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Adam

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Olin Stephens Gone
« on: September 18, 2008, 02:21:50 PM »
Can't believe I missed this???  :'( Was over at the CCA site and....

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/15/sports/othersports/15stephens.html


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Re: Olin Stephens Gone
« Reply #1 on: September 19, 2008, 12:58:53 PM »
Oh jeez.

I met Olin at the first two Classic Yacht Symposia in Bristol.  What a gentleman.  During the second one, we were in the process of restoring a Buzzards Bay 15 and were trying to decide between a painted or bright transom.  I asked Olin his opinion, and he replied, "Well, don't you think that a bright transom looks like the bloody stump of a severed appendage?"  ELF got a pointed transom.

This ia a great loss to the maritime community, to say the least.

Fair winds, Olin.