Sail Away To The Caribbean
This is a true story. The prompting to put it down in print has come from years of being nagged to do so! Jon and Sue Alsop had a three year old son, Jethro. Home was a 16th century cottage in Shotesham, Norfolk, East Anglia. Due to a dramatic change of circumstances brought about by UK taxation laws, Jon’s one man sail making business suddenly became unviable. Their options were to change careers, Sue to go back to work and Jon become house husband, or to change track completely and have an adventure. They chose the latter.
Sue Alsop, Salcombe Devon 2023.
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1). February 1980 – leaving Norfolk
Snow was falling in Eastern England. When the wind blew from the North there was nothing much between our cottage and the North Pole. Margaret Thatcher was the new broom voted in to clean up the country from the grip of trade unions. One of her ideas to raise money was to increase Value Added…
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2). Searching for the Yacht
First to Fort Lauderdale Having hired a Dodge Aspen from the airport in Miami we fixed Jethro into a car seat and headed twenty miles North to Fort Lauderdale. We found a motel with a room called an efficiency, which meant it had a neat little kitchen. They provided a portable bed for Jethro. There…
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3). Buying Camelot
Price agreed – Subject to Inspection On Saturday 22nd March we made an offer through Bill to Camelot’s owner in Nashville, Tennessee. After some haggling, our offer was accepted subject to an inspection for which she would be hauled out. The travel lift at Nanny Cay could do that on Tuesday. There was a South…
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