I have spent many months on Whale Cay over the years. The amount of work Joe did on that Island is staggering in its scale. Sadly it has all but fallen to rack and ruin over the years, but the walls remain. I also have visited her other properties in the Berry Islands as well as a very large tract of land she owned on Andros Island, not far from Neville Chamberlin's family home and birthplace. Joe was an amazing and strong woman and I am very happy to have saved the few surviving small bits of her race boat Estelle IV. I am only sorry I never got to meet her while she was alive. She is still spoken of with great respect by the Bahamians that worked for her on Whale Cay.
I am currently performing an investigation on Marion Carstairs Harmsworth Trophy racers, in which context I also try to identify the designer of Estelle IV and V (only known as "Bert Hawker"). I have been happily surprised by your comment "I am very happy to have saved the few surviving small bits of her race boat Estelle IV" and I would welcome the opportunity to exchange further on this subject with you. How can I reach you? My email is sebastien.faures(a)yahoo.fr
I have spent many months on Whale Cay over the years. The amount of work Joe did on that Island is staggering in its scale. Sadly it has all but fallen to rack and ruin over the years, but the walls remain. I also have visited her other properties in the Berry Islands as well as a very large tract of land she owned on Andros Island, not far from Neville Chamberlin's family home and birthplace. Joe was an amazing and strong woman and I am very happy to have saved the few surviving small bits of her race boat Estelle IV. I am only sorry I never got to meet her while she was alive. She is still spoken of with great respect by the Bahamians that worked for her on Whale Cay.
Wow, really? That's so cool!
Dear Don,
I am currently performing an investigation on Marion Carstairs Harmsworth Trophy racers, in which context I also try to identify the designer of Estelle IV and V (only known as "Bert Hawker"). I have been happily surprised by your comment "I am very happy to have saved the few surviving small bits of her race boat Estelle IV" and I would welcome the opportunity to exchange further on this subject with you. How can I reach you? My email is sebastien.faures(a)yahoo.fr
Looking forward to hearing from you, Sebastien