Re: [Cal_Boats] BC - Original Cal Listee - 8 bells

Oh man, that's terrible. Hopefully he was able to enjoy the fruits of his considerable labor of love for those 2 weeks. Godspeed . . . Paul West Dockside Mobile Marine Service & Fuel Polishing Inc. _www.DocksideMobileMarineService.com_ (http://www.docksidemobilemarineservice.com/) 443-614-4070 In a message dated 11/7/2011 8:06:07 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, ti… [at] ch2m.com writes: Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but Brian Cleverly (BC) died today after a fall from the mast his life support was turned a couple of days ago. Brian was just completing an immaculate 6 year bottoms up restoration of his beloved Fuji 32. She launched just a few weeks ago. Brian was a Master Builder and documented his journey on his web site. The level of his skill and perfection was well beyond any I have ever met. If you visit his site you ’ll understand. _http://www.anzam.com/images/fuji/project/work_begins/welcome.htm_ (http://www.anzam.com/images/fuji/project/work_begins/welcome.htm) With a tear in my eye, fair voyage Brian, I’ll see in at the next port.

Like many of us on the list, I was fortunate to joint the original Cal list when BC was our mentor. He was always seeking out innovations and better ways of doing things boat maintenance-wise; and keeping us in line obeying the house rules so we could access the wisdom we accrued for the benefit of those that followed joining the group, or, retrieving the knowledge base for when we need it. It would be instructive to find out how this happened, if anyone knows. About two years ago a well known rigger was at mast top when she inadvertently burned through a line supporting her while using a torch, but in her case she landed on a dodger which broke her fall, but she was still very badly injured and it wasn't known if she would survive. Eric was on his boat a couple of docks away when he heard the loud thud, and heard the ambulances siren. Having T-boned the side of a mountain 30 years ago, after being blown over the top and caught, and looped in a rotar, breaking neck, arm etc. and getting a free helicopter flight to a hospital, I can relate to this accident. Yea, it still hurts, and bad injuries come back to haunt us later in life so we can advise the young, tho they seldom appreciate our experience to benefit their own health. Jerry From: "pw… [at] aol.com" <pw… [at] aol.com> To: Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, November 7, 2011 6:45 AM Subject: Re: [Cal_Boats] BC - Original Cal Listee - 8 bells Oh man, that's terrible. Hopefully he was able to enjoy the fruits of his considerable labor of love for those 2 weeks. Godspeed . . . Paul West Dockside Mobile Marine Service & Fuel Polishing Inc. www.DocksideMobileMarineService.com 443-614-4070 In a message dated 11/7/2011 8:06:07 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, ti… [at] ch2m.com writes: >Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but Brian Cleverly (BC) died today after a fall from the mast his life support was turned a couple of days ago. >Brian was just completing an immaculate 6 year bottoms up restoration of his beloved Fuji 32. She launched just a few weeks ago. Brian was a Master Builder and documented his journey on his web site. The level of his skill and perfection was well beyond any I have ever met. If you visit his site you’ll understand. >http://www.anzam.com/images/fuji/project/work_begins/welcome.htm >With a tear in my eye, fair voyage Brian, I’ll see in at the next port.