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Robert “Bob” Dill (born October 1, 1948) is an American engineer and land sailor from Vermont. He is known for designing wind-powered vehicles on land and ice. In the late 1990s Dill designed and engineered the fastest wind-powered craft in the world, Iron Duck.[1]
World land speed record
editOn 20 March 1999, Bob Dill and Bob Schumacher broke the world land speed record for a wind-powered vehicle in their land yacht, Iron Duck, on Ivanpah Lake, near Primm, Nevada, a dry lake in California's Mojave Desert. Schumacher piloted the record holding run reaching 117.6 mph (189.3 km/h). Dill was the second fastest pilot reaching a top speed of 112.3 mph (180.7 km/h).[2]
The previous record of 94.7 mph (152.4 km/h) was set by land sailor Bertrand Lambert on the coast of France.[3]
Iron Duck is the second iteration of the land yacht that was first known as the Wood Duck. Wood Duck reached speeds of 71 mph (114 km/h) prior to the 1,400 lb (640 kg) vehicle losing control and flipping on its side, ejecting pilot Dill and co-pilot Schumacher with no injuries.[4]
The land speed record was broken by British engineer and sailor Richard Jenkins on 26 March 2009 while piloting Greenbird, sponsored by Ecotricity on Ivanpah Lake reaching 126.2 mph (203.1 km/h).[5]
Career
editDill was Vice-President of the E.B. & A.C. Whiting Company in Burlington, Vermont.[6]
In the mid to late 1980’s, Dill was Secretary of the International DN Ice Yacht Racing Association.[7]
In 2005, Dill was president of the North American Landsailing Association.[8]
In 2019, Dill was a nominee for the National Sailing Hall of Fame.[9]
Personal Life
editDill is an ice skater and educator on ice lake safety. He lives near Lake Champlain in Burlington, Vermont.[10]
References
edit- ^ "Recognizing Bob Dill and the Iron Duck >> Scuttlebutt Sailing News". 31 December 2020.
- ^ "Speed Record".
- ^ "Ships of the Desert : Land Sailors Achieve Speeds of 90 M.P.H. By Using the Wind That Really Isn't There". Los Angeles Times. 12 February 1992.
- ^ http://static1.1.sqspcdn.com/static/f/572109/24503675/1394724903587/Sailing
- ^ "Land speed records".
- ^ https://opencorporates.com/companies/us_vt/0043422
- ^ "Lake Ice - About".
- ^ "Going for a record in Nevada". 2 August 2017.
- ^ "Dill, Robert".
- ^ "On Wild Ice: Nordic Skating on Lake Champlain - LCC".