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Bill O’Shea
Bill O'Shea graduated from our Celestial Navigation Class and our Bahamas
to Norfolk Training Cruise in April 1997 aboard Dream Catcher, an
Island Packet 40. He later joined Captain David Appleton as Mate on three
yacht deliveries to St Thomas, USVI. The First, Hawke Spirit, an
Island Packet 350, was commissioned in Oxford, MD. Bill and David sailed
her to Norfolk then, in July 1997, they completed a 1500 mile offshore
delivery to St Thomas. In December 1997, they again teamed up on Emelia,
an Island Packet 350, in Panama City, Florida. From there, they sailed
to Marathon, Florida, passed through the Keys, crossed the Gulf Stream,
threaded the Bahamas and sailed East into the Atlantic. At 25N/65W they
turned South and headed to St Thomas. This was an 1800 mile passage completed
in about 16 days. Bill again teamed with Captain David Appleton in November
1998 for delivery of another Island Packet 350 from Norfolk to Saint
Thomas. Bill has certainly had an outstanding opportunity to build his
ocean sailing experience after graduating from our ocean training program.
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