Dave, has owned and fitted out quite a few boats which , in the early days at least, he had little time to cruise as, at that time, he worked the club & cabaret circuit with his comedy show group and he thought himself very lucky if he managed one weekend a month, but following a Broadland boating holiday the boating bug had bitten and, for him at least, it all started with a
A 20ft Loftus Bennet (Susie Too)
Which he took to sea quite a few times. deciding then to see the inland waterway system and purchased a
36ft narrowboat shell (Suralia)
This was a non trad`open rear deck type. Following the fit out he cruised extensively before selling it and then buying a
55 ft narrowboat (trad) shell (Trojan)
Which he again fitted out and once more cruised each weekend before obtaining a
70ft narrowboat (trad) (Eagle)
This again was a new shell from Mike Heywood which he once more fitted out and cruised extensively before returning to sea boating aboard a
35ft Viscount (Storm)
While still owning the Viscount he bought a
45 x 21 ft Catamaran (Anginsan)
Which required a full refit, this he only sailed once before selling on to a couple who intended sailing her to New Zealand. In 1996 he then heard of, and bought, the craft he had always admired most, and still does, a
36ft Flybridge Moonraker (Delta Moon)
Again, a total refit was called for then Dave joined the Moonraker Owners Club and, following an article submitted to Morvyn Phillips, he was asked if he would consider editing and publishing the club magazine. As there had never been one prior to this, the club being at that time less than a year old, he readily agreed and
`Moonrakers International` (as it has now become) was born.
Dave has sailed the Caribbean and the med aboard a 97 ft steel Ketch Cabrina J, Prior to this he counts himself very fortunate to have cruised the Med aboard the 77 ft 'super motor yacht' originally built for General Franco.