Ned Cabot swept off boat by rogue wave

Started by Oldrig, September 10, 2012, 04:09:33 PM

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Oldrig

While not a Sailfar kind of sailor, Ned Cabot was a pioneer of high-latitude sailing and a man with wide-ranging interests, including supporting Maine's Working Waterfront Fund and the Sea Education Association of Woods Hole.

We don't normally move in the same circles (like, never), but I once had the pleasure of meeting Ned, sharing a meal with him and watching a slide show on his first cruise to Greenland. He was swept off his boat near Newfoundland on Sept. 3. My sympathies to his family.

http://www.wbur.org/2012/09/03/ned-cabot-obit

--Joe
"What a greate matter it is to saile a shyppe or goe to sea"
--Capt. John Smith, 1627

Tim

Joe, sad indeed. I never met Ned but know his son. Mary's daughter sailed on Cielita to Greenland a few years ago. By all accounts someone to admire.
"Mariah" Pearson Ariel #331, "Chiquita" CD Typhoon, M/V "Wild Blue" C-Dory 25

"The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails."
W.A. Ward