John Heineken
home town:
Larkspur, CA
birth date:
July 17, 1988
other affiliations:
St. Francis Yacht Club, Richmond Yacht Club, San Francisco Yacht Club
best finishes:
2nd 2006 US Youth Championship
3rd 2005 29er World Championship
3rd 2004 29er North Americans
about John:
John grew up in San Francisco Bay sailing as a junior at multiple local yacht clubs. He started racing 29ers in 2001 as a crew for his father. Soon John switched to skippering and is now well known as one of the fastest 29er skippers in the world. After finishing 3rd at the 2005 29er World Championship on his home waters John purchased a 49er and is now looking towards Olympic sailing. John will be a freshman at UC Santa Barbara in the fall of 2006.
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