About John and Linda
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| Introduction | John was born in England October 18, 1933. He married and moved to Canada in 1960 after completing his education as an engineer. He & his family moved to Seattle in 1964. John owned a 26 foot Thunderbird sloop and, later, a Cal 40. He raced the latter in the 1986 Victoria to Maui race, placing 3rd overall. In 1993, after selling his interest in the Cal 40, he bought the Sirena 38 HAWKEYE. He departed from California for Mexico in 1994 and has been cruising since then. Linda was born in Joliet, IL, July 9, 1941. In 1968 she moved to California with her family and divorced in 1979. In 1986, she purchased a Explorer 45 sailboat named HINANO and lived on it until she 1995 when she sold it and went cruising as crew on Jim and Diana Jessie's Lapworth 48, NALU IV. Christmas, 1995, Jim Jessie introduced Linda to John in Zihuatenajo, Mexico. They saw each other over the next two years in different anchorages and towns in Mexico. In May, 1997 they found themselves crew on a Freya 39, IOLANTHE, sailing to the South Pacific. They returned to Mexico and have been together on HAWKEYE since that time. |
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