Ceremony in Vancouver in October
Hardly surprising considering it is surrounded by water, Vancouver Island has had a notable history in sailing. That is evident by the seven Island sailors announced Saturday who will be going into the Canadian Sailing Hall of Fame with the 14-member Class of 2024.
Jespersen grew up with saltwater in his veins and is part of a well-known Island sailing family that was headed by noted boat-builder dad Bent Jespersen. Eric Jespersen crewed his first race in the 1974 Swiftsure at age 12 and went on to crew in the America’s Cup with challenger semifinalist Canada I in 1983 at Newport, Rhode Island, and with Canada II in 1987 at Freemantle, West Australia.
“For four decades … my passion, obsession in life was the sport and recreation of sailing,” wrote Cook, on his website, before his death at age 62 in 2022. Crew members of Cook’s Atlanta Paralympics silver-medallist Sonar crew from Victoria — John McRoberts, Kirk Westergaard and Ken Kelly — are also being inducted. McRoberts is also being enshrined individually in the Class of 2014 as silver medallist in the Skud division at the 2016 Rio Paralympics and bronze medallist in the 2008 Beijing Paralympics.
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