santone
12-02-2004, 10:48 AM
A giant in the Catboat World has "crossed the bar". Long Island's Newsday printed a nice tribute to Bill Menger today.
"William Menger loved the shallow, shoaly waters off long Island's South Shore, and he spent much of his life building sailboats to ply the seas." Menger, a boatbuilder and longtime resident of babylon died Sunday at Good Samaritan Hospital Medical Center after a battle with lymphoma. He was 70" "He was a gruff old sea dog but everyone loved him," said Jerry Thompson , general manager of menger Boatworks in Amityville, the company Menger founded.".......... ......" Besides his wife Beryl, Menger is survived by a son, William C. of Babylon; and a sister, Helen Bredes of Stony Brook. the family will receive visitors today from 2-4:30 nand 7-9:30p.m. at the Boyd Spencer Funeral home in Babylon. A religious service will be held at the funeral home at 8:00 p.m. today"
I visited Bill Menger at his factory in Amityville Long Island in 2003. He considered building the Phil Rhodes design Woodpussy in glass after a building pause of 40 years. He thought it would be a nice complement for his line of Catboats, some of the finest built in the world. Bill agreed to "study" an un-restored hull in my possession and did so for several months before deciding not to proceed with the project. Perhaps he know that time would not permit him to follow through. The Sailing world will miss Bill Menger. Tony
"William Menger loved the shallow, shoaly waters off long Island's South Shore, and he spent much of his life building sailboats to ply the seas." Menger, a boatbuilder and longtime resident of babylon died Sunday at Good Samaritan Hospital Medical Center after a battle with lymphoma. He was 70" "He was a gruff old sea dog but everyone loved him," said Jerry Thompson , general manager of menger Boatworks in Amityville, the company Menger founded.".......... ......" Besides his wife Beryl, Menger is survived by a son, William C. of Babylon; and a sister, Helen Bredes of Stony Brook. the family will receive visitors today from 2-4:30 nand 7-9:30p.m. at the Boyd Spencer Funeral home in Babylon. A religious service will be held at the funeral home at 8:00 p.m. today"
I visited Bill Menger at his factory in Amityville Long Island in 2003. He considered building the Phil Rhodes design Woodpussy in glass after a building pause of 40 years. He thought it would be a nice complement for his line of Catboats, some of the finest built in the world. Bill agreed to "study" an un-restored hull in my possession and did so for several months before deciding not to proceed with the project. Perhaps he know that time would not permit him to follow through. The Sailing world will miss Bill Menger. Tony