Carl Van Duyne ’68 should be considered. Captain of the Princeton sailing team, he won the U.S. Intercollegiate Single-Handed Championship in 1966. He won silver in the 1967 and 1971 Pan Am Games sailing the Finn, a high performance, physically demanding single-handed dinghy. Competing in the Finn at the 1968 Olympics, he was leading a race when his sail touched a flag on the top of a mark. Although no one saw the incident (the race officer at the mark said he did not touch the mark), he withdrew from the race as at that time there was no alternative penalty. As a result the racing rules of sailing were changed in 1969 to allow a penalty turn rather than withdrawing from the race. Unfortunately Carl passed away at the age of 36. The trophy for the Middle Atlantic Intercollegiate Sailing Association single-handed champion is named after Carl.
Carl Van Duyne ’68 should be considered. Captain of the Princeton sailing team, he won the U.S. Intercollegiate Single-Handed Championship in 1966. He won silver in the 1967 and 1971 Pan Am Games sailing the Finn, a high performance, physically demanding single-handed dinghy. Competing in the Finn at the 1968 Olympics, he was leading a race when his sail touched a flag on the top of a mark. Although no one saw the incident (the race officer at the mark said he did not touch the mark), he withdrew from the race as at that time there was no alternative penalty. As a result the racing rules of sailing were changed in 1969 to allow a penalty turn rather than withdrawing from the race. Unfortunately Carl passed away at the age of 36. The trophy for the Middle Atlantic Intercollegiate Sailing Association single-handed champion is named after Carl.