People
"SALTY DAWG
RALLY"
2013wastheyearforlong-timealumni
friends and roommates to meet aboard sail-
boats and test their blue-water sailing skil s.
In July 2013, David Gelinas '84, David Hopkins
'84, James Hutton '84, Larry Russel '84, Jed
Sutter '84, and Skip Strong '84 met at the MMA
waterfront dock to board WHISPER, the yacht
they sailed in the Marblehead-to-Halifax Interna-
tional Ocean Race. (See story in MARINER 2013
Issue 3). Then, on November 4, 2013, Bill Full
'76, Art Hal '76, and Dave Witheril '76 met
in Hampton, VA to crew up the 54' custom Rob
Ladd-designed, raised deck salon sailing yacht
named FLYING WHITE.
Ful , a former ship's master and now sales
manager for East Coast Yacht Sales, handled the
purchase of FLYING WHITE for clients several
years ago. In the fal , the clients, now wonderful
Bill Full '76, Art Hall '76, Dave Witherill '76 The "Salty Dawgs"
friends, decided to take the yacht to the Caribbe-
an for the winter and asked Ful to put together a
crew to do the "Salty Dawg Ral y." Ful turned to
the problem and repair it.
three streets away from each other in Cumber-
Hal , an engineer, and Witheril , another deckie.
Week one involved a stormy and lively Gulf
land, Maine, while Hal and his wife, Sandy, live
Thanks to some of their MMA training, they
Stream crossing followed by calm seas and winds
in Belfast, Maine. Al three sailors had daughters
were able to provide the owner (Jim Becker, a
that came out of the south instead of the expected
close in age that attended Greely High School in
Dartmouth graduate) with a lot of assistance.
east. This made sailing difficult at times and
Cumberland. Ful , Hal , and Witheril each have
The first repair that had to be taken care of
necessitated use of the engine more often than
sailboats in Maine where they actively cruise and
was a defective transmission, which Ful and
the three MMA alumni wanted. Nevertheless, the
race. Al three have been involved in the Casco
Hal managed to tease off the engine and onto
boat and crew arrived safely at St. Thomas with,
Bay Alumni Chapter annual maritime flea market
the dock. Hal , with the help of another crew
as Hal noted, a tired and somewhat dirty crew
every spring (See MARINER 2013, Issue 3 for a
member, installed a new one while Witheril and
who dove overboard as soon as they anchored in
story about the Casco Bay Maritime Flea Market)
Ful handled a number of other repairs such as
order to splash around and shake some dirt loose.
and have maintained their friendship on land and
replacing defective running lights, re-bedding
Ful and Witheril at one time had both
at sea.
leaky ports, etc. Once FLYING WHITE was at
worked for SeaRiver Maritime and over a period
sea, her engine broke down again. Thanks in part
of three to four years relieved each other on one
to his MMA training, Hal was able to diagnose
of the company's ships. Presently, they live about
INSTRUCTOR REESE RECEIVES FELLOWSHIP
AdjunctinstructorofGISandgeography theWisconsin-MilwaukeeLibraries.Shewil tripstotheArctic.Thispastspringsemester,she
in the Arts and Sciences Department,
study the materials available on the SCHOONER
taught World Regional Geography II, Geograph-
Betsy Reese, received a fellowship in
BOWDOIN as wel as the library holdings on ex-
ical Information Science, and Special Topics in
January 2014 from the American Geographical
plorer Donald B. MacMil an and other scientists
Geography. Her fellowship began in June.
Society Library (AGS Library), now housed in
who worked aboard the BOWDOIN during its
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