Deadline for DeWitt Painting Auction to Support Jocelyn Nash Film

Two of the Bay Area’s revered, recently deceased sailing legends, Jim DeWitt and Jocelyn Nash, are being brought together in an auction to support the Oleg Harencar film Sailing Set Her Free — a documentary on Jocelyn Nash’s life. The two are being reunited through the DeWitt family’s donation of a Jim DeWitt painting being auctioned on eBay.

Jocelyn Nash passed away on April 8, 2020 at the age of 91 after a successful and pioneering life in sailing. The connection between Jim and Jocelyn has many highlights, including when Jocelyn raced with Jim DeWitt and Jake van Heeckeren in 1963 to win US Sailing’s Mallory Cup, which at the time was the national men’s sailing championship. She continued on with Jim, working with him at DeWitt Sails, then worked at the same loft at Sobstad Sails and finally Quantum.

The original Jim DeWitt painting above is being auctioned off on eBay. The starting bid is $6,000 and the painting has a market value of $16,995. Oleg’s film series, Life on the Water, has featured many of the Bay Area’s great sailors, including Hank Easom, Ron Holland, Ron MacAnnan and Warwick “Commodore” Tompkins. We’re looking forward to seeing the next film in the series documenting the extraordinary sailing life of Jocelyn Nash.

The the auction opened September 22 and closes next Wednesday, October 1. Bid on the Jim DeWitt original here!