A KNACK FOR FISHING AND WATER RECREATION

“As he became more well known, the boat was really a place where he could get away. He loved being on the water,” says Ethan. “He loved to fish and hike and snorkel and go abalone diving. It’s what he did for recreation.” Though John Wayne is known for Westerns such as The Searchers and Red River, in reality, the Duke preferred the ocean. Born in Iowa, he moved to Los Angeles as a boy and ultimately made his home in Newport Beach, Calif. “He wasn’t a cowboy; we lived at the beach. He was an actor,” says Ethan. “He could just represent that archetype very well.”