Richard "Dick" Newick (May 9, 1926 in Hackensack, New Jersey – August 28, 2013 in Sebastopol, California) more frequently known as Dick Newick was a multihull sailboat designer.
He grew up in Rutherford, New Jersey. At 10 he built two kayaks with his father and brother. At 12 he designed and built two more by himself. At 14 he sold kayak plans to a schoolmate for $5. After school he spent some time in the United States Navy and earned a degree from the University of California, Berkeley. He ran a boat shop, worked charitably with Quakers in Mexico, then explored Europe by kayak. He sailed to St. Croix in the United States Virgin Islands where he met and married his wife Patricia Ann Moe. They lived in Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts and Kittery Point, Maine and had two daughters, Lark Blair and Valery Wright, both of whom have boat designs named after them.
He believed in reincarnation, and said he had been a Polynesian boat builder in a previous life. He lauded simplicity of design, safe seagoing performance, aesthetics, and speed under sail.
Newick was at the forefront of the 1960s revival of multihulls, helping to reform their aesthetic and influencing later designs such as the AC72. He was inducted into the North American Boat Designers Hall of Fame in 2008.
Designs Design Type Year Length Notes Argonauta trimaran 27 folding trimaran Ay-Ay catamaran 40 Cheers proa 1968 40 Atlantic proa, 1968 OSTAR, third place Creative trimaran 42 Echo II trimaran 36 Eterna proa 1980 54 Atlantic proa, 1980 OSTAR entrant Godiva proa 1980 34 Atlantic proa, 1980 OSTAR entrant Gulf Streamer trimaran 60 built for Phil Weld Lark trimaran 1962 24 named for Newick's daughter Lucky Strike trimaran 50 racing design Maine Cat 22 catamaran 24 18 examples built Moxie trimaran 46 1980 OSTAR winner, built for Phil Weld Native trimaran 1976 38 Ocean Surfer trimaran 1988 40 1988 CSTAR entrant Pat's trimaran 50 Newick's personal cruiser. Named for Newick's wife. proaproa197434Pacific proa Quick Silver trimaran 40 Rev trimaran 16 Newick's personal daysailer. Crab claw rig Rogue Wave trimaran 60 built for Phil Weld Rusty Pelican trimaran 1983 45 Somersault 26 trimaran 26 Spark trimaran 28 yawl rig Three Cheers trimaran 1976 46 wing deck. Yawl rig. 1972 OSTAR, 5th place. Traveler trimaran 51 Tremolino trimaran 23 Trice trimaran 36 sloop rig Tricia trimaran 36 Trine trimaran 32 Newick's first trimaran design. Sloop rig. Tryst trimaran 36 Vaka Fanaua trimaran 50 "island freighter" trimaran Val trimaran 1976 31 Named for Newick's daughter. 1976 OSTAR as "The Third Turtle" Val 1 trimaran 31 wing-deck Val 2 trimaran 31 White Wings trimaran 36 yawl rig
See also Multihull Nathanael Greene Herreshoff Proa Trimaran
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