abstract:Bill Lee is the designer of many famous ocean racing yachts, and one of the founders of the Santa Cruz school of boatbuilding, known to many as the Wizard. Several of his designs achieved notoriety in the 1970s, with Chutzpah and Merlin having won the Transpacific Yacht Race from Los Angeles to Honolulu many times.
"The family's response and statement is that the city manager of Sanford had an internal investigation into the matter concerning BillLee, " attorney Benjamin Crump said.