Concord, Mass. The longtime Etchells racer and former Class Governor passed away on July 4. Wade touched many lives as a sailor, racer, friend, leader and family man. He was a lifelong sailor and racer, winning bullets at Grosse Pointe Farms (Mich.) Crescent Sail Yacht Club as a youth andRead More
West Warwick, R.I. George died on July 11. Both he and his wife Elizabeth were avid sailors and longtime members of the East Greenwich (R.I.) Yacht Club. They raced Wake with the Twenty Hundred Club, and sailed with the Narragansett Bay Non-Such Association, of which he was a former president.Read More
Scituate, Mass. Elmer died on June 16. For may years Scituate’s harbormaster, he had many passions during his long life. He was a well-known midget and stock-car racer at Norwood Arena until his racing career ended in a horrific accident in the early 50s. Elmer worked as a welder atRead More
Cataumet, Mass. “Gramma Jean” died surrounded by family on June 14th. She was the beloved wife of 60 years to the late Raz Parker, with whom she raised a family and established Parker’s Boat Yard, where she ran her own nursery school at the boathouse. She enjoyed her childhood summersRead More
Wickford, R.I. Gail died June 4, 2016. She crewed with her husband Ted, racing on his one-design Sea Sprites and Ensign, and was first mate on the Morning Star charter vessel and on their lobsterboat, the Gail Roberta. She was an animal and plant lover who spent many hours inRead More
Barrington, R.I. Bob died May 26. His great passion was sailboat racing. He owned a number of boats, all named Banshee. He was a life member of the Barrington Yacht Club, serving as its Commodore in 1987 and 1988. He was honored with the Isaac B. Merriman Award for hisRead More
Bristol, R.I. Ken passed away May 17. Ken loved his family, the Marine Corps and sailing, but mostly he loved Ruth, his devoted wife of 64 years. During the summer, he and Ruth ran a live-aboard sailing school, along with his brother and sister-in-law, on their boat Pizzazz. He wasRead More
