PAT LOVE, SAILMAKER (PAT LOVE SAILS) INNOVATOR (Storm sail, harness refinements)
ED ANGULO, SHAPER
MALTE & KLAUS SIMMER (SIMMER STYLE)
MARK PAUL, INNOVATOR (Short Wave Board)
HUGH ENGLAND, INNOVATOR (Velcro Footstraps, Short Speedboard)
OTHER GREAT INNOVATIONS
JEFF MAGNUM: CAMBER INDUCER KEN WINNER: ADJUSTABLE BOOMS JIM DRAKE: UPHAUL NEWMAN DARBY: ROPE UNIVERSAL LARRY TUTTLE: DEEP FIN BOX BOB OLE/MATT SCHWEITZER: ASSYMETRICAL BOARDS CRAIG MAISONVILLE: ASSY CAN OPENER/2-PIECE MAST FRANCOIS SEBRIGHT: BOOM FASTENER TO MAST PETER QUIGLEY: FIBERSPAR