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<div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content mw-content-ltr" lang="de" dir="ltr"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="de" dir="ltr"><p><b>Olin James Stephens II.</b> (* <a href="13._April" title="13. April">13. April</a> <a href="1908" title="1908">1908</a> in <a href="New_York_City" title="New York City">New York City</a>; † <a href="13._September" title="13. September">13. September</a> <a href="2008" title="2008">2008</a> in <a href="Hanover_(New_Hampshire)" title="Hanover (New Hampshire)">Hanover (New Hampshire)</a>) war ein US-amerikanischer Yachtkonstrukteur mit einer Vorliebe für Holzschiffe.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<p>Olin Stephens war der nach <a href="Nathanael_Herreshoff" title="Nathanael Herreshoff">Nathanael Herreshoff</a> erfolgreichste Yachtkonstrukteur im <a href="America%E2%80%99s_Cup" title="America’s Cup">America’s Cup</a>. Er entwarf fünf siegreiche AC-Boote: <i>Columbia</i> (1958), <i>Constellation</i> (1964), <i>Intrepid</i> (1967), <i>Courageous</i> (1974) und <i>Freedom</i> (1980). Mit seinem Bruder <a href="Rod_Stephens" title="Rod Stephens">Rod Stephens</a> und dem Yachtmakler Drake Sparkman gründete und führte er die Firma <a href="Sparkman_%26_Stephens" title="Sparkman & Stephens">Sparkman & Stephens</a> (S&S), die führende Yacht-Design-Firma von 1929 bis 1980. Legendär sind seine Yachtentwürfe <i><a href="Dorade_(Schiff)" title="Dorade (Schiff)">Dorade</a></i>, mit der 1931 die <a href="Transatlantikregatta" title="Transatlantikregatta">Transatlantikregatta</a> und im selben Jahr das <a href="Fastnet_Race" title="Fastnet Race">Fastnet Race</a> gewonnen wurde, sowie <i>Stormy Weather</i>, mit der er die tragische <a href="Transatlantikregatta_1935" title="Transatlantikregatta 1935">Transatlantikregatta 1935</a> gewann. Mitte der 1930er Jahre führte er mit <a href="Starling_Burgess" title="Starling Burgess">Starling Burgess</a> die Verwissenschaftlichung im Yachtdesign ein. <a href="Schiffbau-Versuchsanstalt" title="Schiffbau-Versuchsanstalt">Schlepptankversuche</a> optimierten die <a href="J-Klasse_(Segeln)" title="J-Klasse (Segeln)">J-Yacht</a> <i><a href="Ranger_(Yacht)" title="Ranger (Yacht)">Ranger</a></i>, die 1937 den America’s Cup gegen <a href="Endeavour_(Yacht)" title="Endeavour (Yacht)">Endeavour</a> verteidigte.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In den 1960er Jahren begann die Zusammenarbeit mit dem Finnen Pekka Koskenkyla, der die Yachtwerft <i><a href="Nautor%E2%80%99s_Swan" title="Nautor’s Swan">Nautor’s Swan</a></i> gründete.
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<ul><li>Wegen seiner besonderen Verdienste als Konstrukteur um den America’s Cup wurde er 1993 als <i>Inductee</i> (Ehrenmitglied) in die <a href="America%E2%80%99s_Cup_Hall_of_Fame" title="America’s Cup Hall of Fame">America’s Cup Hall of Fame</a> aufgenommen.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li>
<li>2007 Erster Inductee der <a href="International_Sailing_Federation" class="mw-redirect" title="International Sailing Federation">ISAF Sailing Hall of Fame</a><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul>
<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Schriften">Schriften</h2></div>
<ul><li><i>All This and Sailing, Too: An Autobiography</i>, 1999, ISBN 978-0-913372-89-0.</li>
<li><i>Lines: A Half-Century of Yacht Designs by Sparkman & Stephens 1930–1980</i>. ISBN 978-1-56792-221-9.</li></ul>
<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Literatur">Literatur</h2></div>
<ul><li><a href="Franco_Pace" title="Franco Pace">Franco Pace</a>: <i>Olin Stephens</i>. Delius Klasing Verlag, 2002, ISBN 978-3-7688-1384-6.</li></ul>
<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Weblinks">Weblinks</h2></div>
<ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.fondear.org/infonautic/Barco/Diseno_Construccion/Arquitectos_Navales/olin_04.jpg">Foto: Olin Stephens am Ruder einer Swan</a></li>
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</style><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070312052619/http://www.klassischeyachten.de/dorade/fotos1.php">Dorade: Fotos</a> (<span class="webarchiv-memento"><a href="Webarchivierung#Begrifflichkeiten" title="Webarchivierung">Memento</a></span> vom 12. März 2007 im <i><a href="Internet_Archive" title="Internet Archive">Internet Archive</a></i>)</li>
<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110719025013/http://www.klassischeyachten.de/stormyweather/fotos1.php">Stormy Weather: Fotos</a> (<span class="webarchiv-memento"><a href="Webarchivierung#Begrifflichkeiten" title="Webarchivierung">Memento</a></span> vom 19. Juli 2011 im <i><a href="Internet_Archive" title="Internet Archive">Internet Archive</a></i>)</li>
<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070424030038/http://sparkmanstephens.com/art/store/doradeaccomodationplan1936.jpg">Einrichtungsplan: Dorade</a> (<span class="webarchiv-memento"><a href="Webarchivierung#Begrifflichkeiten" title="Webarchivierung">Memento</a></span> vom 24. April 2007 im <i><a href="Internet_Archive" title="Internet Archive">Internet Archive</a></i>)</li>
