Eight Bells: Patience Wales

The woman who led SAIL magazine “during the time of the boys’ clubs” and was a two-time circumnavigator has died.

—By Carrie Pittman and Bebe Wunderlich
UNDER SAIL

Patience B. Wales, former editor of SAIL magazine and two-time circumnavigator, died on February 16, 2024, of colon cancer. She was 89. A native of Massachusetts, she lived in Ipswich for 34 years. Born in Brockton, Massachusetts, to Ralph and Retha...

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