USA-072

Essentials

Table of details and specifications of USA-072
	Designer	Britton Chance Jr. (USA)
	Builders	Dirk Kneulman, Ontario Yachts (CAN)
	Material	Mahogany, diagonal carvel, laminated
	1st certificate issued	1967
	Original boat name	Cloud 9
	Original country	USA
	Original sail number	072
	Current location	GER Strande (KYC), Kiel Firth

5.5 GER 17 - back in Germany - 21.06.2015 by Kaspar Stubenrauch: The most successful German 5.5m boat (4th in Acapulco) in Olympic times for the Class, has returned to Germany, being based in Strande on Kiel Firth. She will be sailing local regattas with the Kiel fleet, but can also be expected in International events.
Two corrections - 26.08.2008 by Tom van Maanen: Peter v.d. Post boatname is Lorbas.

Current location is: Zeewolde
USA 79 - 06.04.2008 by DAVID STOFF: I hope that I can clarify some of the confusion. I have USA 79; sailing in Casco Bay, Maine. It is an Egger built cold molded hull. Moveable mast step. When I purchased the boat I was also given two blueprints. One was the sail plan, the other was the construction drawing. Great boat!

D. Stoff
Confusion between USA-072 Cloud 9 and USA-079 Cloud Nine - 03.11.2007 by Site Administrator: This is a typical case of one the aim of this web site : to point out and clarify the unclear situations left by the history which is by nature uncomplete.
Following Matti Muoniovaara's source: "there were two Cloud 9s which were owned by Gordon Lindemann. The first was Cloud 9 US-72 and the second Cloud Nine US-79".
See USA-079 for complementary details.