{"id":4920,"date":"2012-12-04T19:34:17","date_gmt":"2012-12-05T00:34:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/?p=4920"},"modified":"2012-12-04T19:34:17","modified_gmt":"2012-12-05T00:34:17","slug":"bucky-reardon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/?p=4920","title":{"rendered":"BUCKY REARDON"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I grew up hearing about Bucky Reardon, a legend of the Newport waterfront. Much later our paths crossed on a number of occasions. Bucky was the mate on &#8220;Bolero&#8221; while she belonged to John Nicholas Brown. Fred Lawton was the Captain. Bucky revered Fred Lawton, who was an even greater legend.<\/p>\n<p>Bucky later was the paid hand on &#8220;Figaro&#8221; for Bill Snaith.<\/p>\n<p>In 1977 when I was sailing on &#8220;Independence&#8221; vieing for the America&#8217;s Cup; Bucky turned up with a new kind of deck shoe called &#8220;Barnacles&#8221;. They were frankly better than topsiders and we all started wearing them. Unfortunately our syndicate had a contract with Sperry Topsider so the Barnacles appearance was short-lived.<\/p>\n<p>I would phone Bucky about once a year. Really I wanted to hear his stories of the past. They were fine stories of the era before us. Stories for another day. Today we remember Bucky.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-4920 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/bolero-9.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/bolero-9-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-4921\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/bolero-9-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/bolero-9-48x48.jpg 48w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-4921'>\n\t\t\t\tFRED LAWTON ON THE RIGHT\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/bolero-15.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/bolero-15-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-4922\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/bolero-15-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/bolero-15-48x48.jpg 48w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-4922'>\n\t\t\t\tCORNY SHIELDS AT THE HELM WITH JOHN NICHOLAS BROWN FOREGROUND\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>James &#8220;Jim&#8221; &#8220;Bucky&#8221; Reardon died\u00a0Nov. 30, 2012, surrounded by his loving family.<\/p>\n<p>He was born on\u00a0June 9, 1931, in\u00a0Newport,\u00a0R.I., son of the late John and Marion (Baxter) Reardon.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>He is survived by his loving wife, Janet (Brady) Reardon; five children, Kathy (Robert) Kurisko of Massachusetts, Kara (Ken) Navan of New York, Kevin Reardon of Florida, Sean (Cherie) Reardon of Virginia, and Liam (Nicole) Reardon of Massachusetts; seven grandchildren, Christopher and Timothy Marciante, Kayla, Julia and Nicole Navan, Kate and Lauren Reardon; a brother, William Reardon; and two sisters, Patsy Robertson and Suzanne Reardon of Newport, R.I. He is predeceased by a brother, John Reardon Jr<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>At a young age, Jim discovered a love of sailing that took him around the world to win such races as the\u00a0America&#8217;s Cup, Fastnet and the TransAtlantic. He was a member of the Royal Ocean Racing Club in\u00a0London,\u00a0England, Cruising Club of America and the Storm Trysail Club.<\/p>\n<p>Jim married Janet (Brady) Reardon on\u00a0Nov. 11, 1961. During their 51 years of marriage, family and faith was his key priority while raising a family in\u00a0Larchmont,\u00a0N.Y.\u00a0After he retired, he enjoyed time in\u00a0Cape Cod, Massachusettsm, and Burnt Store Marina in\u00a0Punta Gorda,\u00a0Fla.<\/p>\n<p>He graduated from\u00a0Providence\u00a0College\u00a0with a degree in mathematics and was a former shoe buyer at R.H. Macy &amp; Co. Recognized for his attention to detail and one who delivered results, Jim&#8217;s mantra was, &#8220;I deliver.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Visiting hours will be held from\u00a04\u00a0to\u00a07 p.m.\u00a0Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2012, in the Hallett Funeral Home,\u00a0273 Station Ave., South\u00a0Yarmouth. A Mass of Christian burial will be held at\u00a010 a.m.\u00a0Wednesday, Dec. 5, in St. Pius X Church,\u00a0Station Avenue, South\u00a0Yarmouth. The burial will follow in\u00a0Chandler\u00a0Gray\u00a0Cemetery,\u00a0Chandler Gray Road, West\u00a0Yarmouth.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>At the request of the family, in lieu of flowers, donations can be made to Sisters of Mercy,\u00a021 Searles Road,\u00a0Windham,\u00a0NH\u00a003087; or Saint Jude Children&#8217;s\u00a0Research\u00a0Hospital,\u00a0P.O. Box 1893\u00a0Memphis,\u00a0TN\u00a038101.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I grew up hearing about Bucky Reardon, a legend of the Newport waterfront. Much later our paths crossed on a number of occasions. Bucky was the mate on &#8220;Bolero&#8221; while she belonged to John Nicholas Brown. Fred Lawton was the Captain. Bucky revered Fred Lawton, who was an even greater legend. Bucky later was the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/?p=4920\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">BUCKY REARDON<\/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":[1525,1524],"class_list":["post-4920","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-john-nicholas-brown","tag-bolero","tag-bucky-reardon"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4920","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=4920"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4920\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4923,"href":"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4920\/revisions\/4923"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4920"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4920"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4920"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}