Eight Bells: Gordon Isco

Gordon Isco, 86, passed away peacefully early on March 24 at his home in Gulfport, Florida.

Born in Chicago, Illinois on June 6, 1935, he began sailing catamarans in 1977, leading to a lifestyle of racing the Hobie 18, Hobie 20, and A-Class in numerous national and world championships during his 40+ years of sailing.

In addition to competing, he was also a strong supporter of multihull sailing and worked tirelessly to promote it in its early years. In the mid-1980s, he was instrumental in setting up US Sailing’s multihull council and the US Multihull Championship (Alter Cup). He served for several years as the first chairman of the multihull council and continued to serve as chairman on and off over the next 20 years or so.

To promote youth multihull sailing, he started a program with US Sailing called Fast and Fun to expose kids to multihull sailing. Everything he did he did was purely for love of the sport and to support and expand acceptance of and participation in multihull racing. Sailing really was his life…

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