College Sailing was so much fun. I had the good fortune to have great teammates; Skip Whyte, Henry Bossett. Mike Fenton, Johnny Hayes,Clay Evans,Chris Wells, Turtle, Norm Windus, and of course our coach Ned Caswell.
We sailed at the Naval Academy several times a year, unsally late fall, and early spring. Annapolis is far enough south that it made a tremendous difference in the weather. They also had fabulous facilities and could host large regattas.
Baltimore was not far away, and Saturday nights would often find us there. Baltimore in the sixties was rough. It had the “Block”; Boston had the “Combat Zone”. I doubt that many people could tell you where these places were, as not a trace exists any longer of their existence. Blaze Starr was famous and she had her Joint in the Block. The Photograph is proof that we were indeed there.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blaze_Starr
HAY STEVE…..JUST THUMBING THRU YOUR SITE…A GREAT ONE, I MIGHT ADD…….YOU WERE NEVER KNOWN FOR DOING ANYTHING HALF-ASSED….AND HAD TO SIT BACK AND HAVE A BELLY LAUGH WHEN I SAW BLAZE’S PICTURE….IF YOU REMEMBER WE INVITED HER TO THE NAVY SAILING PAVILLION TO WATCH THE RACES AND WE MADE HER OUR 9TH TEAM “MATE”….NEEDLESS TO SAY SHE WAS A NO SHOW…..:(
HAPPY GRANDBABY…. WE WILL MISS YOU TONIGHT …NED