Known for his insightful and outgoing personality, 16-year-old Nahge O’Brien, the young sailor well-known to the Bermuda Sloop Foundation, lost his battle to cancer on Sunday.Nahge succumbed to leukaemia at St Jude’s Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee where he was undergoing intense treatment. He died on Sunday.Condolences for the young, vibrant sailor are already pouring in from the Bermuda Sloop Foundation staff to Nahge’s parents, Morris and Margaret O’Brien, his brother Raymar and the rest of the O’Brien family during their time of sorrow.The message posted on the Foundation’s Facebook page said Nahge, a Spirit of Bermuda crew member, will long be remembered as “an insightful, welcoming, naturally congenial, positive young man”.The post goes on to say Nahge “tended to look you straight in the eye piercingly, and you could easily sense his excitement for being on the water”, and “his endearing spirit of service will be sorely missed”.Nahge took his first overseas voyage in August 2010 when he travelled to the Canadian Maritimes and Sable Island. He joined up as a M3 student from Whitney Institute in February 2009, and was diagnosed with leukaemia while attending CedarBridge Academy.He was still actively involved with the foundation until he suffered a relapse.The Bermuda Sloop Foundation raised $125,000 to fund its youth programmes in April, when pirates walked the plank for the cause.The foundation donated ten percent to Nahge’s family to help offset medical costs, and they are now urging the people of Bermuda to “let Nahge’s inner light continue to shine throughout our community by living out those qualities he dedicated himself to growing in — respect, determination, perseverance, bravery, pride, independence and charity”.The Facebook post ends with “you will live on in our hearts, Nahge, rest in peace, shipmate on the water”.