Re: RIP Jim Melcher

One of the obituary comments reminded me of something I may have read, towit:

"QnJ5bk1hd3JBbGV4 said...
To learn more about James Melcher, see:http://www.atomvoyages.com/articles/Alert.htm"

If I'm not misremembering (no time to check now), then that's good for placing in the group links, no?

Graeme


--- Inbolger@yahoogroups.com, "lancefgunderson" <lancefgunderson@...> wrote:
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> --- Inbolger@yahoogroups.com, Bruce Hallman <hallman@> wrote:
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> > Learning about the passing of Jim Melcher in the current issue of MAIB
> > and googling this obit.
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> >http://www.pressherald.com/news/obituaries_2010-04-16.html
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> > Jim Melcher belongs in the Bolger boater's "hall of fame" for sailing
> > a zillion miles in the Bolger design Alert, and for pioneering the use
> > of the PB&F Chinese Gaff sail rig.
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> Thanks for posting that Bruce. I met Jim and Diane at the Isles Of Shoals when they were returning from Cuba and bound for Brunswick, Maine. We rafted up and had dinner aboard Alert. It was an unforgettable evening; great stories and good company. I liked the boat a lot and my impression was that they did too. Too bad he didn't write a cruising book.
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--- Inbolger@yahoogroups.com, Bruce Hallman <hallman@...> wrote:
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> Learning about the passing of Jim Melcher in the current issue of MAIB
> and googling this obit.
>
>http://www.pressherald.com/news/obituaries_2010-04-16.html
>
> Jim Melcher belongs in the Bolger boater's "hall of fame" for sailing
> a zillion miles in the Bolger design Alert, and for pioneering the use
> of the PB&F Chinese Gaff sail rig.
>


Thanks for posting that Bruce. I met Jim and Diane at the Isles Of Shoals when they were returning from Cuba and bound for Brunswick, Maine. We rafted up and had dinner aboard Alert. It was an unforgettable evening; great stories and good company. I liked the boat a lot and my impression was that they did too. Too bad he didn't write a cruising book.
Learning about the passing of Jim Melcher in the current issue of MAIB
and googling this obit.

http://www.pressherald.com/news/obituaries_2010-04-16.html

Jim Melcher belongs in the Bolger boater's "hall of fame" for sailing
a zillion miles in the Bolger design Alert, and for pioneering the use
of the PB&F Chinese Gaff sail rig.