tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-80093326431760824122024-02-20T15:45:41.909-05:00St Thomas-St John * Remembering All Ah We *Island Sailorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16047016678495163156noreply@blogger.comBlogger86125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8009332643176082412.post-26645753950921162952016-03-14T10:28:00.001-04:002016-03-14T10:28:41.629-04:00Apologies For Broken PermalinkThe permalink to Tom Coulter is showing as Peter deBlanc, another St Thomas islander who has also passed on. I'm working to fix the permalink.Island Sailorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16047016678495163156noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8009332643176082412.post-67409162950647979372016-02-02T10:07:00.000-05:002016-02-02T10:07:38.862-05:00Remembering ... Then And Now<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Yz33DqZ4QtQ/VrDGKNxDUPI/AAAAAAAAAZE/N18WS5d5y0A/s1600/east%2Bend%2Bst%2Bthomas%2B40%2Byear%2Bspan.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Yz33DqZ4QtQ/VrDGKNxDUPI/AAAAAAAAAZE/N18WS5d5y0A/s320/east%2Bend%2Bst%2Bthomas%2B40%2Byear%2Bspan.jpg" /></a></div>Island Sailorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16047016678495163156noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8009332643176082412.post-34095978121324224142012-03-09T01:12:00.013-05:002012-03-15T19:19:03.261-04:00V.I. Daily News in Google News !<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-9oAxXI_g8uo/T1mgIofpWQI/AAAAAAAAAM0/wXldVXn3XlA/s1600/VI_daily_news_pre_1981_google_news.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 188px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-9oAxXI_g8uo/T1mgIofpWQI/AAAAAAAAAM0/wXldVXn3XlA/s320/VI_daily_news_pre_1981_google_news.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5717777272093104386" /></a><span style="font-weight:bold;">The growing power of technology and the Internet were not on the front burner for most of us liming in the V.I. sun and sailing waters back when.<br /><br />(Heck, we celebrated if the lights stayed on continuously for 24 hours!) Now 30 years later, that technology helps us remember things we've long forgotten or that may have passed us by.<br /><br /><a href="http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=hefNtdE4IMkC&dat=19750801&b_mode=2&hl=en">Click here to check out this library of pre-1981 V.I. Daily News editions at Google News !</a></span>Island Sailorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16047016678495163156noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8009332643176082412.post-4010406445493805852010-12-08T10:01:00.014-05:002012-03-31T07:53:06.872-04:00Petition to save Vessup Beach on St Thomas !<strong>Tell our lawmakers that the repeal of the Save Vessup Beach law they slid under the radar screen on Monday 11/22/10 is unacceptable and that their support is needed for the re-introduction of the Vessup law immediately. The law will be identical in its scope as the previous law that was repealed, that USVI governments acquire the beach by eminant domain to be made a park for the people of the US Virgin Islands in perpetuity, instead of another private resort development.</strong><br /><br /><strong><a href="http://virginislandsdailynews.com/news/omnibus-law-strips-protection-from-vessup-beach-1.1073212">Click here for the V.I. Daily News article reporting the Lame Duck V.I. Senate session.</a> </strong><br/><br><strong><a href="http://stthomassource.com/content/news/local-news/2011/02/12/developer-local-activists-spar-over-vessup-muller-bay-plans">Vessup Bay development update : St Thomas Source : Feb 2011</a><br></strong><br/><strong><a href="http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/save-vessup-beach/">Click here to be redirected to the Care2Petition website (the petition closed out in April'11 with 421 signatures).</a></strong>Island Sailorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16047016678495163156noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8009332643176082412.post-21726852065839363982010-01-01T06:19:00.002-05:002010-08-06T02:19:25.176-04:00Terry Dye ~ s/v 'Courvoisier'<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_nxACyKD_ibM/StIQOA0qEII/AAAAAAAAAGg/wFNmY4F3iso/s1600-h/courvoisier.jpg"><img style="text-align: center; margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 291px; display: block; height: 320px; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391389536840978562" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_nxACyKD_ibM/StIQOA0qEII/AAAAAAAAAGg/wFNmY4F3iso/s320/courvoisier.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" > A Morgan 60 sister to s/v Courvoisier</span><br /></div><br /><input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><input id="jsProxy" onclick="jsCall();" type="hidden"> <div id="refHTML"></div><input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><input id="jsProxy" onclick="jsCall();" type="hidden"> <div id="refHTML"></div><input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><input id="jsProxy" onclick="jsCall();" type="hidden"> <div id="refHTML"></div><input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><input id="jsProxy" onclick="jsCall();" type="hidden"> <div id="refHTML"></div><input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><!--Session data--><input onclick="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" type="hidden"><div id="refHTML"></div><input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><!--Session data--><input onclick="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" type="hidden"><div id="refHTML"></div>Island Sailorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16047016678495163156noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8009332643176082412.post-36803120124785939212009-12-31T09:09:00.000-05:002010-02-14T11:24:14.164-05:00Ed & Gay Thompson ~ s/v 'Satori'<strong><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_nxACyKD_ibM/SLB0D340DJI/AAAAAAAAACE/ZmIbi4ZySAg/s1600-h/satori0002.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; FLOAT: right; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5237813976522558610" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_nxACyKD_ibM/SLB0D340DJI/AAAAAAAAACE/ZmIbi4ZySAg/s320/satori0002.jpg" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_nxACyKD_ibM/SLByv79WHyI/AAAAAAAAAB8/HuUG5IZjv_g/s1600-h/satori.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; FLOAT: left; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5237812534506299170" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_nxACyKD_ibM/SLByv79WHyI/AAAAAAAAAB8/HuUG5IZjv_g/s320/satori.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div></div></div></strong>Island Sailorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16047016678495163156noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8009332643176082412.post-32774880799656607952008-01-01T09:36:00.001-05:002010-08-06T02:15:16.665-04:00"Outboard Terry" Brenay<strong>Terry's local nickname suggests he's a sought after mechanic in the boating community.</strong><input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><!--Session data--><input onclick="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" type="hidden"><div id="refHTML"></div><input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><!--Session data--><input onclick="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" type="hidden"><div id="refHTML"></div><input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><!--Session data--><input onclick="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" type="hidden"><div id="refHTML"></div><input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><!--Session data--><input onclick="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" type="hidden"><div id="refHTML"></div><input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><!--Session data--><input onclick="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" type="hidden"><div id="refHTML"></div><input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><!--Session data--><input onclick="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" type="hidden"><div id="refHTML"></div>Island Sailorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16047016678495163156noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8009332643176082412.post-38413894336609352582008-01-01T09:04:00.000-05:002012-08-13T09:05:57.385-04:00Karen & Larry on s/v 'Wild Wind'Worked at Fanfare Charters with Jack Kennelly (his charter fleet company lovingly referred to locally as "Rent A Wreck").
