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Rod Johnstone
Rodney "Rod" Johnstone (born January 15, 1937) is an American sailor who founded the boat builder " J/Boats". Personal life Johnstone has a brother, Bob, who he founded their company J/Boats with, a wife, Lucia, who he lives with in Stonington, Connecticut, and a son, Alan who is the chief designer of J/Boats. He is a member of both the Wadawanuck and Stonington Harbor yacht club as well as a member in the Stonington Harbor Management Commission. In 2016, he and his brother received the ''America and the Sea'' honor, an honor that recognizes the contributions to elements of the sea. They received the honor for their company, J/Boats. Despite his old age, Johnstone likes to sail, winning championships in several J/boat classes in various Race Weeks. He also competed in the Bermuda Race with his nephew in 2017. Early life and careers Early life On January 15, 1937, Rodney Stuart Johnstone was born in Glen Ridge, New Jersey. At a young age, Johnstone raced vario ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
J/Boats
J/Boats is an American boat builder based in Newport, Rhode Island and founded by Rod Johnstone in 1977. The company specializes in the design and manufacture of fiberglass sailboats.'J/Boats: Sailing to Success' by Anthony Dalton, Voyageur Press; , The company's model names all start with "J/" and then the design's length overall (LOA), in feet (such as the J/24), or beginning in 1994 in decimeters ( J/130), or starting 2021 in meters ( J/9). All J/Boat designs are monohull, sloop-rigged keelboats constructed of cored sandwich fiberglass. The current product line consists of eight models, ranging from the J/70 to the J/122E, ranging in length from . A new 9 meter model has been announced for 2021. Past models have ranged from , from the J/22 to the J/65. The company's initial design, the J/24, is their most successful, with over 5,500 built. The J/24 is sailed 27 countries and is the world's most popular one design keelboat. As Sailboatdata described, "the J/B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New York Yacht Club
The New York Yacht Club (NYYC) is a private social club and yacht club based in New York City and Newport, Rhode Island. It was founded in 1844 by nine prominent sportsmen. The members have contributed to the sport of yachting and yacht design. As of 2001, the organization was reported to have about 3,000 members. Membership in the club is by invitation only. Its officers include a commodore, vice-commodore, rear-commodore, secretary and treasurer. The club is headquartered at the New York Yacht Club Building in New York City. The America's Cup trophy was won by members in 1851 and held by the NYYC until 1983. The NYYC successfully defended the trophy twenty-four times in a row before being defeated by the Royal Perth Yacht Club, represented by the yacht '' Australia II''. The NYYC's reign was the longest winning streak as measured by years in the history of all sports. The NYYC entered 2021 and 2024 America's Cup competition under the syndicate name American Magic. Clubhou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Sailors
American(s) may refer to: * American, something of, from, or related to the United States of America, commonly known as the "United States" or "America" ** Americans, citizens and nationals of the United States of America ** American ancestry, people who self-identify their ancestry as "American" ** American English, the set of varieties of the English language native to the United States ** Native Americans in the United States, indigenous peoples of the United States * American, something of, from, or related to the Americas, also known as "America" ** Indigenous peoples of the Americas * American (word), for analysis and history of the meanings in various contexts Organizations * American Airlines, U.S.-based airline headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas * American Athletic Conference, an American college athletic conference * American Recordings (record label), a record label previously known as Def American * American University, in Washington, D.C. Sports teams Soccer * Ba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1937 Births
Events January * January 1 – Anastasio Somoza García becomes President of Nicaragua. * January 5 – Water levels begin to rise in the Ohio River in the United States, leading to the Ohio River flood of 1937, which continues into February, leaving 1 million people homeless and 385 people dead. * January 15 – Spanish Civil War: Second Battle of the Corunna Road ends inconclusively. * January 20 – Second inauguration of Franklin D. Roosevelt: Franklin D. Roosevelt is sworn in for a second term as President of the United States. This is the first time that the United States presidential inauguration occurs on this date; the change is due to the ratification in 1933 of the Twentieth Amendment to the United States Constitution. * January 23 – Moscow Trials: Trial of the Anti-Soviet Trotskyist Center – In the Soviet Union 17 leading Communists go on trial, accused of participating in a plot led by Leon Trotsky to overthrow Joseph Stalin's regime, and assassinate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
