BIL: 580
TYP: Senate Resolution SR
INB: Senate
IND: 20010411
PSP: Hawkins
SPO: Hawkins, Ritchie and Reese
DDN: l:\council\bills\gjk\20480sd01.doc
DPB: 20010411
SUB: Mr. Stan Corwin, Resolutions
HST:
Body Date Action Description Com Leg Involved
______
Senate 20010411 Introduced, adopted
Versions of This Bill
TXT:
A SENATE RESOLUTION
TO COMMEND AND CONGRATULATE MR. STAN CORWIN OF MAYO FOR ACCOMPLISHING THE GREAT FEAT OF SAILING AROUND THE WORLD FOR THE THIRD TIME AT THE AGE OF SIXTYNINE AND WISH HIM MANY MORE SUCCESSFUL ODYSSEYS IN THE FUTURE.
Whereas, the members of the Senate of the State of South Carolina are proud to recognize Stan Corwin of Mayo for successfully completing his third voyage of sailing around the world on February 24, 2001; and
Whereas, Stan Corwin has always been around water and learned to sail on the lakes in Michigan where he grew up. He was also in the Navy during the Korean War and retired from service after thirty years; and
Whereas, Stan Corwin and his wife, Virginia, began their journey in September 1998, in their thirtysix foot sailboat, “Serendipity,” and a smaller boat, “Bout Time Baby.” Corwin is a licensed master sailor and, despite Virginia’s blindness, she was a worldclass sailor; and
Whereas, the Corwins would sail for about thirty days and then fly back home to Mayo for a week and then resume their journey. The couple made their last trip home together in March 1999, when Mrs. Corwin became ill. Sadly, she died that December; and
Whereas, Stan Corwin, knowing that his wife wanted him to complete the trip, set out again two weeks after her death. He spent a total of four hundred twenty days at sea during his two year, five month voyage; and
Whereas, after returning home, he is finishing a manuscript entitled “The Sea and Me,” in which he talks about things that happened at sea. He has also written a research paper called “The Psychology of the Ocean Sailor,” which explores loneliness at sea and is currently speaking to groups about his experiences; and
Whereas, the members of the Senate are awed by the courage that Stan Corwin displayed in sailing around the world for the third time at the age of sixtynine and continuing his most recent journey despite losing his beloved wife during the period of the trip. Now, therefore,
Be it resolved by the Senate:
That the members of the Senate of the State of South Carolina, by this resolution, commend and congratulate Mr. Stan Corwin of Mayo for accomplishing the great feat of sailing around the world for the third time at the age of sixtynine and wish him many more successful odysseys in the future.
Be it further resolved that a copy of this resolution be forwarded to Mr. Corwin.
XX
[580] 1