Robert G. Harris, 81, of Gloucester Point, VA, formerly of Milton, MA passed away on November 25, 2024 after a short illness. Robert was born to Robert Sr. and Stasia Harris in Milton, MA. He graduated from Milton High School in 1963 and attended East Coast Aero Tech. He worked as an airline mechanic for Eastern Airlines for many years before returning to the family business Rent-All of Boston in Dorchester until his retirement.

Robert, affectionately known as “Bob”, “Greybeard” or “Grandpa Bob” is the beloved father of Amanda Humberd of South Carolina and Scott (Sheila) Harris of Milton.

An avid sailor, he spent years traveling on his sailboat, Skuld, with his family. They traveled the Atlantic and Caribbean oceans and sailed to Spain where he met his second wife, Angelika and her daughter, Rachel. Bob was a “pirate” with a heart, who loved the ocean, navigating by the stars and living his best life on the seas. He greeted everyone he met with a smile and a joke and made friends everywhere he went. The family is grateful for the friendships he cherished with those he spent time with in Virginia, St. Thomas, St. Croix, and in Florida.

Bob loved spending summers camping with family in Plymouth, MA and winters in the family home on the island of San Salvador in the Bahamas. He loved visiting Cape Cod and spending time with his longtime Cape family, Nancy Gribbon and daughter, Ariel Tasha Leonard.

Besides his children, he is survived by four grandchildren, Holley Humberd, Samantha Humberd, Maeve Harris, and Maggie Harris; his siblings, Miriam (Carol), David (Maryellen), Nancy (Frank), Jon (Jackie), Stephen (Jeanne), Philip, Peter, Paul; many nieces and nephews; and extended family and friends worldwide.

He is predeceased by his parents; beloved step-daughter, Rachel Schwolow; son in law, Mark Sander; and longtime girlfriend, Jan McBride.

Fair winds and following seas, Greybeard.

A celebration of life will be held at a later date. Donations in his name may be made to the Dana Farber Cancer Institute, 450 Brookline Avenue, Boston, MA 02215