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on this boat," Stanley says. "When we thought of one, Martie would just do asketch and send it to Richard, and his guys would build it." The artistic Martie’ssketches were good. She also designed the distinctive orange and blue paint jobthat has been on the #14 Oyster 46 hull since it was launched in 1986.It took them a year to get the boat to Bristol. They pulled the mast and took thecanal route across Europe to the Med. There were 299 locks to open and close.Stanley counted. "That was a good way to stay in shape," he says. Since then,Manukai has sailed thousands of miles including a tour of the Great Lakes (1993)and the St. Lawrence Seaway (1994). The Livingstons often sail to Maine in thesummer, and they usually make the CCA cruise."Manukai has sailedthousands of milesincluding a tour ofthe Great Lakes(1993) and the St.Lawrence Seaway(1994). TheLivingstons oftensail to Maine in thesummer, and theyusually make theCCA cruise"Stanley is obviously proud to be counted among past CCA commodores, but hisservice as head of the CCA’s technical and awards committees seem to haveprovided the most satisfaction. He was head of the technical committee duringthe development of the MHS (Measurement Handicap Rule) at MIT. He tookcharge of the ambitious project to develop a little box that would measure a hullelectronically. The data collected could be entered into a computer, and the ratingcould be computed. Stanley is quick to disclaim any technical expertise, andgenerally downplays his role in the project. But Rich McCurdy, head of OckamInstruments, worked with Stanley on MHS. "He has a great talent for making allthe gnomes work," McCurdy says. "He’s a real cheerleader, a very nice,inspirational guy you want to come through for. He got on the phone andarranged for donations of parts, labor, and money. And somehow it all worked.Only in the last couple years is it possible to rent or buy one of these hullmeasuring boxes. They cost $500,000. Stanley and his team got six of them builtwith donations. He’d call, and all you could say was, `Where do we start?’"Stanley took over the CCA’s Awards Committee in 1991. Chief among the club’sawards is the Blue Water Medal given since 1923 for "examples of meritoriousseamanship and adventure upon the sea displayed by amateur sailors of allnations...." Livingston nominated three of the recipients and wrote their citations,and when he recalls this his enthusiasm cranks up a notch. Among the recipientswere Tim and Pauline Carr (1991), who cruised the oceans of the world for 23years in a 28-foot Falmouth Quay punt built in 1898. The boat had no engine, orelectronics, or electrics of any kind. The Carrs now live in South Georgia Island,where they run the whaling museum. Their present project is to build a replica ofErnest Schackleton’s vessel, James Caird. Livingston is helping them with thefinancing. "The Carrs weren’t able to come for the medal presentation," Livingstonsays, "so we flew out to South Georgia and met the Governor of the FalklandIslands, and Shackleton’s granddaughter, who awarded the medals."Today Stanley is busy with financial projects, and is associated with the MysticSeaport Museum and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Society as well as theHerreshoff Museum. On Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays at 7 AM you canfind him in a small second floor room in his house in front of the ham radio. Heand eight friends from Canada to Florida open up a line, and as he says, carry onlike a bunch of old ladies. Next year Stanley plans to take the immediate familyto Hawaii to help celebrate his and Martie’s 60th wedding anniversary. There are37 in all counting children, sons and daughters-in-law, grandchildren, and greatgrandchildren(there are five, all boys).The rain had stopped, so we went onto the front porch to take somephotographs. I asked the Livingstons to look at each other. "We can do that,"Martie said as she craned her neck to look up at her taller husband, fondly. Therewere sparks. Sailors in love. Still.Roger Vaughan24 www.oystermarine.com
A Very Royal OccasionIn recognition of Oyster’s second Queen’s Award, Joint MD, Alan Brook, hadthe opportunity to meet Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth.As the three lucky staff drawn to go to Buckingham Palace for Oyster’s secondQueen’s Award, Will Taylor-Jones, myself and Chris Packard quickly agreed theinvitation to arrive by car made travel choice simple. Silly to refuse an opportunityto park in the best spot in town!Parking within the inner courtyard, we followed a red carpet upstairs, wereushered into the picture gallery and given name badges. Whilst enjoying theincredible works of art all around, a royal Equerry asked if we knew why ourbadges had a red dot on them? As we said no, he explained HerMajesty had specifically requested to meet a very few awardwinners in person after the formal presentation and this was us.At the far end of the room a queue formed and we moved throughto be presented to Her Majesty and Prince Phillip. Presenting ourname cards it was immediately, "Good Evening Ma’am", a gentle,brief shake of the gloved hand, then on to Prince Phillip, with,"Good Evening Sir".Chris Packard, Senior Project Manager,Will Taylor-Jones, Quality DevelopmentManager and Alan Brook, Joint MD with 14,15 and 25 years service respectively."We talked withour monarch forabout 10 minutes,a privilege andhonour none of uswill ever forget"Having previously met Prince Phillip in Ipswich only this Julyduring the Queen’s Jubilee tour of Britain, he either recognisedmy face, or the name Oyster Marine, because he smiled and said"Ah, here’s one I know at last – Boats!" Recognition at last! Wemoved into the middle of three fabulous rooms where awardwinners were gathering.Known as the music room, a grand piano stood in one corner (the piano EltonJohn played for Her Majesty and the nation during the summer Jubilee musicconcert) we noticed not one but two giant chandeliers hanging from the ceiling.For three offshore cruising yachtsmen it was scary standing beneath somethingso heavy that it was supported from the ceiling by the 14mm anchor chain ofan Oyster 82!An Equerry escorted Her Majesty in, presented us to the Queen and retired,leaving just the four of us standing in a small circle to chat. And that is exactlywhat we did, with the utmost ease, informality and a complete lack ofawkwardness or difficulty. Her Majesty asked us about the boats we build, thepeople who buy them and whether or not we were finding enough of the latter.Completely up to date with international affairs, the Queen then asked us what wethought of Emma Richards’ progress in the Round Alone race. It had only startedthree days earlier!So we talked, in the most pleasant way, for about ten minutes, with our monarch,a privilege and honour none of the three of us will ever forget. After 25 years ofworking with Oyster Marine, this was unanticipated job satisfaction unlikely everto be equalled.Returning downstairs, we walked back down the red carpet with three big smileson our faces, glad it wasn’t only Dick Whittington’s cat that had been up toLondon to see the Queen.Alan Brookwww.oystermarine.com25
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