Eight Bells Archives

Eight Bells: Che Decastro

March 12th, 2017

Che Decastro died on March 6 at 49 years in a freak swimming accident in St Maarten. Originally from Ontario,

February 26th, 2017

Peter J. Duncan, 59, of Severna Park, MD, died February 21, 2017 surrounded by his three children, sister, and fiancée.

February 10th, 2017

Eileen Ramsay, the Queen of British yachting photography during the post war years, died on February 8 at the age

February 4th, 2017

Richard Avery, an icon in the Caribbean, passed away early Friday morning, February 3, 2017. Closing in on 90 years,

January 31st, 2017

Bobby Grieser, well known in yachting circles as one of the elite photographers in the sport, passed away January 31

January 26th, 2017

Mike Peyton, dubbed “The World’s Greatest Yachting Cartoonist”, died January 25 just five days after his 96th birthday. A modest,

January 11th, 2017

Rick White, born April 4, 1937, passed away on January 11, 2017 at Mariners Hospital in Tavernier, Florida after a

January 4th, 2017

Here are some moments in sailing history stored in the Scuttlebutt archives… 5 years ago: Three and a half years

December 13th, 2016

In the early morning hours of December 12, 2016, facing in a southerly direction, with the Pacific Ocean at his

December 7th, 2016

Legendary Danish yachtsman Paul Elvstrøm died in his sleep at the age of 88 years on December 7, 2016. He