Richie Stearns

Richard "Richie" Stearns (born January 29, 1955, in Illinois) is an American sailor. He became second the 1969 Soling North American Championship together with his father, Richard Stearns, and Bruce Goldsmith. Stearns did 3 Olympic campaigns in the Soling, won the Soling Great Lakes championship and was main trimmer and sail co-coordinator during the Americas Cup Campaign Heart of America.