It is a Small World
By Tom Davison · page 2 · Summer 1998
In May, I decided to locate Anthony Steward. He was mentioned in the Passage Notes section of the August 1994 issue of Cruising World Magazine. My first e-mail was to Cruising World. They responded, stating that Mr. Steward's trip into the Atlantic Ocean aboard his Durbin built Flicka ended with a boat fire. They had no other infor-mation. Next, I tried an email to a South African based sailing magazine. They didn’t have any knowledge of Mr. Steward. Looking on the internet for search engines produced several in South Africa. An inquiry was made to one and four responses were listed. Three had to do with Mr. Steward’s trip around the world in an open boat. The last was vague, but a South African Yacht
Club was listed. My next e-mail was sent to the Royal Cape Yacht Club in Capetown, South Africa. A short message asked if they knew of him. As it turned out, Anthony Steward is the Yacht Club’s General Manager. An e-mail was sent describing Flicka Friends and asking if Mr. Steward if he might be interested in writing an article about his experiences about SELECTED RISKS. I was pleased to receive an e-mail several days later. Anthony expressed an interest in owning a Flicka again and hoped to forward an article. Just as the last issue was going to the printer, Anthony forwarded an article via email about his trip into the Atlantic . The photos for the article arrived in mid-August. With the Internet, the world is getting smaller every day. Just one more reason to sail a Flicka.