“A Barnegat Light icon” and “a wonderful guy” are some of the ways former headboat captain Charles L. Eble Jr. is being described after his June 23 death at age 66.
Eble piloted the Doris Mae IV for 46 years. Upon his retirement, he grew restless and purchased the Robin Ann, a small charter boat that he continued to run right up to the time of his death.
“It was important to Charlie that the people who chartered his boat were happy on the water; if Charlie was your Capt., you knew you were coming home with fish,” said his obituary.
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