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Saturday, 23 January 2010
Two-time Olympic silver medalist, Randy Smyth, spoke on Saturday, March 20th, at the Shreveport Yacht Club. The schedule included:
Cash bar and snacks: 5:30pm - 6:30pm.
Crawfish Boil: 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Randy's talk with Q&A: 7:30pm

All three local yacht clubs (Shreveport Yacht Club, Longview Yacht Club, and Tyler Yacht Club) hosted the event. 

Click "Read More" below to see full bio of Randy Smyth....
 

RANDY SMYTH – Personal Profile

TWO TIME OLYMPIC SILVER MEDALIST

SAIL DESIGNER / SKIPPER

Randy’s race record and contributions to the sport of Multihull sailing span many decades. At 54 years old with 3 young children, Randy continues to design winning sails at ‘Smyth Sails’ while keeping his passion for sailing active.

As skipper for Kevin Cosner in Water World, and Pierce Brosnen in the Thomas Crown Affair, Randy’s unique sailing expertise is in hot demand.

Pushing his sailmaking skills to mega size, he radically exploited his no boundaries style of imagination to incorporate Cuben Fiber and radical sail profiles that powered the 110 foot monster Catamaran ‘Team Adventure’ around the world with every sail still alive after 28,000 miles. After loosing 5 of the original 14 crew members due to serious injuries and shear terror, Randy admitted that he has dodged enough icebergs for a lifetime.

Winning the Extreme 40 Grand Prix Circuit was probably his closest victory ever. After more than 70 races in venues including Spain, Brazil, Baltamore, England and Holland he won on the last race clinching this victory.

From the Olympics, to World Championships, to Grand Prix Circuits in Europe, to Marathon Ocean Catamaran Races in Tahiti, Portugal and the U.S., perhaps the following says it best….

Race Summary:

1984 Los Angeles Olympics Silver Medal Tornado Catamaran

1992 Barcelona Olympics Silver Medal Tornado Catamaran

59 NATIONAL, CONTINENTAL, AND WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP WINS

Some Highlights include:

2 time Tornado World Champion

Volvo Extreme 40 Catamaran: Overall Winner ‘Tommy Hilfiger’ 2005-2006 World Grand Prix Tour

Pro Sail 40

’88, ’89, & ’90 OVERALL CHAMPION – U.S. PROFESSIONAL CIRCUIT

America’s Cup

’88 WINNER – 60‘ CATAMARAN ‘STARS & STRIPES – CREW & DESIGN TEAM

Marathon Open Ocean Events

WORRELL 1000 – Fort Lauderdale to Virginia Beach

’85, ’89, ’97, ’98, 99, & 2000 OVERALL VICTORIES

TAHITI MONDIAL CAT CHALLENGE – French Polynesia

’90 WINNER AND RECORD HOLDER

ROTA DOS ESTUARIOS E RIAS – Spain & Portugal

’93, ’94, and ‘96 WINNER – Prindle 19, Hobie 20, Formula 18

THE RACE – TEAM ADVENTURE – AROUND THE WORLD 2001 – 3RD

Euro Grand Prix Events

TROPHEE CLAIREFONTAINE – France

2001 - 3rd Overall, 2002 – 2nd Overall

U.S. Trimaran Events

CORSAIR NATIONALS – Winner of World’s Largest Trimaran Event

1995, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2007, and 2009 Winner

ROCKETEER RACING TEAM Corsair 31Trimaran – 2005 -1ST Class CHICAGO MAC, BUZZARDS BAY

 
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