Pierce E Sullivan

To say that Pierce has a great deal of energy is an understatement. Pierce is like the energizer bunny on the battery commercial. Pierce, already retired is no spring chicken. Pierce lives in San Antonio, but has a boat berthed at Key Allegro. He runs the interstate between San Antonio and Rockport regularly.

Not only does Pierce have energy, he has a great attitude about life. I don’t think I have ever seen Pierce when he wasn’t happy. His life certainly hasn’t been perfect, as he has had a couple of rough bouts with cancer . . . but he just kept things in perspective, and keeps forging ahead.

I met Pierce several years back when I berthed Aftermath at Key Allegro; Pierce owned the boat in the next slip. He was very friendly, helpful, and taught me the technique of properly securing a yacht for the long term, by doing so in such a manner that it can be simply released for outings. That is an amazing system. Over time, I would discover that Pierce is by far the most knowledgeable person I have ever known about boats and boating life. He taught me a world of stuff about owning, operating, and maintaining a yacht.

Not only is Pierce energetic, happy, helpful, and knowledgeable about boating, he is a great deal of fun–and easy to be with. He has a delightful sense of humor and no one appreciates a story or clean joke better than Pierce. All of the folks up and down the docks at the Marina love and enjoy Pierce.

In spending time with Pierce, I learned that as a young man he had sailed around Europe as he teamed up with other privileged young men for Olympic sea trials. The guy has spent untold hours at sea and has a wealth of knowledge. In fact, his original home was in the Annapolis, Maryland, area, and I think that it is expected that as a child, his first word must have been something nautical, such as, “Ship,” “Helm,” “White cap,” “Sail,” or such. To say the least, my friend Pierce has lived a full and adventurous life.

Pierce is a member of a men’s group in San Antonio that seems to serve as something of a social register. I understand that a dad must work tirelessly to get his son elected once his reaches the appropriate age. So it is not some new, up-and-coming thing. That group has been around for a long time and does some good and meaningful community service in the San Antonio area. One thing I know for certain is that the organization owns, maintains, and operates a large fleet of river boats which are used in the annual San Antonio River Parade. Pierce plays an important role in all of that.

Pierce has had a lovely lady friend for many years, Marijane. The dear lady does a wonderful job of semi-keeping Pierce headed in the right direction, semi-focused and semi-in line. The truth be told, “semi-anything” is about as well as one can hope for with Pierce . . . the dude is the ultimate free spirit, and he marches to his own drum beat. Yet, having said that, Pierce is also the ultimate illustration of a true friend–being someone you can go a long time without talking to or seeing, but when you do finally see him, he starts the conversation in mid sentence . . . just as if you were together that very morning. Time, distance, and space doesn’t change anything in one’s friendship with Pierce. Pierce knows how to be a friend.

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  1. Hi there! I am a relative of Pierce and was googling him because I lost my address book a little while back and I’m hoping to connect with him when I’m in San Antonio for work next week. Would you be so kind as to send me an email with his contact information, or give him mine if you are more comfortable? I’d greatly appreciate it!

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