SKIP GILLHAM
1941 - 2016

Skip Gillham

May the road rise up to meet you, may the wind ever be at your back, may you find old friends waiting to greet you, there on the outside track.



We're gathered together old times to remember, 'tis but for ourselves we would grieve, so we'll sing you a chorus and bid you farewell - fair winds and a following sea.

It is with profound sadness that we must bid farewell to one of our longtime contributors of the Mariners Weather Log, Skip Gillham. Skip, without fail, had a never-ending offering of stories of ship wrecks in the Great Lakes. Skip fast became a friend and colleague to me and over the years I looked forward to "ringing" him up for a quick catch up on life before taking care of business. The conversations with Skip would most certainly turn to his family bursting with great enthusiasm whenever the discussions involved pending family vacations.

When I first took my position as Editorial Supervisor of the Mariners Weather Log, it was Skip who actually called to remind me (from time to time) to send out the email reminder for article submissions. He was so gracious, patient and kind; never once did he make me feel anything but appreciative to receive those little "heads up" notes or quick calls. I guess after providing three articles a year, since 1998, he was pretty in tune with how things ran, and I was glad for the help. I sure will miss him and all of those articles. I think it would be a grand idea to run some of his older articles from time to time. His stories are timeless and amazing pieces of history.

Skip lost his battle to cancer this past July at age 75.

http://www.stcatharinesstandard.ca/2016/07/30/skip-remembered-for-marine-passion

The previous article was a story written by Skip and originally printed in the Inland Seas Journal, spring of 2015. http://www.inlandseas.org/inland-seas-quarterly-journal/

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