The Godfather: The story of a serial Horizon yacht owner
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The Godfather: The story of a serial Horizon yacht owner
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Alec Hammond likes cars. He likes driving them - like roadtripping in his 1965 Ford Mustang convertible through the narrow and winding lanes of Norway. He likes collecting them - taking his pair of 1965 Jaguar E Types out for a spin to a charming English pub in the Cotswolds on a summer’s evening or meandering through the vieux villes of France in his 1937 Alvis Speed 25. He also likes racing them - whether it’s hitting the Daytona International Speedway in his 1965 Ford Shelby Mustang or competing for the Cup in the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps in Belgium. But Alec has another passion - perhaps one stronger than his affinity for motor cars - and that is his love for boats. Alec’s first boat was a 34ft wooden Storebro Royal Cruiser. “It wasn’t good for going to sea,” he says, “but we did anyway.”
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So, Alec asked John to build him a 64ft monohull and send it to Miami, and at the same time asked his girlfriend Barbara to quit her job and sail off into the sunset with him, and the couple established a charter business in the BVI aboard their new Horizon yacht, Virgin Venture. “The boat came out, we brought it to the Bahamas and we went out on charter. We ran one as crew, then decided to build a second one, Virgin Venture Two, and put crew on the first one so we could run the second one.” The experience, while exhilarating, was also exhausting, and Barbara and Alec soon decided that they had had their fill of the charter business and sold Virgin Venture One and Two.
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