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| Who Is Carl Moesly? Born in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, Carl grew up on the New River, building his first 16' V-bottom boat at the age of 13. He sailed across the Gulf Stream in a 15' snipe to the Bahamas at age 15. By the time he was 19, he had built a 32-foot Express Cruiser powered by an old Buick engine pulled from a wrecked car. It was built by hand in his back yard, no power tools. The Coast Guard, with his sea-going experiences granted him a license for operating vessels up to 64' in unlimited waters. Before his 20th birthday, he was a pilot with the Army Air Corps and flew in WWII and Korea.
By his 39th year he was heading up a boat manufacturing plant in Miami, Florida and within two years, he started his own small boat company called SeaCraft. At age 49, he retired and went sailing around the world in a 37' Ketch sailboat. Four years later, he returned to Miami only to find the U.S. in turmoil. They loaded the Rigadoon with supplies and headed for New Zealand. There he began designing again, only this time, a 50' Ketch, a deep-water double-ender for him and his wife, Jeanne to continue on with their second circumnavigation around the world.
Now he is living a very active, yet peaceful life on a river on the west coast of Florida, with his occasional trips to the North Carolina Mountains. He enjoys painting scenes from his travels or of wildlife, nature walks with his buddy, Dingo, an Australian Cattle dog and of course, fishing, whether it is from a boat or a dock ... and always, Jeanne by his side.
Click Inside New Window to Englarge for Reading A Boy, A Boat and an Island - A story by Carl Moesly In the late 1930's a teenager on school break completed a daring single-handed voyage that would ultimately define his life. A story published in Cruising World, June 2001
A Pilot's History - A book by Carl Moesly One man's battle for survival through the rapid development in aviation extending from WWII, the Korean War, military aircraft conversions to commercial use, the Canadian DEW projects to being a private pilot for some of the most powerful men in the U.S. This is his story. A book written by Carl Moesly, published by Author House, October 2007. This book is available on the Products Page.
 Circumnavigating the World - Carl & Jeanne Moesly Sailing the oceans, circumnavigating the world twice, from 1970 to 1980, Carl and Jeanne encountered adventures which can fill hours of story telling. The weather conditions they battled, the coral rock frayed anchor line that nearly put them aground, the sleeping herd of whales they maneuvered thru lest one should awaken, flip a tail and capsize their boat, the various natives they met from mud men to cannibalistic, their adventures were new each day. And each day, surviving off the waters.
Paintings by Carl Moesly Moesly enjoys spending afternoons sitting in front of his easel, painting scenes from his travels, of nature or wildlife. He has been commissioned to restore several Highwaymen paintings. Here are a few from his personal collection of over a 100 paintings. | |
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