Surfer Today posting yesterday the passing of Jim Drake. Jim Drake, co-inventor of the Windsurfer, dies at 83 He made significant contributions to the sailboard. Though not a co-inventor, he was actually a co-patent holder. An accurate account of the evolution of the modern sailboard was published in American Windsurfer over a decade ago and is briefly reported here: Patents; A blow by blow of how the inventor of windsurfing found his place in the sun. - New York Times Had Jim not introduced the asymmetrical rig with a wishbone boom the sport would not have seen such wide popularity. These additions made the sailboard more efficient and easier to learn.
We all owe Jim for his contributions to our sport. May he rest in peace.
Chad M Lyons Windsurfing Historian Branford, CT, USA
Surfer Today posting yesterday the passing of Jim Drake.
RépondreSupprimerJim Drake, co-inventor of the Windsurfer, dies at 83
He made significant contributions to the sailboard.
Though not a co-inventor, he was actually a co-patent holder.
An accurate account of the evolution of the modern sailboard
was published in American Windsurfer
over a decade ago and is briefly reported here:
Patents; A blow by blow of how the inventor of windsurfing found his place in the sun. - New York Times
Had Jim not introduced the asymmetrical rig with a wishbone boom
the sport would not have seen such wide popularity.
These additions made the sailboard more efficient and
easier to learn.
We all owe Jim for his contributions to our sport.
May he rest in peace.
Chad M Lyons
Windsurfing Historian
Branford, CT, USA