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Paul Sayward


Position: Deckhand
Age: 36

Paul Sayward, 36, of Wareham, MA, passed away on January 21, 2020, after a work related accident.

Paul loved skateboarding and playing guitar, and found joy in his job as a clam fisherman, taking many beautiful pictures of the waters around Cape Cod.

He will be remebered for his sense of humor, his tenacity, fondness for animals, and for always rising up in the face of a challenge, among many other things.

Paul was the son of David Sayward and the late Susan Rollins Sayward Trusler, brother of Laura Sayward, grandson of the late Johnathan Sayward and the late Edna White as well as Shirley Rollins and the late Kenneth Rollins, and uncle to Zoe Iandoli.

Paul will be missed by countless friends and relatives.

Paul died of accidental drowning.  He went overboard some 50 miles off the coast of Nantucket.  The incident occurred around 4 a.m., and it took approximately 40 minutes before he was spotted and brought back on board Lady Brittany.