Richard (Dick) S. Nye in an American sailor.1 He won the Frostbite Regatta three years in a row in 1957,2 19583 and 1959.4 He has won two Fastnet races, two Transatlantic races and three Bermuda Races (two overall wins, one class win).5
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- "Dick Nye at helm of winning yawl" (PDF). The New York Times. 26 May 1963. Retrieved 7 May 2011.
- "Nye's Ditto Triumphs; Takes Frostbite Regatta Series at Indian Harbor". The New York Times. 27 January 1957. Retrieved 7 May 2011.
- "Nye Captures Regatta; Scores 2d Straight Triumph With Ditto at Greenwich". The New York Times. 17 March 1958. Retrieved 7 May 2011.
- "Nye Sails to Victory". The New York Times. 12 January 1959. Retrieved 7 May 2011.
- John Ahern (8 December 1957). "Foremost Ocean Racing Man; Is Dick Nye Being Overlooked As an America Cup Skipper?". Boston Globe. Archived from the original on November 6, 2012. Retrieved 7 May 2011.