Some pictures of FDs found in old books Bibliography

  1.  Hans Fogh and Ole Peterson c.1960 with caption by Elvstrom (82k)
  2.  Two photos from Elvstrom's book, one of Fogh and one of Melges (71k)
  3.  Johnson Wooderson and Paul Davies before the wind c.1972 (57k)
  4.  3 seconds later (43k)
  5.  Another windy day on the Solent c.1972 (172k)
  6.  Ben Verhagen flogging to windward in some serious chop c.1962 (65k)
  7.  Another picture of US 444 and others c. 1962 (65k)   This is certainly Pat and Jack Duane leading around in US-444. They sailed this boat in the '63 Pan Am games in Sao  Paulo Brazil, but finished second, after Brazil's Joe Rodenbourg. US-840 is former Lightening class champion Tom Allen. Location of this picture is still uncertain.
  8.  Mark rounding action possibly Long Island Sound c.1962 (57k)
  9.  The other picture of 444 (112k) That looks like Jack on the wire, but I don't think Pat is at the helm in this picture.
  10.  1955 World Champion Vittorio Porta and Franco Boido (45k)
  11.  Hugh Somerville and John Chanier at Muiden c.1957 (60k)
  12.  Hard to believe FD sailors using this quaint practice even in the 50s (61k)
  13.  Norm Freeman and possibly John Riggs on the wire, the location is apparently the Solent c.1972 (56k)
  14.  A small fleet prepairing to start, Lake Konstanz in the mid 50s (90k)
  15.  Dead downwind, probobly same day, again the anachronistic spinnaker sheeting(98k)
  16.  Kiel 1972, in the foreground, the Brazilians who finished fourth overall (60k)
  17.  Pajot Brothers' 1972 dual spinnaker launchers (38k)
  18.  A nice early portait of F3 (71k)
  19.  Early sixties, Switzerland this time, a radial cut mainsail (49k)
  20.  part 1 of start sequence, possibly Zeebrugge, when did Belgians sail FDs? (55k)
  21.  part 2 of start sequence (49k)
  22.  Another fabulous '50's starting line (97k)
  23.  A very early Dutch promo shot, note original small jib (72k)
  24.  A fine action shot of H220 evidently at Loosdrecht (80k)
  25.  This is 'Whisper' leaping over the Solent c. 1969 (44k)
  26.  Early seventies, spinnaker nicely trimmed in Australia (45k)
  27.  Another ride under spinnaker, also in Australia c.1970 (55k)
  28.  A wetting to windward, Germany c.1970 (21k)
  29.  S-75 early seventies, hot, light air, but well composed. (55k)
  30.  Another fine still from St. Pete, '62. You can see the tension on Tasker's face (78k)
  31.  Trouble taking down the spinnaker c.1968 (56k)
  32.  A daring port tack start in a really big fleet, possibly Worlds c.1975. (three frames total 152k)
  33.  A small international group approaching a windward mark. Possibly 72 olympics (48k)
  34.  American FD pioneer Jim VanVoast in his original Dutch imported boat "Vim". This picture dates from 1953 or '54.

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Any additional information about these pictures is welcome.

This page last updated May 30th 2002