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Eight Bells

October 24th, 2013

We are very sad to report from Port Washington, New York, the passing of a wonderful friend and sailor- Gould “Stretch” Ryder. Stretch is best known as the winch grinder for Ted Turner aboard Courageous for the 1977 Americas Cup defense against Australia (One). Stretch fought cancer for the past ten months and leaves behind


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Former Olympic Sailor’s Empty Boat Found Off Cayman Islands Coast

October 24th, 2013

October 23, 2013 – Authorities in the Cayman Islands are continuing their search for missing Olympic sailor Mark Clarke, whose boast was found lodged on reefs off the Cayman Kai last night after the 63-year-old was last seen setting sail on Monday morning. Clarke, who was born in Jamaica before moving to the Cayman Islands



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