The Proprietor (Andrew Danby)
Me with my wife Julie at Scarborough Harbour ( One of my favourite places)
I was educated at the Graham Sea Training School in Scarborough and Trinity House Navigation School in Hull prior to joining The Cunard Steamship Co. as a deepsea Navigation/ Deck Officer where my voyages on cargo/passenger ships took me worldwide , i went ashore and continued my education to obtain a Degree in Electrical & Electronic Engineering at Leeds Polytechnic.
Following employment with the Ministry of Defence (MOD) , the Admiralty Underwater Weapons Establishment , Portland (AUWE) and other defence related work I eventually gained recognition by Professional Chartered Electrical Engineering Institute qualifications MIEEIE. & IEng.
I became one of the countries youngest fully licensed radio transmitting amateurs in the UK at 14 years of age in 1974 formally Class B UK Callsign G8KFH and after passing the Morse Code test became a Full Class A Radio Amateur UK Callsign G0KGA . I am a corporate member of the Radio Society of Great Britain (RSGB) and AMSAT (Amateur Satellite Corporation)
Hobbies are boating of which i am to RYA Offshore Yachtmaster & Coastal Skipper standard , a full sailing member of Scarborough Yacht Club and yacht owner at Scarborough Harbour's new marina , i have owned various sea boats. We enjoy chartering yachts in the mediteranean and very recently sailed around the island of Majorca
I own and ride a Cleveland Bay X Thoroughbred Mare horse called 'Vita' and enjoy pleasure rides and hacking out . My wife has a Thoroughbred called 'Bobby' . We have our own stables and fields and are currently bringing up a very lively 4 year old filly called 'Masie' ( my horses foal)
I am also a SETI member in a worldwide space network where advanced radio experimenters look at interesting deep space radio noise , i have always had an interest in astronomy .
Recognizing that receiving signals of intelligent origin from beyond our planet
will change forever our view of humanity's place in the cosmos
My horse called Vita with my daughter Melissa (currently studying for BSc (Hons) at Stirling University)
Vita's foal born May 04 at our stables called 'Masie'