<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20010804072828/http://sparkmanstephens.com/art/design/stormy_weather2.jpg">Foto: Stormy Weather</a> (<span class="webarchiv-memento"><a href="Webarchivierung#Begrifflichkeiten" title="Webarchivierung">Memento</a></span> vom 4. August 2001 im <i><a href="Internet_Archive" title="Internet Archive">Internet Archive</a></i>)</li>
<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20010809230043/http://sparkmanstephens.com/art/design/tenacious_pic.jpg">Foto: Tenacious</a> (<span class="webarchiv-memento"><a href="Webarchivierung#Begrifflichkeiten" title="Webarchivierung">Memento</a></span> vom 9. August 2001 im <i><a href="Internet_Archive" title="Internet Archive">Internet Archive</a></i>) (Eigner: <a href="Ted_Turner" title="Ted Turner">Ted Turner</a>)</li>
<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070813001253/http://www.sparkmanstephens.com/home.html">Website.</a> (<span class="webarchiv-memento"><a href="Webarchivierung#Begrifflichkeiten" title="Webarchivierung">Memento</a></span> vom 13. August 2007 im <i><a href="Internet_Archive" title="Internet Archive">Internet Archive</a></i>) Sparkman & Stephens Inc. (S&S)</li>
<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070409050615/http://www.sparkmanstephens.com/design/past_design.html#stormy">Weiterführende Informationen zu: Dorade, Stormy Weather etc.</a> (<span class="webarchiv-memento"><a href="Webarchivierung#Begrifflichkeiten" title="Webarchivierung">Memento</a></span> vom 9. April 2007 im <i><a href="Internet_Archive" title="Internet Archive">Internet Archive</a></i>)</li>
<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.yacht.de/yo/yo_news/powerslave,id,6906,nodeid,30.html"><i>Happy Birthday, Olin!</i></a> In: <i>Yacht</i></li>
<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.today/20120712101253/http://nyyc.org/home/article_193">Profile of Olin J. Stephens.</a> (<span class="webarchiv-memento"><a href="Webarchivierung#Begrifflichkeiten" title="Webarchivierung">Memento</a></span> vom 12. Juli 2012 im Webarchiv <i><a href="Archive.today" title="Archive.today">archive.today</a></i>) New York Yacht Club</li></ul>
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<li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-1">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><span class="cite"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/18/AR2008091803673.html"><i>Olin J. Stephens II; a Top Innovator In Yacht Design and Competition.</i></a> <a href="Washington_Post" class="mw-redirect" title="Washington Post">Washington Post</a>, 19. September 2008,<span class="Abrufdatum"> abgerufen am 22. Dezember 2008</span>.</span><span style="display: none;" class="Z3988" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fde.wikipedia.org%3AOlin+Stephens&rft.title=Olin+J.+Stephens+II%3B+a+Top+Innovator+In+Yacht+Design+and+Competition&rft.description=Olin+J.+Stephens+II%3B+a+Top+Innovator+In+Yacht+Design+and+Competition&rft.identifier=&rft.publisher=%5B%5BWashington+Post%5D%5D&rft.date=2008-09-19"> </span></span>
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<li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-2">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><span class="cite"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/15/sports/othersports/15stephens.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=Stephens&st=cse"><i>Olin J. Stephens II, Renowned Yacht Designer, Is Dead at 100.</i></a> <a href="New_York_Times" class="mw-redirect" title="New York Times">New York Times</a>, 14. September 2008,<span class="Abrufdatum"> abgerufen am 22. Dezember 2008</span>.</span><span style="display: none;" class="Z3988" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fde.wikipedia.org%3AOlin+Stephens&rft.title=Olin+J.+Stephens+II%2C+Renowned+Yacht+Designer%2C+Is+Dead+at+100&rft.description=Olin+J.+Stephens+II%2C+Renowned+Yacht+Designer%2C+Is+Dead+at+100&rft.identifier=&rft.publisher=%5B%5BNew+York+Times%5D%5D&rft.date=2008-09-14"> </span></span>
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<li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-3">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130916074142/http://www.sparkmanstephens.com/yachtdesign/sailyachts/jclass_designs.php">The Majestic J Class Racers</a> (<span class="webarchiv-memento"><a href="Webarchivierung#Begrifflichkeiten" title="Webarchivierung">Memento</a></span> vom 16. September 2013 im <i><a href="Internet_Archive" title="Internet Archive">Internet Archive</a></i>)</span>
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<li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-4">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.herreshoff.org/achof/olin_j_stephens_II.html">America’s Cup Hall of Fame: Olin Stephens</a> Abgerufen am 22. Juli 2009</span>
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<li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-5">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120207142230/http://www.sailing.org/halloffame/21220.php">Olin Stephens.</a> (<span class="webarchiv-memento"><a href="Webarchivierung#Begrifflichkeiten" title="Webarchivierung">Memento</a></span> vom 7. Februar 2012 im <i><a href="Internet_Archive" title="Internet Archive">Internet Archive</a></i>) ISAF Sailing Hall of Fame:</span>
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