April 15th, 2013
Don Backe was a teacher. Not just on a sailboat, where the Annapolis man made a name for himself in recent years. Not just in the classroom, where he spent decades educating young students. Backe taught people about perseverance, despite using a wheelchair since 1987, when a violent car crash robbed him of his ability
April 11th, 2013
Following the passing of America’s Cup Hall of Fame inductee Jack Sutphen on March 24, A Celebration of Life for Jack is scheduled at San Diego Yacht Club on the April 28, 2013 at 12:00-5:00pm
April 8th, 2013
It is with great sadness that I have heard that Warwick Collins, the author, screenwriter, inventor and yacht designer has passed away at 64 years (on Feb 10). Warwick wrote many excellent books and screenplays and designed a series of fine wood epoxy cruising boats and was, of course, the inventor of the tandem keel.
March 25th, 2013
If it weren’t for email, pity the postal carrier who would have shouldered the load for comments received at Scuttlebutt World Headquarters following the passing of Jack Sutphen, as reported on March 25. We include here some clips from a column Rich Roberts did on Jack Sutphen for ‘The Log’ publication in 2005: Regarding the
March 24th, 2013
Jack Sutphen, who served as Dennis Conner’s sparring partner for multiple America’s Cup campaigns, passed away on March 24 at
March 20th, 2013
Francis A. Seavy (91 years) of Clearwater, FL died on Sunday, March 17, 2013. Francis was an avid competitive sailor,
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