Celebrity Sailors?
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Bucky
Some might not have heard of him, but Buckminster Fuller, inventor of the geodesic dome among many other goodies, was an avid sailor. He was on a U.S. postage stamp not long ago, so I suppose that cements his "celebrity" status. His boat, to the best of my memory a Morgan 41, was named "Intuition." Perhaps best of all, he penned these lines:
And of all the designs
Thus far formulated by humans
None have been
As adequately anticipatory
Of the probable reoccurrences
Of yesterday's experiences -
Positive and negative,
Large and small,
Frequent and infrequent,
Sudden and slow -
And therefore as
Progressively comprehensive,
Complexedly adequate,
Economically exquisite,
Powerfully eloquent
And regeneratively reinspiring
To further evolutionary perfection
As is
The sailing ship.
It is visually obvious
Even to the inexperienced viewer
That the sailing ship is designed
To cope with nature's
Most formidably hostile
Environmental conditions
For human survival.
Those existing at the interface
of the ocean's and the atmosphere's
Ofttimes tumultuous ferocity..."
Yeah, that's how he wrote much of the time.
Oh, let's also include the movie actor Errol Flynn, whose boat was "Sirocco" when Volkswagen Beetles still had split rear windows.
Some might not have heard of him, but Buckminster Fuller, inventor of the geodesic dome among many other goodies, was an avid sailor. He was on a U.S. postage stamp not long ago, so I suppose that cements his "celebrity" status. His boat, to the best of my memory a Morgan 41, was named "Intuition." Perhaps best of all, he penned these lines:
And of all the designs
Thus far formulated by humans
None have been
As adequately anticipatory
Of the probable reoccurrences
Of yesterday's experiences -
Positive and negative,
Large and small,
Frequent and infrequent,
Sudden and slow -
And therefore as
Progressively comprehensive,
Complexedly adequate,
Economically exquisite,
Powerfully eloquent
And regeneratively reinspiring
To further evolutionary perfection
As is
The sailing ship.
It is visually obvious
Even to the inexperienced viewer
That the sailing ship is designed
To cope with nature's
Most formidably hostile
Environmental conditions
For human survival.
Those existing at the interface
of the ocean's and the atmosphere's
Ofttimes tumultuous ferocity..."
Yeah, that's how he wrote much of the time.
Oh, let's also include the movie actor Errol Flynn, whose boat was "Sirocco" when Volkswagen Beetles still had split rear windows.
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Don Taugher
Member II
More celibs to add to the list, Ernest Borgnine (Mc Hales Navy). He had a Rhodes 33 he sailed out of Marina del Rey in the 60's.
Fess Parker (Davey Crockett). I worked in marina del rey in my college days and set the boat up for Fess to sail.
Natalie Wood fell from a power boat at two harbors in catalina.
Don Taugher
38-200
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Fess Parker (Davey Crockett). I worked in marina del rey in my college days and set the boat up for Fess to sail.
Natalie Wood fell from a power boat at two harbors in catalina.
Don Taugher
38-200
Running Free
Sven
Seglare
Jimmy Boyd - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Boyd - “I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus"
Sails boats that people _give_ him and drives an old Rolls. Funny guy that we couldn't figure out until the dockmaster told us who "Jimmy" was
-Sven
Sails boats that people _give_ him and drives an old Rolls. Funny guy that we couldn't figure out until the dockmaster told us who "Jimmy" was
-Sven
More Bogart info
http://www.thesantana.com/index.html
There was an earlier mention of Bogart and the Santana, and with a simple 'net search found the above most excellent URL.
Quite a boat. And, the actor was in fact quite a sailor.
Loren
http://www.thesantana.com/index.html
There was an earlier mention of Bogart and the Santana, and with a simple 'net search found the above most excellent URL.
Quite a boat. And, the actor was in fact quite a sailor.
Loren
Jeff Asbury
Principal Partner
Bogie, a Stag sailor.
Bogie felt that:
"the trouble with having dames on board is you can’t pee over the side."
Bogie felt that:
"the trouble with having dames on board is you can’t pee over the side."
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Greg Ross
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Celeb. Sailors
Pete Townshend, of The Who/ "Tommy" Rock Opera fame.
Owns a Classic 64 based in Antibes, France named Zephyr of Falmouth.
I had the delightful experience of crossing the harbor on her with Capt. Killian and 1st mate, my Son Geoffrey several years ago. Helped them to a rig temp. back stay so the travel lift could proceed to drive over and pick her up for a bottom job.
Check out the link;
http://www.bcryachts.com/index.php?id=329515&cat=9274&artpic=294158&artpicaid=329515
Pete Townshend, of The Who/ "Tommy" Rock Opera fame.
Owns a Classic 64 based in Antibes, France named Zephyr of Falmouth.
I had the delightful experience of crossing the harbor on her with Capt. Killian and 1st mate, my Son Geoffrey several years ago. Helped them to a rig temp. back stay so the travel lift could proceed to drive over and pick her up for a bottom job.
Check out the link;
http://www.bcryachts.com/index.php?id=329515&cat=9274&artpic=294158&artpicaid=329515
