EIGHT BELLS
August 15, 2008 - US SAILING's Board of Directors, staff, and volunteers are
saddened to hear of the passing of Faye Bennet of Beach Haven, NJ. Being the
first to accomplish anything worthwhile takes great effort. For Faye Bennet,
there were many firsts:
- first female judge in the U.S.,
- first women to compete in the U.S. Men's Championship,
- first woman to chair the U.S. Junior Championships Committee,
- first woman to join US SAILING's Board of Directors,
- first woman to be elected president of her regional sailing association
(North Jersey YRA)
Faye was a past chair of the Women's Sailing Committee, as well as U.S.
Women's and Junior Championships Committees. She was also a Vice President
of the U.S. Sailing Foundation, a member of US SAILING's President's Club
and served on numerous other US SAILING committees and councils. Faye, with
help from husband Jake, committed her time, talent, and resources the sport
of sailing from the time she herself was a junior sailor at the Ocean City
Yacht Club (NJ) in the 1940s. She was founder of the first junior program at
the Spray Beach Yacht Club (NJ) in 1950. --
Just so you know a little about Faye:
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Faye was a personal friend to all youth sailors including our young Multihull children. For those of you that may not know, it was because of Faye we were able to have our first US SAILING YOUTH CHAMPIONSHIP IN MULTIHULLS. She was host at her club in Long Island and put on a wonderful regatta.
The World is a better place for Faye Bennet and her duck house will not be soon forgotten.
Past Youth Multihull Chairman
Art Stevens
