{"id":10925,"date":"2017-10-02T14:47:20","date_gmt":"2017-10-02T19:47:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/?p=10925"},"modified":"2017-10-02T14:49:30","modified_gmt":"2017-10-02T19:49:30","slug":"40-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/?p=10925","title":{"rendered":"40 YEARS AGO"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This past weekend was the fortieth reunion of the &#8220;Courageous&#8221;\/ &#8220;Independence&#8221; crews from 1977. It was genuinely nice to see people with whom I had shared so much. None of us are getting any younger, which puts particular emphasis on this event.<\/p>\n<p>Ted Turner has been so good about re-uniting the teams.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10926\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10926\" style=\"width: 660px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-10926\" src=\"http:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/sail-for-hope-video-9-30-17-162746-1024x939.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"660\" height=\"605\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/sail-for-hope-video-9-30-17-162746-1024x939.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/sail-for-hope-video-9-30-17-162746-300x275.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/sail-for-hope-video-9-30-17-162746-768x704.jpg 768w, https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/sail-for-hope-video-9-30-17-162746.jpg 1923w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10926\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">OL PITTS AND HALSEY HERRESHOFF<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10927\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10927\" style=\"width: 660px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-10927\" src=\"http:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/sail-for-hope-video-9-30-17-162748-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"660\" height=\"440\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/sail-for-hope-video-9-30-17-162748-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/sail-for-hope-video-9-30-17-162748-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/sail-for-hope-video-9-30-17-162748-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10927\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">OL PITTS, SISTER THERESE, HALSEY HERROSHOFF<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10928\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10928\" style=\"width: 660px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-10928\" src=\"http:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/sail-for-hope-video-9-30-17-162753-1024x836.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"660\" height=\"539\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/sail-for-hope-video-9-30-17-162753-1024x836.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/sail-for-hope-video-9-30-17-162753-300x245.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/sail-for-hope-video-9-30-17-162753-768x627.jpg 768w, https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/sail-for-hope-video-9-30-17-162753.jpg 1831w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10928\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">TED TURNER AND GARY JOBSON<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10929\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10929\" style=\"width: 660px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-10929\" src=\"http:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/sail-for-hope-video-9-30-17-162808-1024x1019.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"660\" height=\"657\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/sail-for-hope-video-9-30-17-162808-1024x1019.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/sail-for-hope-video-9-30-17-162808-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/sail-for-hope-video-9-30-17-162808-300x299.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/sail-for-hope-video-9-30-17-162808-768x765.jpg 768w, https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/sail-for-hope-video-9-30-17-162808.jpg 1795w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10929\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">TED ADDRESSING THE TEAM<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10930\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10930\" style=\"width: 660px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-10930\" src=\"http:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/sail-for-hope-video-9-30-17-162736-1024x673.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"660\" height=\"434\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/sail-for-hope-video-9-30-17-162736-1024x673.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/sail-for-hope-video-9-30-17-162736-300x197.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/sail-for-hope-video-9-30-17-162736-768x505.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10930\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">TED TURNER, OL PITTS, SISTER THERESE<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10931\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10931\" style=\"width: 660px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-10931\" src=\"http:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/sail-for-hope-video-9-30-17-162738-868x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"660\" height=\"779\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/sail-for-hope-video-9-30-17-162738-868x1024.jpg 868w, https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/sail-for-hope-video-9-30-17-162738-254x300.jpg 254w, https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/sail-for-hope-video-9-30-17-162738-768x906.jpg 768w, https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/sail-for-hope-video-9-30-17-162738-300x354.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/sail-for-hope-video-9-30-17-162738.jpg 1290w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10931\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">RICK HOOD AND BOBBY CAMPBELL<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10932\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10932\" style=\"width: 680px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10932\" src=\"http:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/independence124.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"680\" height=\"508\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/independence124.jpg 680w, https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/independence124-300x224.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10932\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">INDEPENDENCE CREW 1977<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This past weekend was the fortieth reunion of the &#8220;Courageous&#8221;\/ &#8220;Independence&#8221; crews from 1977. It was genuinely nice to see people with whom I had shared so much. None of us are getting any younger, which puts particular emphasis on this event. Ted Turner has been so good about re-uniting the teams.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[61,141,302,60,39,429],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10925","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-courageous","category-independence","category-minneford","category-minneford-ship-yard","category-ted-hood","category-ted-turner"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10925","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10925"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10925\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10934,"href":"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10925\/revisions\/10934"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10925"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10925"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10925"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}