Wonderful meeting

One of the (few) benefits of being here in Fort Lauderdale is that a gentleman called Dave J lives a few miles away. Now, for those of you who have been reading around our website, you may remember that Dave is a past owner of the boat, cherishing her for over fourteen years and covering many miles and adventures in that time. We've been in contact since shortly after I bought the boat, and it was great to finally meet up.

We were in the middle of frantic packing but were able to take a little time for Max to give Dave a tour of his old home, much has changed but much stays the same, and Dave told us a few of the related stories about this and that as we walked around. I could have spent hours chatting away and perhaps we will another day.

He also brought down a couple of 'Ty Dewi' t-shirts from long ago, and details of her first owner, who we are not in contact with. Apparently he used her extensively too, living aboard half the year and cruising to the Bahamas each winter, so this boat has been a travelling home since her birth. Apparently he only sold her to Dave because he was having a fifty foot long hull built to a very similar design. So are you out there, Dennis Hawkesworth, once of Cape May, Maine? We'd love to hear from you too, then we would know each and every owner of the boat.