So I used to work for a leading Yacht yard in Chichester Northshore delivering yachts to customers, attending boat shows, gel coat repairs etc. Happy days indeed ​​, My experience came when I signed up to crew Ocean Gipsy for a friend from Barcelona to the Canaries as part of the Americas cup in 1987 as logged with the RYA. I enjoyed the voyage immensley so much so when I returned to the UK I bought my own boat! A 2.5 ton sloop moored at Birdham Pool and registered  with Lloyds. I later founded my leisure company Duncombe (Leisure) in 1990 and have sold boats and boat products since. 

 See photos of me back in the day at the helm, scenes from the pontoon, when working on boats taken in 1988 on 'Arctic Tern' 'Cloud Nine' and others. Looking for boats to repair in the harbor. Shows me en route for Hayling Island on my boat and interior with my wife at Chichester Marina.