1900, the club obtained its first clubhouse, the Argo clubhouse located at the Illinois Central Pier #3. Chicago Yacht Club's original Chicago to Mackinac Trophy dates to 1906.