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Phil chatting with Chebacco owner Ben Ho
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Phil Bolger with partner Susanne Altenberger
Phil Bolger took his life yesterday. From what I've read, he had his reasons. Someone suggested, recently, perhaps a little ironically, that I would soon be writing about Iain Oughtred and Phil Bolger. I replied that yes, I would soon be writing about Iain as I had just received his recent biography. I didn't respond about Phil because I've always viewed him as a little larger than life and so was more than a bit in awe of him. Such encompassing genius. Conventional and unconventional, iconoclast and icon. I do regret never meeting him. And I miss those wonderful
cartoons he did in the Small Boat Journal. So as a small gesture, I'm putting up a photo of my favorite Bolger design, the hard chine version of Chebacco and a couple of others. Curiously, I worked into the wee hours last night on a post about Iain, which will be up soon. Life is strange, sometimes.
Phillip, may the force be with you.
3 comments:
This sad news hit me hard. Thanks for the post. An icon and iconoclast. How true.
Michael
Sad news - he left us a generous legacy of innovative thinking
Yeah, this is the most awful news. One of the true iconoclasts of marine design. A sad loss.
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