Kept my boat in the yard where he worked on his boat,he leant me his bike,nice bloke,competent and very experienced
Sure. I have only know him for a year as I was born in NZ and adopted out. He has been looking for me ever since. Its a beautiful love story between him and my late mother which I'm writing about presently. I did my DNA last year and found his son Ian, my half brother. Many tears. We chat via Whatsapp regularly and we're coming over to the UK to meet him and my half brothers next year. He seems very humble, is quite shy and extremely polite. He detests fame and would rather not be in the limelight. He is well spoken and beautifully inclusive as I'm biologically non binary. I have an incomplete y chromosome, making me inately feminine despite all attempts not to be. This is a gene anomaly which runs through my mothers family line. I've been using neutral language to describe myself since the mid eighties before we knew what non binary was, so it's not a new thing. This no hesitation inclusion from Tony, as soon as we started chatting, tells me he is a very intelligent man despite not doing well in his school years, something we also have in common. He prefers to be alone at sea despite being perfectly capable of socialising. The solitude seems to work well for him. Probably the most gorgeous thing is his absolute passion for the sea, something all single handed sailors seem to have in common. He is also famous in NZ for refusing to use emergency services to be rescued when a whale took out his rudder skeg. His wife who was relatively nearby (150km) towed him into Nelson for repairs.
Yes of course, that sounds fun. Tony is getting ready to put to sea so we will have to see when and where he lands.
Thanks, yes it's been an emotional journey. I've realised I posted my long reply to the wrong person, but I'm slowly getting the hang of this platform. I'm excited to meet him and the extended family I never knew I had. He told me he was in Chichester harbour but not specifically where so thanks. Are the foiling Americas cup boats anywhere near your harbour? We lived in the viaduct harbour during the last Americas cup and had a grandstand view of proceedings. Wish I was younger to be on the team.
Hi, I wrote last year about coming over to meet my birth father Tony Curphey. We will be in Chichester harbour on the 12th of October and in the area to meet family members for around a week. Very exciting. Attached is a story I wrote about Tony.
