VERY sad news. We have known Nick and Sissy for a frightening 30 years or more. It seems like yesterday that I first met Nick at Pagham Sailing club where I was racing Dart18's with Mike Cemm.
Nick was in the bar that evening and started to explain the ins and out's of the stock market to me, I was getting bored, until the disco (that's what we called a rave in those days!) started to play “Star Trekkin” with the memorable line of “there's klingons off the starboard bow” repeated over and over. Nick immediately abandoned his lecture to me, and had everyone up on the fragile club house floor dancing so energetically that the club asked us to stop as the club house may tip over ! It aws and still is I believe, a very small club.
With Nick that's how it continued for 30 years – good fun, great company and always welcoming and kind to everyone. He will be greatly missed.
Our heartfelt condolences go out to Sissie and the family.
George & Hilary
PS If you want to know what the song sounded like :
http://xmb.stuffucanuse.com/xmb/viewthread.php?tid=3132 it may just make you smile when you think of Nick leaping up and down to this !