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Britton Chance, Jr.
Britton Chance Jr. or Britt Chance (June 12, 1940 – October 12, 2012) was an American naval architecture, naval architect who developed core elements of three yachts that won the America's Cup and won the World Championship six times. ''The New York Times'' said he "was known for having a mathematician's precision and a renegade's willingness to experiment". ''Professional Boatbuilder'' called him "one of the brightest minds in yacht design".Britton Chance Jr: 1940-2012. (2013). ''Professional Boatbuilder'', 141, 14. via EBSCO, accessed April 20, 2022 Early life Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Chance was the son of Jane Earle and Dr. Britton Chance, a biophysicist at the University of Pennsylvania who won a gold medal in sailing at the 1952 Summer Olympics. Raised in Mantoloking, New Jersey, he frequently sailed in Barnegat Bay and developed an early interest making boats that could go faster. Chance said, "I started racing and sailing at Manotoloking on my own by the t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philadelphia
Philadelphia, often called Philly, is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the sixth-largest city in the U.S., the second-largest city in both the Northeast megalopolis and Mid-Atlantic regions after New York City. Since 1854, the city has been coextensive with Philadelphia County, the most populous county in Pennsylvania and the urban core of the Delaware Valley, the nation's seventh-largest and one of world's largest metropolitan regions, with 6.245 million residents . The city's population at the 2020 census was 1,603,797, and over 56 million people live within of Philadelphia. Philadelphia was founded in 1682 by William Penn, an English Quaker. The city served as capital of the Pennsylvania Colony during the British colonial era and went on to play a historic and vital role as the central meeting place for the nation's founding fathers whose plans and actions in Philadelphia ultimately inspired the American Revolution and the nation's inde ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
