Obituary - Alan Williams
Posted By admin on August 29, 2010
Sadly I have to inform members of the passing of Alan after a long illness.
My memories of Alan stretch back to the early seventies when, as a raw school leaver Alan mentored and cajoled me through fours years of Enginnering theory. His dedication and patience reflected the person he was. After a stuttering final year, he was probably very relieved to get rid of me, we used to meet on a weekly basis in the Shore Hotel, me passing through to the flesh pots of Port Erin, Alan out for the weekly pint, he always asked “what are you doing now” and after telling him he used to respond in shock, “do they actually trust you to do that”.
Through all these years Alan’s enduring passion was always sailing and he passed that passion on through his training courses and I know there are a large number of people out there today with sailing qualifications that look back and say without Alan’s dedication, patience and expertise it wouldn’t have been possible.
For me Brown Trout not crossing Castletown Bay in the sumer is the loss of one of the Island’s sailing constants and I can only offer both mine, Tom’s and CDMYC’s condolances to Smiler, Alison and their Mum at this difficult time. The sailing community in the South has lost one of it’s best ambassadors.
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