john(@)sitkaspruce.nl

Phone Canada: +1 250 641 4599
Phone Holland: +31 6 53 19 53 53

John is your new Technical Committee Chairman and oops that’s me .. well, I started sailing before I was born and 8-Metres in 1989. Back in 1994 I started the 8-Metre Register and over a period of 23 years served as secretary and later president of IEMA. Lucky to have been part of it all, lucky to have raced and cruised moderns, classics, vintage and gaff Eights. I was lucky to work with Fred Meyer from 1998 onwards and witness a magic
renaissance of the class. After a 3 year holiday from IEMA Im back as TC Chair and I will try to do my bit to help the class racing as one.

k.myrann(@)frisurf.no 

+47 901 81 921

8-Metre: Sira - Johan Anker 1938 (boat captain) Kjell Myrann is a highly accomplished sailor, with two world circumnavigations, including the 1981-82 Whitbread on Berge Viking. For 25 years he has been H.M. King Harald’s boat captain & permanent crew on the Framm program, racing a string of IOR, IMS, IRC boats, Maxi’s, Farr 40 and last but not least the TP52. Kjell takes care of Sira which he races with King Harald and the members of the Fram Team. To the IEMA TC Kjell brings a combination of classic and modern boat experience combined with a deep rooted knowledge of competitive racing at the highest level.
        

hempel(@)8mr.de

+49 7732 82 22 24
+49 1726070852

Juliane has a life long association with mere boats. She grew up close to the yard of Josef Martin who recognised her talent and took her on as junior apprentice at the age of 12. Graduating at in naval architecture at the university of Kiel she designed her first modern 8-Metre Spazzo which was followed by Ganymede and a string of projects optimising sail plans and spars for 6, 8, and 12-Metres. She is the only woman in history to have designed and singlehanded build a modern 6-Metre. She works as independent yacht designer from her office in Radolfzell, working on a wide range of yachts. Juliane brings a life time of experience and knowhow on design, scantlings, class rules and rating issues to the TC.

Dave.Lindsey(@)mail.com

Dave began sailing El Toro prams and Windmill one designs as a youngster in California. After completing his Aeronautical Engineering studies in college he moved to the Northeast US where he continued one design racing, including Atlantic class, a Starling Burgess design. In addition to One design, he also expanded into ocean racing on a large variety of boats in both buoy and long distance races. Most Recently, Dave has enjoyed racing out of Sodus Bay Yacht Club spending time on 8Ms Jackeen, Aluette, and Natural. In addition to an active racing schedule, he frequently serves on Race Committees, is a certified Sailing Instructor, served 3 terms as Rear Commodore, was Regatta Chairman for the 2015 8M North American Championships and Regatta Co-Chair for the 2016 Canada’s Cup Challenger Selection Trials Held at Sodus Bay Yacht Club.