tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8939198491650352965.post3338649780001288995..comments2018-09-20T14:59:58.376-05:00Comments on Brain Candy: Queequeg's Odyssey - Quen CultraErinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14869479889945824143noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8939198491650352965.post-61114209359987251452010-08-16T23:41:50.752-05:002010-08-16T23:41:50.752-05:00I met Quen Cultra in Onarga, Illinois.
I was a ...I met Quen Cultra in Onarga, Illinois. <br /><br />I was a former Onarga Military School (OMS) cadet in the early 1960's. Back in Onarga for homecoming in 2005 I happened to tell the wife of the former OMS Superintendent that I was planning to take my sailboat on a trip. She suggested I meet Quen that afternoon and I looked him up at the farm. Had a pleasant couple hours talking sailing and sailboats. <br /><br />I was not aware till tonight that Quen was gone. I'm glad to have met him.Kenneth Butterlynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8939198491650352965.post-31669100946443639852010-06-07T21:21:32.552-05:002010-06-07T21:21:32.552-05:00I met Quen Cultra the first time when he sailed in...I met Quen Cultra the first time when he sailed into Chicago at the end of his first time around the world enjoyed his slide talk about his 1st world sail. (Read his book-autographed copy, -lent to others to read- never got it back) a truly amazing man who lived a "real life: family and adventure. Saddens me to know he is lostAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8939198491650352965.post-58209128159589269312010-05-23T12:38:00.975-05:002010-05-23T12:38:00.975-05:00I am a friend of Quens. I first met him in Chicago...I am a friend of Quens. I first met him in Chicago at the Planetarium many years ago. He was teaching celestial navigation. I was a sailor and one of his students. But more than that we became friends and went out after class and had a few beers and talked about his adventures and many other things that inspire me to this day. I am now an American ex-pat living in Thailand for the last year after traveling all over China for 3 years. I have a copy of Queequeg's Odyssey that Quen signed for me, To Harry...Fair winds...Quen Cultra. I too am deeply saddened to hear Quen was lost at sea. The only consolation is that when he was lost he was doing what he loved most. <br />harry5854511@yahoo.comAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8939198491650352965.post-80963887673300362602009-11-12T22:57:51.880-06:002009-11-12T22:57:51.880-06:00I bought the trimaran queequeg and lived aboard he...I bought the trimaran queequeg and lived aboard her for 6 years in the florida keys '89 to '95. part of her ships equipment was a signed copy of 'queequegs odyssey' signed by Mr. Cultra. What a Great and Inspiring Story<br />I spent years rebuilding her, piver lodestars are in essence plywood boats with a skin of fiberglass, and years in the tropics had taken their toll. queequeg was a fine home for my wife 3 kids and I. after sailing her to and moving to Mississippi in '95 I sold her. she went through 2 other owners and she was finally destroyed in hurricane katrina in '05.<br /> I am deeply saddened to hear of the death of Quen Cultra at sea early this year.<br />johnreeddesign@hotmail.comAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8939198491650352965.post-57852623499511321892009-03-02T15:12:00.000-06:002009-03-02T15:12:00.000-06:00Thank you for turning me on to this story. Someday...Thank you for turning me on to this story. Someday I'll be picking this up as well I think.Sharylahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18411308814378598054noreply@blogger.com