- I could not believe it today. I went with my daughter to the crowd gathering at the New York Yacht Club to celebrate the many accomplishments of Ted Hood, the sailmaker, entrepreneur, and yacht designer.
- One is dead, the other, Richard E. Carter, is resurrected.
- Let's backtrack, it had been announced a while ago that Dick had passed away a few years ago. The rumor had been circulating, discussed in this blog, on sailing websites, and by many people, suggesting that this had been the case.
- What was not my surprise, as I strolled the ground under the tent to see across the serving table a familiar face that I had not seen in 40 years, Dick, my boss at Carter Offshore. I look on in shock.
- But the change with age was not drastic, and the mannerism was there, and when I called" Dick," he turned around, and with a big smile, we shook hands. Yves-Marie!
Man oh man, was I happy to see him in good health, alive and well, and living on Cape Cod. His announced departure was much too premature.
- Amazing that in these days and age, news like who is dead cannot be squelched with the first appearance of such an erroneous announcement. It was both a sad and a wonderful day when two men like Frederick Hood and Richard E. Carter, friends and competitors with great influence on the sport, crossed my path in such a strange way.
The Tower. Carter Offshore office.
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pfiouuuuu, what a surprise :)
ReplyDeleteDu know what dick is doin right now, does he's still interested with boat architecture ?
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He has been retired for quite a few years and spend his time between renovating a mansion in England and Cap Cod in the US.
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