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Few people in the sailing world are sharper than Paul Bieker, a soft-spoken Seattle-based naval architect who has spent his career designing a wide variety of sailing vessels, from super-quick I-14s and his one-off line of ‘Riptide’ racer\/cruisers, to America\u2019s Cup yachts. Bieker is one of the core designers credited with ‘super-charging’ Oracle Team USA\u2019s ‘USA 17’ last September, changes that helped the American-flagged team to successfully pull-off one of sports history\u2019s greatest comebacks to defend the 34th America\u2019s Cup. Yet pull up a seat on the rail next to Bieker-as I\u2019ve been fortunate enough to do on many occasions aboard our mutual friend\u2019s Riptide 44-and it quickly becomes obvious that Bieker\u2019s horizons extends far beyond racecourse designs.