Eight Bells Archives

Eight Bells: John B. (Jim) Kilroy, Sr.

October 2nd, 2016

John B. (Jim) Kilroy, Sr., philanthropist, mentor, and pioneer in sailing and real estate, passed away at 94 years on

September 28th, 2016

Harold Oldak was originally from Sands Point, N.Y. and has been residing in Naples, FL for the last 35 years.

September 21st, 2016

Terry Kohler, who discovered a love for sailing as a boy aboard his mother’s Alden-desigend schooner Venturer, dedicated himself to

August 23rd, 2016

Scott Graham, age 69 years of Muskegon (MI), passed away peacefully from bone marrow cancer on Tuesday evening, August 16,

August 8th, 2016

Joseph R. Duplin, Sr. passed away on August 7, 2016 at the age of 82. Joe was born on May

August 5th, 2016

Famed Canadian sailor Derek Hatfield has died in Halifax, Nova Scotia, on July 30, 2016, after a brief illness, at

August 1st, 2016

Gordon Torresen, age 85, passed away Thursday July 28, 2016 in Muskegon, MI. He was born May 15, 1931 in

July 28th, 2016

John M. MacCausland, known to most of the Star community as Big Mac, passed away on Saturday, July 23, 2016

July 6th, 2016

Longtime Etchells racer and former Class Governor Wade Edwards lost a fierce but brief battle with metastasized neuroendocrine tumors on

July 4th, 2016

Steve Tupper of Vancouver died July 4 of complications from Parkinson’s disease. He was 75 years (1941- 2016). Steve’s entire