Clive Curtis
 

Another of the greats has been lost.

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Wow, So sad to hear. He was one of the Great Minds in the boat biz. My Condolences to Ann, Steve, LA and the rest of the Family and friends. I saw Pete C was on here this morning but didn't post anything...

Again, sad :(

Very sad. My condolences to Steve and his family. From all I have read Clive was a true innovator, and will be missed.
Matt

Yes Mike came in this morning to enter a post about Clive passing away but was still alittle lost for words at the time, yes another of the greats has gone.

Again, very sad to hear of this loss, my condolences. Personally, I think that Cougar changed the face of offshore as we know it today. For me, they triggered the transition from monos to cats within the blink of an eye, aka Yellowdrama III.

Damn Pete, Really sorry to hear, I know he was a Huge part of your life. He touched a Lot of peoples lives. He'll surely be missed.

Cougar certainly pioneered the cat design in Offshore racing...and sadly both of its founders passed away too soon.

Rest in Peace Clive and our prayers and condolences go out to the entire Curtis family....

T2x

Another sad news. Clive with James Beard was a milestone of the offshore racing.

Him cats beat the mono in the waters that were still Offshore.

Very sorry to learn of Clive's passing. The Curtis family and Cougar family are in my thoughts and prayers.

John

Clive was my boss at Cougar. We had a ton of laughs, and a good measure of success, mostly thnks to Clive and James. My very best To Ann, Steve and La.

So sorry to hear, an absolute great person , In the Miami days of Cougar we were very close, both Ann and Clive. I watched the kids grow, and Steve especially who is his Dad all over again genuine and sincere as they come. Clive and James were the inovators of offshore cats as we know them today. I had the good fortune to race against Clive and James in the Cowes Torquay Cowes race when they introduced the 35` cat, I won the race with Bill Elswick in Satisfaction, but it was between them and us, and they played with us in that cat, they broke and that allowed us the win. I`ll never forget that next evening sitting with Clive and James at dinner, and me telling them both that there was no way cats were ever going to dominate the sport of offshore, boy was I ever wrong. God Bless the Curtis family and heavy hearted condolences to all. Clive is joining a great team up above.

My condolences to the Curtis family. I learned a great deal about racing cats, by listening to Clive.
RIP to a great man.

Bobby Sheer