Scott “Scooter” Winslow, 68, a longtime Holbrook resident, has died in a Fiji hospital after a routine sailing adventure turned deadly.
Winslow and his wife Claire had long dreamed of a South Pacific retirement voyage. In April, he joined his nephew on a three-month sailing trip. Weeks in, a small insect bite sparked a raging infection.
His condition worsened rapidly at sea. When the boat reached Fiji, he couldn’t walk. Doctors at Lautoka Hospital diagnosed septic shock, organ failure, and a spreading infection affecting his kidneys, lungs, and gallbladder. He was placed on a ventilator in intensive care…