'Black Dog' founder, Martha's Vineyard legend Capt. Douglas dies at 93

'Black Dog' founder, Martha's Vineyard legend Capt. Douglas dies at 93

Capt. Robert Douglas opened the famed Black Dog Tavern, named after his Black lab-boxer mix in 1971.

Capt. Robert Douglas, waterfront legend, dies at 93 - The Martha's Vineyard Times

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Robert Douglas, Legendary Shenandoah Captain, Black Dog Owner, Dies

Robert S. Douglas, renowned designer and captain of the topsail schooner Shenandoah — as well as a teacher and mentor and businessman who founded the Black Dog apparel company — died early Wednesday at the family home at Arrowhead Farm in West Tisbury. He was 93.

Eight Bells: Robert Douglas

Robert S. Douglas, renowned designer and captain of the topsail schooner Shenandoah — as well as a teacher and mentor and businessman who founded the Black Dog apparel company — died April 23, 2025 at the family’s home at Arrowhead Farm in West Tisbury on Martha’s Vineyard. He turned 93 on March 18. In the 56 years between the launch of Shenandoah in 1964 and her donation to an Island educational nonprofit in 2020, perhaps no other person in the…