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Jay K. Davis
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Jay K. & Miri B.
Davis
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Bio:
Since SPINAX.. Jay K.
Davis, Commanding Officer, 1964-1966
After leaving SPINAX, I
was assigned to the
Defense Language Institute,
Washington, D.C. for a total immersion (appropriate for a
submariner) course in Turkish. Upon completion, my family and I
went to
Ankara, Turkey as a NATO
representative and submarine advisor to the Turkish Naval
Headquarters for three years. This was followed by tours in
Washington with SSPO for ballistic missile submarine planning
and then ComASW before retiring as a Commander in 1972.I
spent the next twelve years with first
EG&G
and then Singer-Librascope in Washington in submarine related
projects and systems (and sailing on the Chesapeake and in the
Atlantic) before retiring again in 1984.
Miri B. and I then
cruised the entire East Coast to and from Nova Scotia to the Dry
Tortugas and Florida west coast in our 42' ketch
MALGRE' TOUT before in 1986 sailing to Bermuda for
the sixth time and on across the Atlantic to the Azores, on to
Portugal and into the straits of Gibraltar to spend the next
five years in the Mediterranean. We returned to Malta where I
had been assigned NATO staff duty 30 years before, and we spent
two more years exploring the coasts of Turkey, this time
anchoring in beautiful and secluded coves where as a family we
had camped with our children 20 years earlier. The language
capability again came in handy and we were again welcomed as
family. The islands of Greece, Yugoslavia and Cyprus and the
coasts of Italy, France and Spain were also explored, adding to
the magic variety of cultures, people and language. Our beloved
MALGRE' TOUT ("In Spite of Everything!")
was sold in
Mallorca, Spain in late 1990
and my super-crew Miri B. and I anchored on the Lake Washington
shore in Kirkland, Washington, near Seattle.
I earned my USCG Master
certificate and my Davis Marine Services company instructed new
boat owners in "school of the boat" and how to handle, and
cruise in, their yachts. This has resulted in the now nearly
full time and delightful task of consulting on the purchase ,
commissioning and 2006 delivery, as designated Captain, of a 76
foot diesel-electric powered Nordhavn long-range mega-yacht.
Mb and I, now "crewing
together" for 54 years, are exploring the beautiful waters of
Puget Sound, Canadian and San Juan Islands and Northwest Passage
in our 40' twin-screw power-cruiser
HARMONY. She flies the Dolphins
with great pride.
Jay.K Davis
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