Roland Stubbmann, Builder, Sailor, and Surfer, Was 67

Roland W. Stubbmann, who came to Montauk from California in the 1970s to surf and stayed on, died of an apparent heart attack on Saturday at Stony Brook Southampton Hospital. He was 67.

Mr. Stubbmann and his wife, the former Helen Hanly, lived on South Greenfield Drive in Montauk. He was a building contractor and one of the original members of the Montauk Shores Condominium organization, established at what had been a disorganized trailer park at Ditch Plain.

He was born in Brooklyn on April 14, 1950, to Roland Stubbmann and the former Mae Zeikus. He attended school there, and in 1968 left for California, where he lived briefly in Solana Beach, a friend from the time, Hank Byzak, said.

Arriving in Montauk in the 1970s, Mr. Stubbmann was hired by the Montauk Yacht Club as a carpenter and built its boathouse and worked on the bar area. Later jobs for his company, R.W.S. Building, were from Montauk to Sagaponack, both new houses and renovations. Throughout his career, Mr. Stubbmann drew on his ability to design and draw projects from the ground up, his wife said.

Ms. Stubbmann described her husband as a gifted mechanic who could come up with a solution to any problem. He was known for his sense of humor, as someone who could always make his friends laugh.

He was a sailor as well, keeping a boat for many years and racing aboard George Martin’s Osprey in the Breakwater Yacht Club series in Sag Harbor.

In addition to his wife, a daughter, Allison Stubbmann of Brooklyn, survives, as does Mr. Stubbmann's sister, Catherine Siebers, also of Brooklyn. 

Mr. Stubbmann was cremated. Visiting hours were Jan. 26 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Yardley and Pino Funeral Home in East Hampton, with a brief prayer service at 1.

Donations in his honor have been suggested to the Rell Sunn benefit surfing competition, P.O. Box 1746, Montauk 11954.