The news is not good, but we are hoping for the best. Our friend, one of the best sailors on St. Croix, a gentleman, storyteller, and first class entertainer, Llewellyn Westerman collapsed on his boat today as he was bringing folks back to his mooring in front of the Yacht Club.

Michael and I witness him sailing in, as we massaged a couple on the deck of their rental villa. A heavy rain squall was coming in just as he was. He turned Charis into the wind to take the sails down. We could hear the sails flapping, but they didn’t come down very fast. It looked as though he had caught the mooring line, but the sails kept flapping. Our client asked what was going on and we told him that Llewellyn was coming back and the sails would be coming down soon. But they continued flapping. Then the boat went backwards. We thought that perhaps his mooring line had broken.

The yacht club dinghy came racing out to help stop Charis from hitting any other boats. They tied her to another mooring and carried Llewellyn to shore. A few minutes later, the ambulances arrived. We thought it might have been one of his guests. But we just received a call from the clients we were working on that it was indeed our friend.

We are hoping for the best…..