{"id":47,"date":"2008-08-21T20:31:00","date_gmt":"2008-08-21T20:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/?p=47"},"modified":"2008-08-21T20:31:00","modified_gmt":"2008-08-21T20:31:00","slug":"john-nicholas-brown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/?p=47","title":{"rendered":"John Nicholas Brown"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_jTb_cRUMExg\/SK3Sk12cHiI\/AAAAAAAAAfM\/D6mZcD3dpxc\/s1600-h\/jnb+work+1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_jTb_cRUMExg\/SK3Sk12cHiI\/AAAAAAAAAfM\/D6mZcD3dpxc\/s320\/jnb+work+1.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5237073472074292770\" \/><\/a>I started sailing with John Brown in 1962, on his Block Island 40 &#8220;Volta&#8221;. It was also the year of my first New York Yacht Club cruise. &#8220;Volta&#8221; won also everything during the cruise that year, what a way to start. I continued working on the boat as a summer job until 1967; after which I continued to commission and de-commission the boat for several more years.<\/p>\n<div><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\" style=\"white-space:pre\"> <\/span>Mr. Brown made a strong impression on me ,as I am certain was true of anyone who came in contact with him. I did not appreciate the mark he left until I was older. He was a kind, intelligent, generous, curious man. A genuine renaissance man.  He lead me along with out leading, I am certain I am a better person as a result. <\/div>\n<div><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\" style=\"white-space:pre\"> <\/span>Mrs. Brown was no less a personality, full of strong opinions. I like to reminisce by saying that I somehow managed to stay in her good graces, despite being a teenager.<\/div>\n<div><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\" style=\"white-space:pre\"> <\/span>I stayed in regular contact with both Mr. And Mrs. Brown until their deaths,and smile to myself each time I think of them.<br \/><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_jTb_cRUMExg\/SK3SlKOGdNI\/AAAAAAAAAfU\/Ixvfl_rai0Y\/s1600-h\/jnb:mrs.:.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_jTb_cRUMExg\/SK3SlKOGdNI\/AAAAAAAAAfU\/Ixvfl_rai0Y\/s320\/jnb:mrs.:.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5237073477542245586\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I started sailing with John Brown in 1962, on his Block Island 40 &#8220;Volta&#8221;. It was also the year of my first New York Yacht Club cruise. &#8220;Volta&#8221; won also everything during the cruise that year, what a way to start. I continued working on the boat as a summer job until 1967; after which &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/?p=47\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">John Nicholas Brown<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[114],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-47","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-john-nicholas-brown"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47","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=47"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=47"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=47"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=47"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}