Eight Bells Archives

Eight Bells: Robert S. Erskine, Jr.

December 23rd, 2014

Bob Erskine passed away in Essex, Connecticut on December 20, 2014 at the age of 88. Born in Bronxville, New

December 22nd, 2014

At a time when business ownership was usually kept closely held among a handful of executives, Dr. J. Robert Beyster’s

December 16th, 2014

Bob Dickson, 87, former sailing master of the 72′ ketch Ticonderoga, died of throat cancer on Sunday, 14th December, 2014.

December 2nd, 2014

It is with great sadness to report that Richard Schneider of North Ridgeville, OH has passed away November 26, 2014

November 29th, 2014

Family and friends are grieving the death of well known sailor David Ashton, who passed away on November 21. He

November 19th, 2014

As a result of pancreatic cancer on Monday November 17, 2014, Sandy Gordon of Ontario, CAN passed away at age

November 15th, 2014

William Brynes Packer Sr., 85, of Blue Bell, a longtime Philadelphia entrepreneur, died Thursday, Nov. 6, of heart failure at

November 5th, 2014

Florida sailor and sailmaker Dennis Vellenga, 72, passed away after a brief illness on October 25 at the Bay Pines

November 4th, 2014

The death has been announced of the yachtsman Joe English (58), the former skipper of Ireland’s first entry in the

October 19th, 2014

Bill Green, San Francisco-born sailor, Navy jet jockey (not a lot of people know that); US Coastguard; shrimp-boat hand (not