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The Corinthian Yacht Club Speaker Series

Friday, June 10 -- Philippe Kahn

The Corinthian Yacht Club is proud to announce that Philippe Kahn, avid sailor and serial technologist entrepreneur, will be speaking in person at the Corinthian Yacht Club on Friday, June 10.  This is a unique opportunity to meet with one of most successful sailors on the planet who is sharing his passion with younger sailors who aspire to Olympic dreams.

 Philippe's sailing successes include winning two Transpacs and two Pacific Cup races as well as excelling in numerous events in boats such as supersleds, Melges 24, Farr 40s and Finns. Furthermore, Philippe has taken line honors twice in the single handed Farallons race.

 A French-born mathematician, Philippe's graduate and postgraduate work was in pure mathematics. In the 1970s, he worked in Zurich, Switzerland under Niklaus Wirth on Pascal, the computer programming language. In 1982 Philippe founded Borland International, the industry independent leader for professional software development tools. While at Borland, Philippe spearheaded the object-computing revolution and the move to component-based software, changing software development methodologies forever. Subsequent to Borland, Philippe founded Starfish Software, which he sold to Motorola, after which he created Lightsurf, which he recently sold to Verisign.

Philippe is passionate about growing the sport of sailing, and has now backed that passion by creating the opportunity for hot sailors who aspire to become Olympic champions to join Team Pegasus.  This unique program employs Olympic champions Kevin Burnham and Mark Reynolds, among others, and will be the subject of Philippe’s talk to the club.

Come to the Corinthian Yacht Club on June 10 for an unforgettable evening hearing Philippe discuss his vision for performance sailing.
 
The doors will open at the club at 6pm, and a buffet ($12.50/person) and a no-host bar will be available. Because this is a Friday night event, we are timing the start to enable the Friday Night Racers to finish in time to hear Philippe. Philippe will start his talk around 8:00, and we expect to wrap up around 9:30.  Admission is only $10 per person. 

We strongly encourage you to make reservations, as there will be limited seating and this event is sure to sell out.  To make reservations, please call the club at 415-435-4771 or visit our website at http://www.cyc.org/speakers and fill out the online reservations form.

And please note that other great sailors are coming to the Corinthian Yacht Club soon: 

  • July 14 – Thursday – Pat Henry: A Woman’s Odyssey around the World
  • Aug 11 – Thursday – Panel Discussion: Transpac 2005
  • Sep 8 – Thursday – Kevin Burnham: Men’s 470 Gold Medalist
  • Oct 13 – Thursday – Mark Reynolds: Keeping the Winning Edge
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To reserve your place, go to the online reservation form, or call the Club at 415-435-4771.

These events, to be held in the Corinthian Yacht Club's elegant Grand Ballroom, are planned for the second Thursday night of each month, generally lasting from about 6pm to 9pm.