Jay Lancaster Posted February 17, 2017 Report Share Posted February 17, 2017 May our dear friend rest in eternal peace. In this picture, showing what is partly his handiwork, Buck is the guy without a hat standing on the wall furthest to the right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterP Posted February 17, 2017 Report Share Posted February 17, 2017 This is bad news indeed! I'm sure Graham will pipe in. Buck was a good hand. His wife got hammered last year and now this. Did not know him that well but I knew him well enough to note his passing with sadness. PeterP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Designer Posted February 18, 2017 Report Share Posted February 18, 2017 We are still reeling over the news. We have collaborated on boat designs for close on 30 years, the red boat above is one that we did about a decade ago. In fact we had just recently started on a new 41 footer for a customer in Maryland and he was scheduled to come over last Tuesday for another design brain storming session. He was always thinking on ways to improve on the building methods and loved to push the 3d modeling as far as we could so that we could use the technology by machining out as much as possible in advance to make the build more efficient. After the three of us spent a few hours together we could always expect at least two phone calls on his way home as his fertile mind was racing after leaving the shop. We have always expected this to happen sooner as he was not healthy and his brother died from a heart attack when he was fairly young. The finality is the hardest part for me. The realization that I will never be able have him visit or call him again is tough. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Designer Posted February 18, 2017 Report Share Posted February 18, 2017 Here is the link to the last boat that we did together. Rough Point FB page The crew was too bummed out to work for the rest of this week. I am sure that she will be finished okay. We will help in any way that we may be needed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Lathrop Posted February 18, 2017 Report Share Posted February 18, 2017 Very sad for down east boatbuilding folk. Buck's body could not maintain pace with his mind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oyster Posted February 18, 2017 Report Share Posted February 18, 2017 What a shame, way too young.... He was a hard working fellow that was just coming into his own with his second life's dream, operating his own boat shop. We are surely going to miss him and his brand of passive"opinions" too. LOL My tagline says it all for sure. Thanks Jay for providing this thread. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay Lancaster Posted February 19, 2017 Author Report Share Posted February 19, 2017 Oyster, I don't think Buck ever had a "passive" opinion in his life...he got that from his mother...bless her heart. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oyster Posted February 19, 2017 Report Share Posted February 19, 2017 You got that right. He could take a simple "Yes" and turn it into a chapter for some editorial in the newspaper. I remember the time when he pinned an editorial rebuttal to one of his favorite targets after he ran for office in what he considered to be the :wrong party" you know. hehe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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