Eight Bells Archives

Eight Bells: Merle Hallett

December 22nd, 2022

Merle Elwood Hallett died at his home in Vero Beach, FL. on December 13, 2022. He was 94 years old.

December 15th, 2022

Mary Savage of Larchmont, NY, a longtime US Sailing judge and umpire, and a trailblazer among women race officials, died

December 13th, 2022

Journalist Alejandro ‘Dury’ Alonso died December 10 at the age of 62 at the Álvaro Cunqueiro Hospital in Vigo, Spain.

December 13th, 2022

Bryan Noel “Dola” Dawson, 76, of Foxboro, MA died December 4, 2022 at HopeHealth Hulitar Hospice in Providence, RI after

December 12th, 2022

About 800 people gathered at Royal Freshwater Bay Yacht Club (Perth, Australia) to celebrate the life of and pay tribute

December 7th, 2022

Kenneth (Ken) Coventry, aged 97, passed away peacefully at his Darien, CT home on December 1, 2022. Born in Melbourne,

December 6th, 2022

Robert Cotter “RC” Keefe passed through the Golden Gate for the last time on December 4th, 2022. Bob was 90

November 28th, 2022

James Harden DeWitt died November 19, under the care of hospice at his home in Point Richmond, CA. He was

November 19th, 2022

Joan Rinken, 85, died November 8 in hospice in St. Petersburg, FL. Rinken will never be in the Sailing Hall

November 3rd, 2022

Yachtsman and tycoon Peter de Savary died at the age of 78 on October 30, 2022 in Chelsea, south-west London.