Page 38 - Sports Energy News, Cornwall, Issue No 53

38 April 2017 Issue #53 www.sportsenergynews.com

Dean Swift: Following His Bliss

prepare her for launch.
By Lorna Foreman
I just heard from Dean. They are
ailing is great, but it’s a totally presently in Portimao on the south
Sdifferent adventure to build your coast of Portugal; an area known as the
own boat and then sail it. That is what Algarve. Already he is complaining
Dean Swift of Cornwall did. In his - it is sunny, 22C, and the beer costs
very small back yard he constructed $1.50 at the local watering hole. Life
his 25’ sailing vessel, Lucky Linda. is tough Dean.
Barely able to squeeze it down
Dean and Serge have checked
his driveway several years ago, he Dean Swift
out Lucky Linda and all is in order.
embarked on his ongoing odyssey.
Now, he told me, comes the heavy
The first stage was to Halifax, then work preparing her for the long
the Azores, and on to Portugal. His voyage. Plans are to leave sometime
book “So You Want to Build a Boat”
chronicles one part of his adventure.
His other two books “Driven” and
“83 Days to Weather” tell of the
different experiences he had while
finally ending up in Portugal. No
doubt there will be a fourth after this
next trip. Lucky Linda, Dean’s 25’ sailboat, is being readied for the next stage of
her interesting life. There is always a strong relationship between crew
I have known Dean for many years and vessel unlike any other. Having built it himself, Dean is intimate
and I both envy him and scratch my with all her idiosyncrasies. Photo Submitted
head wondering if he is nuts. He is
setting out on the most demanding in April and head to Morocco and were needed and what adventures
beyond. they encounter on the trip. So stay
stage of his journey. Along with
his First Mate, Serge Latullipe There will be a monthly update tuned and share Dean and Serge’s
First Mate Serge Latullipe is adventure through this newspaper.
they headed to Portugal to make fondly named “Pirate Jorge” by on the boat’s progress - how they
sure Lucky Linda is seaworthy and the locals. Photo Submitted are making out - what preparations Bon Voyage Dean and Serge.

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