Eight Bells Archives

Eight Bells: Robert Douglas

April 23rd, 2025

Robert S. Douglas, renowned designer and captain of the topsail schooner Shenandoah — as well as a teacher and mentor

April 17th, 2025

Michael Ellison, 89, a prominent member of the World Sailing Speed Record Council, passed away on April 14, 2025. He

April 12th, 2025

Garry Hoyt, visionary sailor and advertising executive, passed away peacefully at home in Newport, Rhode Island on March 31, 2025.

April 7th, 2025

Jean-Marie Finot, eminent French naval architect, passed away on April 2, 2025 at the age of 83. His death represents

April 3rd, 2025

Donald Gregg Stokes, 73, of Topsfield, MA departed this life on Wednesday, March 27, 2025. His principal passion of competitive

March 24th, 2025

There wasn’t a boat Matt Mitchell couldn’t race or a challenge he wasn’t up for, but cancer ultimately won the

March 24th, 2025

Nicholas Dean Nadalin, 25, active with the 12-Meter fleet in the Newport, died March 16, 2025 in Portland, Maine. Born

March 18th, 2025

World Sailing Vice President Line Markert, her partner Andreas Christensen, and their son died returning from a ski trip following

February 19th, 2025

Don Casey’s, one of SAIL magazine’s most popular and prolific writers, died suddenly of a heart attack in his backyard

February 11th, 2025

Sailboat and racing yacht designer and builder Edward Robert “Bob” Evelyn, 87, died January 27, 2025, after a short illness