There are many famous people that are well known as sailing celebrities. Can you name a few?
Bob Seger
Well know music artist Bob Seger, born Robert Clark Seger May 6, 1945, is an American singer, songwriter and musician and also sailor. Bob made headlines as an amateur sailor and won the Port Huron to Mackinac Island Sailboat race on Lake Huron twice. Read more https://americanprofile.com/articles/bob-seger-rocker/
35th President John F .Kennedy
Probably one of the best known, is 35th President John F .Kennedy that owned a 62-foot Sparkman & Stephens Manitou and also set a speed record at the Chicago-Mackinac Race in 1938.
Read more about John F Kennedy – Sailing President – on https://12degreeswest.com/jfk-the-sailing-president/
Albert Einstein
We all know that sailors are intellectually supreme above mere mortals as proven by Albert Einstein, sailor extaordinaire 😉
Read more about Albert Einstein – on https://www.kavas.com/blog/top-seven-celebrity-sailors.html
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Kate Middleton – The Duchess of York
Found online – Who new? The Duchess sails
Read more about Kate Middleton, adventurer – on https://twitter.com/KensingtonRoyal/status/735506627000864769?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E735506627000864769%7Ctwgr%5E79741c7cb035a02f0e35122cb31c47224a34fabe%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.popsugar.com%2Fcelebrity%2FKate-Middleton-Sailing-England-May-2016-41386364
Magzter.com reports: “The Duchess of Cambridge recently inspired a British sailing victory over New Zealand in front of a crowd of thousands.
The popular Royal donned a wet suit as she joined the British racing team on their F50 catamaran in a friendly Commonwealth Race alongside Olympian Sir Ben Ainslie.”
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Source reference: https://www.popsugar.com/celebrity/photo-gallery/41386364/image/41386373/Kate-Middleton-Sailing-England-May-2016