November 5, 2003
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James DeWitt
Born in Oakland, California, in 1930, Jim DeWitt’s career has never veered from his two loves — sailing and art. . . . As a five-year-old, he drew pictures of the sailboat his father was building in their backyard — and dreamed of someday being her skipper. After high school, he studied art for six years at the California College of Arts and Crafts and Los Angeles Art Center — learning sailmaking and racing sailboats in his spare time.
In the busy years since, Jim has gained international renown as both an artist and a winning yachtsman. Racing in everything from eight foot El Toro dinghies to blue-water yachts, he has won an impressive array of national and international trophies. In 1963, he was the first West Coast skipper to capture the coveted Mallory Cup in the US Men’s Sailing Championship. In 1992, at age 62, he took first place in the International Master’s Regatta, sailed in J 24s in San Francisco, California. He continues to race his El Toro dinghy regularly.
from
www.jimdewitt.com
Farr 40 Worlds
Good Vision
Great Fun
Upwind Downwind
WigWags in Point Richmond
(Wigwags are moving warning lights for railroads. They wig and wag.)
Island Abstract: Wader
(A different kind of “wig wag.”)
Original animation by Ted Weldon
re-edited by Joe Stachler
More about WigWags
(from http://www.trainweb.org/dansrailpix/WIG_WAG_new.htm)
