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Cole Brauer
Cole Brauer (born 1994), American offshore sailor, first American woman to race solo nonstop around the world, finishing second in the 2023-24 Global Solo Challenge aboard Class40 First Light in 130 days; now Team Malizia co-skipper.
Cornelis Hin
Cornelis Nicolaas Hin was a Dutch sailor who won gold in the 12-foot dinghy at the 1920 Antwerp Olympics, racing with his son Johan aboard Beatrijs III.
Cyril Wright
Cyril Macey Wright (1885–1960), British sailor and naval architect of the Royal Burnham Yacht Club; helmsman and co-owner of Ancora, gold medalist in the 7-metre class at the 1920 Antwerp Olympics, racing with his wife Dorothy Wright.
Daan Kagchelland
Daan Kagchelland (Daniël Marinus Johannes Kagchelland, 1914-1998), Dutch sailor, won gold in the O-Jolle single-handed dinghy at the 1936 Berlin Olympics at Kiel, sailing the Nürnberg with 163 points.
David Bond
David John Were Bond (1922–2013), British sailor from Falmouth, Cornwall; won 1948 London Olympic gold in the Swallow class as crew to Stewart Morris aboard Swift, the class's only Olympic appearance, and was the last surviving British 1948 champion.
David Dunlop
David Dunlop was a Scottish shipping agent and sailor, a crew member aboard Hera, which won gold in the 12-meter class at the 1908 London Olympics.
David Forbes
David Forbes (1934-2022), Australian Star-class sailor, three-time Olympian (1968, 1972, 1976) and Munich 1972 gold medallist with John Anderson; also 5.5m world champion, America's Cup sailor, and Shelley Ecks founder. Not the US sailor from Baltimore.
Dick Sargeant
Dick Sargeant (James Fred Robert Sargeant, born 1936, Kobe, Japan) is an Australian Olympic sailor, gold medalist in the 5.5-metre class on Barrenjoey at Tokyo 1964, Australia's first sailing gold, and fourth in the Flying Dutchman at Mexico City 1968; also 1962 America's Cup Gretel crew.
Diego Botin Sanz de Sautuola
Diego Botín Sanz de Sautuola, Spanish 49er sailor born 1993 in Santander; Olympic gold Paris 2024 with Florian Trittel, 49er world champion 2025, SailGP Season 4 champion helming Spain's Los Gallos.
Domenico Mordini
Domenico Mordini (1898-1948), Italian sailor nicknamed U Menegu, won 8-metre class gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics aboard Italia, Italy's first Olympic sailing title.
Domingo Manrique
Domingo Manrique (Domingo José Manrique de Lara Peñate), Spanish sailor born 1962 in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria; Olympic Flying Dutchman gold with Luis Doreste at Barcelona 1992; competed in four Games (1988–2000).
Donald Aronow
Donald Joel Aronow (1927-1987), American boatbuilder and offshore powerboat racing champion; founded Formula, Donzi, Magnum, Cigarette, and USA Racing on Miami's Thunderboat Row; murdered 1987, Ben Kramer convicted of hiring the killer.
Donatien Bouche
Donatien Bouche (Bouché, 1882-1965), French sailor, helmsman of L'Aile VI, gold medal in the 8 metres class at the 1928 Amsterdam Olympics with Virginie Hériot's crew.
Dorothy Wright
Dorothy Wright (Dorothy Winifred Wright, née Machin, 1889–1960) was a British Olympic sailor who won gold in the 7-metre class at Antwerp 1920 aboard Ancora, the only woman in the 1920 yachting events and third female yachting gold medalist.
Durward Knowles
Durward Randolph Knowles, the Sea Wolf (1917-2018), Bahamian Star-class sailor; won the Bahamas' first Olympic medal (bronze 1956) and first gold (Tokyo 1964 with Cecil Cooke), competing in a record eight Olympic Games from 1948 to 1988.
