SPECIAL PRESENTATION: A Sailor's Life - John Ely Marsland, Sr. 1907 - 2011
John Ely Marsland, was a member of the Aeolian Yacht Club from 1937 until 1944.
During that time he owned two yachts, Nereid, a 32-ft cutter (now sailing under her original name, Folly),designed by Frank Burgess, built in 1889, and then Frolic, a 24-ft Bear Boat. Both Folly and Frolic are still actively sailing on San Francisco Bay.
Later in life he sailed extensively on the East Coast and the Caribbean including an Atlantic Crossing; owning four yachts, the last being an 39-ft schooner he designed and built himself in his back yard.
During that time he owned two yachts, Nereid, a 32-ft cutter (now sailing under her original name, Folly),designed by Frank Burgess, built in 1889, and then Frolic, a 24-ft Bear Boat. Both Folly and Frolic are still actively sailing on San Francisco Bay.
Later in life he sailed extensively on the East Coast and the Caribbean including an Atlantic Crossing; owning four yachts, the last being an 39-ft schooner he designed and built himself in his back yard.
Over the years he was a member of the Cabrillo Beach YC, Cedar Point YC, New York YC, Booth Bay Harbor YC and the Aeolian YC.
When he passed away age 104, his son Stan prepared as a memorial for his extend family, a presentation of his sailing life containing many photographs, publications (including Wooden Boat articles) and Shell magazine stories. (He worked for Shell for 30 years.)
Stan Marsland (Island Sailing Club, Cowes, Isle of Wight, UK) will be visiting San Francisco Bay on Jan 9, 2015 and will be coming to Alameda to deliver a presentation on his father's sailing life to the Aeolian YC membership. Hopefully, Folly (and possibly Frolic) will be tied up in our harbor
PS: Stan's mother Anita M Marsland wrote I Married A Boat which features stories about their days sailing on San Francisco Bay. She also wrote articles under the name Tops'l Annie for the Sausalito News.
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