11:36 PM Wed 9 Jun 2010 GMT
John Bledsoe Bonds - conscience of sailing, safety innovator and authority, and former Executive Director of U.S. Sailing - died on board his boat, Alliance, at Newport, R.I., on the night of June 8. He was 70. He and his wife, Beth, lived in Mt. Pleasant, S.C. Born in Arkansas, John Bonds was initially infatuated with the sea and boats while a student at Rice University. He became an officer in the U.S. Navy, retiring with the rank of Captain in 1988 after a broad range of duties that included command of an ammunition ship off Vietnam and serving as
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