- Boat Name: Capriccio
- Sail: US 122
- Year Built: 1985
- Designer: Bruce Kirby
- Builder: Bent
Jespersen
- Owner: Don Campbell
- History: Built for Glen Foster and People for Sport to sail
in the 1985 Worlds held at Cannes. She is cold molded mahogany
in construction and one of the first wing keeled sixes. Capriccio
came to Seattle for the 1986 North Americans where she placed
2nd, losing on the last leg to another wing keeled six, Steverino. She sailed well in the
1987 Worlds hosted by Seawanhaka Corinthian Yacht Club at Oyster
Bay, New York, but lost her mast late in the series and was unable
to finish the regatta. Capriccio was profiled by Bruce Kirby
in Nautical Quarterly Number 46, in 1989. After the dissolution
of People for Sport, the boat sat unused in a warehouse until
Charlie Hoffmann purchased her to compete against Hans Oen in
the Larchmont area on Long Island Sound. Charlie trucked Capriccio
across the country and won the 2000 Sir Thomas Lipton Cup and
2000 North Americans in a tiebreaker with USA 109 Discovery.
Charlie brought the boat back to Seattle in 2003 and sold her
to Roger Ivie after the 2003 King Olav V Cup. Roger campaigned
her at the 2004 North American in Vancouver as well as the Sir Thomas
Lipton Cup on West Sound on Orcas Island. After Roger Ivie passed away from injuries sustained in a mountian biking accident, the boat was sold to Don Campbell, who intends to campaign the boat on Puget Sound.
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