Boat Name: Sockeye

Sail: US 119

Year Built: 1981

Designer: Peter Norlin

Builder:

Owner: Pat Mitchell

History: Originally named ITA 72 Nuvolari. Designed and built for the Bassani brothers to compete in the abandoned 1981 World Cup. She was shipped to Newport, California for the 1983 Worlds, where she placed fourth of 15 entrants. Purchased by George Schuchart after the regatta, taken to Seattle and renamed Sockeye. Sailed at the Worlds in Cannes in 1985, placing 7th, then returned to Seattle, where she continues to do well locally, winning the 1997, 1998, and 1999 Sir Thomas Lipton Cups, as well as the 2002 North American Championships.