RIP - Stuart Walker

[bait]

RIP Doctor Walker. Glad I had the chance to know you.

 

[Wess]

Ah damn.  Say it aint so..

 

[Varan]

Cross em when you can... peace!

 

[Snaggletooth]

wowe, seariouse losse to thorecticalle saileng.

 

[PaulK]

Raced against him in Solings.  Wish I'd been faster. 

 

[Left Shift]

I  never did sort out the categories.  But I sure enjoyed reading his articles and realizing there was a positional game that I wasn't playing...or really understanding out on the water.  

Peace and clear air

 

[See Level]

"Wind and Strategy" is still on my bookshelf someplace.

RIP Dr. Walker

 

[blunderfull]

I  never did sort out the categories.  But I sure enjoyed reading his articles and realizing there was a positional game that I wasn't playing...or really understanding out on the water.  

Peace and clear air

Smooth sailing Dr. Walker.   Studied his books and apppreciated the details but....then Lasers came along & got hip to Buddy Melges.  Boat speed trumps all the rest.

 

[Kenny Dumas]

Persistent vs oscillating shift applies to many things and I credit him to my awareness of the concept.  Major smart dude.  Fair persistent winds!

 

[BGeff]

Ah that is sad news.  RIP and Fair Winds Dr. Walker.  Thanks for everything you did for our sport.

 

[FluidMotion]

Many thanks for your outstanding contributions to the sport over the past 50+ years. The insights you have provided continue to inspire our understanding of wind, tactics, and reminding us that everyone makes mistakes despite our best efforts.  May you enjoy fair winds and following seas throughout the balance of your journeys. 

 

[daffy]

+1

 

[AnotherSailor]

Fabulous sailor and writer. While it is not everyone's cup of tea, I really enjoyed his style of writing, theory mixed with some great entertaining stories on how he beat the rest of the fleet from a position that seemed desperate. 

RIP Dr. Walker!

 

[VWAP]

 

[Movable Ballast]

Wow! RIP Dr Walker. A manual of sail trim was one of the first sailing books I read... The Pearly Gates YC just got much stronger... Sail on. 

 

[nolatom]

His columns in One-Design Yachtsman gave me a headache reading, but I did learn stuff, mostly oscillating versus progressive windshifts.  So it was worth it, and aspirin helped. 

A life well-lived.  Fair winds and following seas..

 

[condor]

wowe, seariouse losse to thorecticalle saileng.

Golf clap.

A friend used to describe his columns as 'I really screwed up, and here's what I learned.  Then I did great in the next leg.'

A great gentleman, always willing to talk sailing with anyone.  Sail on...

 

[Rum Runner]

Grew up reading his articles and books. Hopefully I learned just a fraction of what he tried to teach.  RIP Dr. Walker.

 

[Hitchhiker]

Sorry to hear. His writing was well above my level of sailing comprehension.

Which partly explains why I suck at yacht racing!!