On Fri, Jul 19, 2024 at 6:04 PM Kathleen J. Hill <kathleenjhill@gmail.com> wrote:
Thank you for sharing this, Dave. Kathleen
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On Jul 19, 2024, at 4:37 PM, Tim Loveday <timothy.loveday@gmail.com> wrote:
I truly loved Bill. We had the honor of slipping on J Dock near him for some time. Bill was always quick with advice to me on how to fix and repair my C22 and on sailing tips for the GSL. His wisdom still rings in my ears… “Never trust the weather… never let the weather stop you from sailing… always be ready to sail and always have a second anchor ready to deploy…”. I consider myself blessed to have known him and fortunate that he was willing to share so many tips and advice over the years. I can still see him sailing out of the harbor on Cariad during a dense inversion, leaving the marina in the December while we were headed into the bottom of the pit gathering … no visibility. Icicles hanging off of everything. And yet Bill was going to go have a good time on GSL. He was unstoppable. I have thought of him often and have missed his presence in the marina. Godspeed, Bill. Fair winds and following seas...
Tim Loveday S/v Glory Days
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On Jul 19, 2024, at 12:47 PM, Dave Shearer <harbormaster@gslmarina.com> wrote:
I’m a little late on this one as I just found out but we lost a member of our marina community. William “Bill” Roberts died on March 5, 2021 at the age of 94. Bill had a Catalina 22 “Cariad” on J dock for MANY years. He would go sailing at least once a week by himself well into his 80’s. I loved talking to Bill. He was very humble; would go out in any conditions alone and was quite adept at taking care of himself on the lake. I remember going out on Rescue One in five foot seas and 30 to 40mph wind to check on Bill to see if he needed a tow or assistance. I would find him anchored just waiting the wind out. In all my years working out here and him sailing out here I never had to go assist him once.
He was fun to talk to. He was born in 1926 and grew up in England with the hardships that WWII brought. He eventually served near the end of the war as a morse code operator for the Royal Navy and served off Normandy during Operation Overlord. When he moved to Utah he struggled to figure out how he was going to stand life without sailing. He finally found a solution in the Great Salt Lake and a Catalina 22. Later, when he could no longer sail and he needed daily assistance of his family, they would bring Bill out to visit his beloved lake.
Here is a link to his obituary: https://www.larkinmortuary.com/obituary/view/william-%22bill%22-roberts--74/ _______________________________________________ GSL-Marina mailing list -- gsl-marina@mailman.xmission.com To unsubscribe send an email to gsl-marina-leave@mailman.xmission.com
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