Winston Hovey

Winston Hovey was born and raised in Fredrickson, New Brunswick, Canada. He attended Fredrickson HS then University of New Brunswick. He then immigrated to the US and entered the US Air Force and went to Southeast Asia.Thereafter he became a contract engineer for various building companies, then a self-employed contractor for twenty years. Winston has retired but does relief captain work on occasion. His interests include motorcycle riding, Traveling, RVing, yachting.

E53 Retiring in Venice, Florida with Stopovers in the British Virgin Islands and on Mega Yachts
53
Oct. 9, 2021

E53 Retiring in Venice, Florida with Stopovers in the British Virgin Islands and on Mega Yachts

Have you ever dreamt about chucking everything and escaping to a far-away island? Cynthia and Winston Hovey made it happen! They left their ocean-view apartment and corporate lifestyle in San Diego to live in a grass hut and manage a pirate bar on a tiny island (population 5) in the British Virgin Islands. After hurricanes devastated the island, they captained and ran luxury sailing and motor yachts for 20 years. Find out what led this fearless couple to retire in Venice, Florida, on episode 53 ...