Peter Barrett

Peter Barrett made his Olympic début in 1960 when he finished 11th in the Finn Class. In 1964 he improved to take the silver medal and four years later, with Lowell North, he won a gold medal. Barrett won the 1970 World title in the 470 Class, was second in the 1967 Star World Championships, and was North American champion sailing a Finn in 1966. In 1962 he won the George O’Day Trophy as the North American Single-Handed Champion, and he won a silver medal in the Finns at the 1963 Pan American Games. Peter Barrett was educated at Cornell and the University of Wisconsin Law School. After graduation he was initially an engineering teacher, but then went into business as a sailmaker.