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Evert Bastet was inducted by fellow RSLYC member David Covo, Member of the CSHOF Management Committee, for his Silver Medal in the Olympics sailing in....
Evert Bastet
Biography
An alternate on the Canadian team at Mexico City , sailor Evert “E.B.” Bastet made his first of three Flying Dutchman Olympic appearances at Munich where he finished 15th.
In home waters at Montréal , he finished just off the podium in fourth with Hans Fogh (tied with bronze for total points, but ranked fourth with net points).
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At Los Angeles , the Americans and Canadians completely dominated the Finn class, winning five of the first six races, and neither finished worse than fourth going into the final race. Bastet, along with Terry McLaughlin, had a three-point lead after six races, but they went over the line at the start of the final race, causing them to circle back and start again.
This enabled the Americans to finish two places ahead of them to capture the gold medal, the Canadians in second for the silver. Named to two more Olympic teams as an alternate, Bastet did not compete at Seoul or Barcelona
Born in Venezuela, Bastet moved to Can