| DREAMCATCHER VOYAGE About Henry and Glenys |
ABOUT GLENYS………..
Glen has been a sailor since her late teens when she first crewed with some university
friends out of Fremantle, Western Australia. Instantly hooked, she spent much of her time
in Perth racing and sailing after work and on weekends. After her move to Asia, Glen
joined the Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club and was an avid participant in weekend cruising
and racing, including several China Sea Races (600 nm), Macau races (50 nm) and general
weekend cruises for nearly six years. This is where she sat her British Admiralty Masters II
ticket. A move to Singapore in the mid 90’s saw Glen hook up with a fun group of boaters
and she crewed each weekend for four years on boats ranging from 38 to 48 feet. This was
also the springboard for her participation in five Kings Cup Regattas in Phuket, Thailand (5
days of racing each). Glen took a year off work in 1996 to cruise through the southern
Caribbean and Venezuela, double-handing aboard a 64 ft traditional wooden Herreshoff
schooner. A move to California in 1997 triggered more sailing on San Francisco Bay on a
variety of boats, regularly each weekend and an 11 day “uphill” delivery of a C&C 38 from
San Francisco to Seattle in adverse conditions. From here, she also participated in Antigua
Race week, a long held intent. Glen met Henry early 2001 and they sailed together weekly
for six months before making the long term commitment to get DreamCatcher ready to sail
across the Pacific from San Francisco to Brisbane, Australia. Thus 22 months’ worth of
weekends and spare time were spent transforming the vessel into a blue water cruiser,
planning the trip and making it happen. The Dreamcatcher’s voyage is documented in Logs
1-21 on this website.
Glen is a keen amateur meteorologist, oceanographer, dedicated to seamanship and a lover
of all marine things including sea creatures and boats. She loves cats, writing, good wine,
jazz and is a Jimmy Buffet fan (aka “parrothead”).
In between all this sailing, Glen has managed to fit in a successful
career with technology giants, Hewlett Packard and Agilent Technologies, spanning four
countries and including a worldwide marketing position… ……………marketing is her
professional passion.
About Henry
Henry was born in Amsterdam Holland, and moved to the USA at the age of 12 with his
parents and two brothers. Perhaps it is his Dutch heritage which has fueled his
interest in boats and sailing. He lived in California all his “USA” life with the
exception of a short stint in Colorado. During his early years he did some sailing on
San Francisco Bay with friends in a variety of boats. He left sailing as an activity for
years while bringing up family around the Bay area: Henry has a son and a daughter
who now both live in Santa Cruz, California, with their respective partners and
offspring. During the 80’s & 90’s, Henry worked for IBM and Oracle, and also has had
a career in the print/publishing industry.
Henry’s been a keen traveller, taking part in group tours to South Africa, Russia, China
and Italy with his “Dutch Tour Buddies”, in addition to frequent trips to Amsterdam.
More recently Henry has accompanied Glen to her “stomping ground” in Asia: Singapore
for her “big birthday bash”, Hong Kong, Bangkok and has spent happy times in
Australia with Glen’s parents & friends. Right now, he’s an “Aussie in Training”!
Henry’s interest in sailing & boats was rekindled in the mid 90’s when he found himself
single and able to pursue maritime interests again. He bought DreamCatcher (then
named Vector) several months before meeting Glen. They immediately “hit it off” and
made her “their baby”…all 46 feet and 38,000 lbs of her! The 12,000 mile voyage from
America to Australia is the culmination of a lifetime’s dream for both of them.
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Glen has been a sailor since her late teens when she first crewed with some university
friends out of Fremantle, Western Australia. Instantly hooked, she spent much of her time
in Perth racing and sailing after work and on weekends. After her move to Asia, Glen
joined the Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club and was an avid participant in weekend cruising
and racing, including several China Sea Races (600 nm), Macau races (50 nm) and general
weekend cruises for nearly six years. This is where she sat her British Admiralty Masters II
ticket. A move to Singapore in the mid 90’s saw Glen hook up with a fun group of boaters
and she crewed each weekend for four years on boats ranging from 38 to 48 feet. This was
also the springboard for her participation in five Kings Cup Regattas in Phuket, Thailand (5
days of racing each). Glen took a year off work in 1996 to cruise through the southern
Caribbean and Venezuela, double-handing aboard a 64 ft traditional wooden Herreshoff
schooner. A move to California in 1997 triggered more sailing on San Francisco Bay on a
variety of boats, regularly each weekend and an 11 day “uphill” delivery of a C&C 38 from
San Francisco to Seattle in adverse conditions. From here, she also participated in Antigua
Race week, a long held intent. Glen met Henry early 2001 and they sailed together weekly
for six months before making the long term commitment to get DreamCatcher ready to sail
across the Pacific from San Francisco to Brisbane, Australia. Thus 22 months’ worth of
weekends and spare time were spent transforming the vessel into a blue water cruiser,
planning the trip and making it happen. The Dreamcatcher’s voyage is documented in Logs
1-21 on this website.
Glen is a keen amateur meteorologist, oceanographer, dedicated to seamanship and a lover
of all marine things including sea creatures and boats. She loves cats, writing, good wine,
jazz and is a Jimmy Buffet fan (aka “parrothead”).
In between all this sailing, Glen has managed to fit in a successful
career with technology giants, Hewlett Packard and Agilent Technologies, spanning four
countries and including a worldwide marketing position… ……………marketing is her
professional passion.
About Henry
Henry was born in Amsterdam Holland, and moved to the USA at the age of 12 with his
parents and two brothers. Perhaps it is his Dutch heritage which has fueled his
interest in boats and sailing. He lived in California all his “USA” life with the
exception of a short stint in Colorado. During his early years he did some sailing on
San Francisco Bay with friends in a variety of boats. He left sailing as an activity for
years while bringing up family around the Bay area: Henry has a son and a daughter
who now both live in Santa Cruz, California, with their respective partners and
offspring. During the 80’s & 90’s, Henry worked for IBM and Oracle, and also has had
a career in the print/publishing industry.
Henry’s been a keen traveller, taking part in group tours to South Africa, Russia, China
and Italy with his “Dutch Tour Buddies”, in addition to frequent trips to Amsterdam.
More recently Henry has accompanied Glen to her “stomping ground” in Asia: Singapore
for her “big birthday bash”, Hong Kong, Bangkok and has spent happy times in
Australia with Glen’s parents & friends. Right now, he’s an “Aussie in Training”!
Henry’s interest in sailing & boats was rekindled in the mid 90’s when he found himself
single and able to pursue maritime interests again. He bought DreamCatcher (then
named Vector) several months before meeting Glen. They immediately “hit it off” and
made her “their baby”…all 46 feet and 38,000 lbs of her! The 12,000 mile voyage from
America to Australia is the culmination of a lifetime’s dream for both of them.
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Ships are the nearest things to
dreams that hands have ever made......
Robert N. Rose
dreams that hands have ever made......
Robert N. Rose
Listen to "Skip" Henderson sing these inspiring words
from "My Ship O'Dreams" by Robert N.Rose. Skip's
music is from his CD "BILLY BONES AND OTHER DITTIES".
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from "My Ship O'Dreams" by Robert N.Rose. Skip's
music is from his CD "BILLY BONES AND OTHER DITTIES".
For information on Skip, Billy Bones Treasure Chest, and
where to order his music go to:
www.deadmentellnotales.com