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Chuck Streatch, (publisher of 48 North sailing magazine), passes on.
Charles Clarence ("Chuck") Streatch
April 30, 1927 - June 25, 2006 The entire Pacific Northwest boating community, and most especially the sailing fraternity, lost a long time friend, advocate, and inspiration when Chuck Streatch, (founding publisher of 48 North sailing magazine) crossed the bar in late June. Chuck was born in Red Deer, Alberta, Canada and immigrated to the United States in 1944. Chuck discovered the Pacific Northwest in the 1950's, while stationed at McChord Field during his service with the US Air Force. He graduated from OSU in 1959 with a Bachelor of Science in Journalism and a minor in Chemical Engineering. Chuck's USAF experience and degree in Journalism probably helped attract the attention of the Boeing Aircraft Company, which hired him as a technical writer. During the 1960's, Chuck became associated with community newspapers in the region. He was employed as an advertising salesman by the Bellevue Journal and Renton Chronicle, and in 1976 he became the advertising director of a group of newspapers that included The University Herald, The Outlook, and The Ballard News-Tribune. The boating community will always associate Chuck Streatch with his fine periodical, 48 North. Chuck founded the magazine in 1981, and continued to publish it for the remainder of his life. 48 North can be found aboard sailboats in the Pacific NW as predictably as sheets, winches, rudders, and a compass. During the 25 years that Chuck operated 48 North it transcended the status of a mere magazine to become a legendary institution. Chuck's friends and business associates will remember him for his warm smile, optimistic attitude, quick wit, and personal integrity. He is survived by his wife Mary of Seattle, a step-daughter Marcia Fox of Phoenix, AZ, and a number of cousins in Calgary, AZ. |
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