Eckart Diesch
Eckart Diesch (born 1954, Friedrichshafen) is a German sailor who won Flying Dutchman Olympic gold with brother Jörg at Montreal 1976, was fifth at Los Angeles 1984, and later a Friedrichshafen dentist and yacht-club president.
Ed Trevelyan
Ed Trevelyan (Edward Norman Trevelyan, born 1955, San Pedro, California) is an American Soling sailor who won 1984 Olympic gold in the three-person keelboat with Robbie Haines and Rod Davis, after missing the boycotted 1980 Games; later a North Sails employee and Census Bureau statistician.
Ed White
Ed White (Edgar Pardee Earle White, 1929-2014), American Olympic sailor; with twin brother Sumner won 1952 Helsinki gold in the 5.5 metre class aboard Complex II, skippered by Britton Chance; Harvard 1952 graduate.
Eduardo Penido
Eduardo Penido (Eduardo Henrique Gomes Penido), Brazilian sailor born 1960 in Rio de Janeiro; won 470 class gold with Marcos Soares at Moscow 1980, later sixth in the 2015 Transat Jacques Vabre Class40 aboard Zetra, the first all-Brazilian duo in that race.
Edward Hore
Edward Hore (born 17 November 1849, Knightsbridge) was a British yachtsman of the Royal London Yacht Club who won 1900 Paris Olympic gold in the 3-10 ton class aboard Bona Fide and bronze in the 10-20 ton class aboard his yacht Laurea.
Egill Reimers
Egill Reimers (1878–1946) was a Norwegian architect in Bergen and Olympic sailor; he won 1920 Antwerp 12-metre class gold aboard Heira II and designed Bergen school buildings such as the Geophysical Institute.
Eilert Falch Lund
Eilert Falch-Lund (Eilert Falch Lund), Norwegian sailor and wholesaler (1875-1960); won 12-metre class gold aboard Magda IX at Stockholm 1912 and placed fourth in the 8-metre class at London 1908.
Elise Rechichi
Elise Rechichi (born 1986, Perth) is an Australian sailor, 2008 Beijing Olympic gold medallist in the women's 470 with Tessa Parkinson, 2012 Olympian with Belinda Stowell, and 2023 Australian Sailing Hall of Fame inductee.
Ellen MacArthur
Dame Ellen MacArthur, British yachtswoman (Vendée Globe 2001 runner-up; 2005 solo round-the-world record, 71 days), retired 2009 and founded the Ellen MacArthur Foundation for the circular economy.
Ellie Aldridge
Ellie Aldridge (Eleanor Aldridge, born 1996) is a British Formula Kite sailor, first Olympic champion in women's kiteboarding at Paris 2024, 2023 European champion, four-time world medallist, MBE.
Emelyn Whiton
Emelyn Whiton was an American sailor, crew member of Llanoria, winner of the 6-meter class at the 1952 Helsinki Olympics, who died in a 1962 plane crash.
Émile Billard
Émile Billard (François Alexandre Émile Billard, 1852-1930), French sailor of the Société des Régates du Havre; won 1900 Paris Olympic gold in the 10-20 tons class aboard Estérel with Paul Perquer.
Emile Cornellie
Émile Cornellie (1869–1945), Belgian naval officer and sailor of the Royal Yacht Club Oostende, won 1920 Antwerp Olympic gold in the 6 metre class aboard Edelweiss II with his son Florimond and Frédéric-Albert Bruynseels.
Enrico Poggi
Enrico Poggi (Enrico Massimo Carlo Maria Poggi, 1908-1976), Italian Olympic sailor from Genoa; gold medal in the 8 metres class aboard Italia at Berlin 1936, later eighth in the 6 metres at London 1948 and Helsinki 1952.
Eric Ridder
Eric Ridder (1918-1996), American yachtsman and publisher: Olympic 6-metre gold at Helsinki 1952 aboard Llanoria, co-skipper of Constellation in the 1964 America's Cup, and publisher of the Journal of Commerce 1956-1985.