DOUG PETERSON, INNOVATIVE YACHT RACING DESIGNER HAS DIED
July 17, 2017
Doug Peterson, a freethinking yacht designer who turned the offshore racing world on its head in the 1970s with breakthrough boats, and later contributed to the designs of two America’s Cup winners, died on June 26 in San Diego. He was 71.
Mr. Peterson was recently voted into the America’s Cup Hall of Fame. The Globe & Mail carried the story: https://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/more-sports/doug-peterson-was-an-innovator-who-shook-up-the-sailing-world/article35674256/