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Acknowledgements

In the very early days of starting this website, when your webmaster basically did not have a clue, the following individuals were particularly helpful. My sincere apologies to those I have overlooked. Since those early days many others have contributed, especially present and former Dolphin owners. There are too many to list.

 
   
First Name Last Name Comment
Stan  Barnes original owner, O'Day/Lunn # 25 Shaman
Roy Berg Original owner, Black Dolphin, former Chief Engr, Lunn Laminates
Doug Berg Early crew, Black Dolphin
Clark duBois Original owner/builder of Teridot, O'Day # 13
Dave Dugan Former owner, Yankee # 79, No Worries
Aaron Erickson Owner, Yankee # 183, Flite
Mike Gooch-Breault Owner, O'Day #12, Passage
Doug Graham Former owner, Pacific Dolphin, Big Dot
Jim (Sham) Hunt 1960 Olympic Gold Medalist with George O'Day; former sales manager, then CEO of O'Day 
Jim Huxford First Dolphin website webmaster, former owner Yankee Dolphin # 221, IIe aux Galet 
Bruce Johnson Sparkman & Stephens
Kerry  Lange Owner, again, of Kaloke, a Mermaid 24
Bob Larson Original invester in O'Day Corporation and US Yachts, sales agent for early Dolphins
Karen Larson Publisher and Co-Editor, Good Old Boat Magazine
Ray Story Former owner of Yankee Dolphin # 277 Loki
Harry Morgan Sparkman & Stephens
James Nicolas EasyHosting Website Design
Ron Noe Former owner of an early Lunn built Dolphin En Charette
Jay Picotte Owner, Tripp built Dolphin Recovery
Dick Rosse Owner, Yankee Dolphin # 174 Kalea; contributing writer for Chesapeake Bay Magazine
Stan  Secora Former owner O'Day Dolphin # 7 Jato
John Shumaker Founder/owner of Yankee Yachts, and former owner of # 71, Yankee
Steve Shumaker Former crew on # 71, Yankee
Dan  Spurr Author, Heart of Glass, Fiberglass Boats and the Men who Built Them 
Olin  Stephens The man who said "we always thought of the Dolphin as one of our best designs"
Gordon Thompson Former owner of Yankee Dolphin # 299 Suzanne
Allen Tripp Builder of 4 Dolphins from parts supplied by O'Day, F.L. Tripp & Sons
Sandy Van Zandt Sailmaker and former owner of Hound a Lunn built black Dolphin
Chris Vandersteen Owner of a J.J. Taylor built Dolphin Lezah
Dyke Williams Owner of Trina and author of Sept/Oct Good Old Boat article on Dolphins
Phil Zarega Former owner/builder of O'Day # 12, Teal, now Marionette

ave followed for 30 years and who told me that Marionette would be a good boat to buy. Apologies to those I have missed.

 

 

 
   
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