Larry tried to keep Jack from buying more boats and maintain the ones that he already had. Karen ran the office for him.
Karen also worked for a couple of years at the VICL in Charlotte Amalie.
Island Sailorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16047016678495163156noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8009332643176082412.post-88862615246544187282008-01-01T07:04:00.006-05:002008-11-25T04:47:35.516-05:00Robin Thomas<strong>Windsurfer, air charter pilot, airplane and windsurfer performance modifications. Moved to Daytona Beach, post-hurricane Marilyn.<br /><br /><span style="color:#000099;"><a href="http://laminarflowsystems.com/lfs_company_history.htm">Click here for photo and info at Robin's website</a></span></strong>Island Sailorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16047016678495163156noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8009332643176082412.post-49172152420595959082008-01-01T06:32:00.001-05:002008-11-25T04:48:48.995-05:00Tim Peck<strong>"Awlgrip Tim" of the East End Independent boatyard</strong>Island Sailorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16047016678495163156noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8009332643176082412.post-39424182811976756532008-01-01T06:26:00.001-05:002011-11-12T12:59:42.306-05:00Jean Braure on s/v "MuMu II"Island Sailorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16047016678495163156noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8009332643176082412.post-76421641113001567052008-01-01T06:21:00.002-05:002010-08-06T02:17:13.937-04:00Mike Woodward<strong>Installed a fish aquarium to meet "live entertainment" requirements of an early bar on the backside of the original Red Hook Shopping Center.</strong><input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><!--Session data--><input onclick="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" type="hidden"><div id="refHTML"></div>Island Sailorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16047016678495163156noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8009332643176082412.post-49226512241340357692008-01-01T06:20:00.002-05:002008-11-25T04:54:42.207-05:00Per Dohm<strong>Original water taxi to and from St John</strong>Island Sailorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16047016678495163156noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8009332643176082412.post-17452769791831273142008-01-01T06:19:00.003-05:002008-11-25T04:55:34.769-05:00Marty Carlson & family on s/v "Bandersnatch"<strong>Marine surveyor</strong>Island Sailorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16047016678495163156noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8009332643176082412.post-20928578828795728202008-01-01T06:18:00.004-05:002012-03-15T19:25:50.651-04:00Stoekens - Peter, Pat, Paul - s/v 'Independence'<span style="font-weight:bold;"><a href="http://www.independence44.us/">Click here to sail on 'Independence' </a></span>Island Sailorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16047016678495163156noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8009332643176082412.post-87496741816340885022008-01-01T06:18:00.001-05:002008-11-25T04:49:30.386-05:00Steve & June Marsh on s/v "Nightwind"Island Sailorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16047016678495163156noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8009332643176082412.post-87965053462010467652008-01-01T01:40:00.000-05:002009-11-09T01:41:20.213-05:00Colin Probyn<input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><!--Session data--><input onclick="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" type="hidden"><div id="refHTML"></div>Island Sailorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16047016678495163156noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8009332643176082412.post-44086652189362624122008-01-01T00:40:00.000-05:002009-11-09T01:38:40.548-05:00Walter Fischer<input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><!--Session data--><input onclick="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" type="hidden"><div id="refHTML"></div>Island Sailorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16047016678495163156noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8009332643176082412.post-31157187790857560292008-01-01T00:30:00.000-05:002009-11-09T01:37:42.069-05:00Grybowski's - Kirk, Judy, Paul<span style="font-weight: bold;">An East End resident in Vessup Bay, Kirk was director of the Virgin Islands Emergency Management Agency when Hurricane Marilyn hit STT in 1995.<br /><br />Paul was the proprietor of Cafe Amici and Palm Passage Cafe in Charlotte Amalie until 1997.</span><input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><!--Session data--><input onclick="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" type="hidden"><div id="refHTML"></div><input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><!--Session data--><input onclick="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" type="hidden"><div id="refHTML"></div>Island Sailorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16047016678495163156noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8009332643176082412.post-63374803788525679692007-12-31T23:31:00.000-05:002013-07-28T23:34:54.767-04:00Jack Kappelman Founded Rotary East in the early 70's, was its President for the first two years, and was an active member for 30 years. Owner and proprietor of 'Slip Away' in Red Hook in the 80's. Also known as 'Java Jack' when he operated a wholesale coffee and spice distribution business. Was the first property manager at Cowpet Bay East. Jack passed away in June 2002, survived by his wife Vicki and other family members and relatives.
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