Dave Smith was from Marblehead, Massachusetts, and attended St. Johns Prep School in Danvers. He joined Jim Hunt as a crew member under helmsman George O’Day at the 1960 Olympics. Smith also sailed in the Americas Cup Trials in 1962 as bowman on 12-meter yacht Nefertiti with Ted Hood and Don McNamara. After serving in the US Navy in World War II, Smith graduated from the University of Massachusetts and became the president of Fife and Drum, Inc., which specialized in yacht wear. Smith was a life member of the Eastern Yacht Club in Marblehead, where he raced in the IOD Class and also raced Tartan 41 sloops, which he named Drummer Boy. He later closed that store and worked in manufacturing at Pequot Mills Shetland Properties.
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