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A "Spirit Dancer" receives an inspiration then expresses it through dance and song (or other creative expression). The inspiration is usually of a virtue or power that will help the dancer throughout life. It is a gift the dancer then develops and practices for the benefit of others.

The yacht Spirit Dancer is a 2001 DeFever 49 foot Cockpit Motor Yacht Trawler (CPMY 44+5). She is the creative expression of long time yacht designer Arthur DeFever. The designation "44+5" means that she is the 44 foot offshore cruiser with a 5 foot cockpit extension on her stern.

She has a walk in engine room and is powered by twin 135 Perkins diesel engines, provides offshore electrical power with a 12.5 KW Westerbeke diesel generator, and carries 1100 gals of fuel giving her a 1,400 to 1,600 nautical mile range.

Owner's stateroom is aft. Has private head with separate shower. The washer and dryer and in the utility room on the starboard side of the stateroom.

The guest stateroom has a "Vee Berth" arrangement with private wet-head (head in same space as shower). A skylight is above the Vee.

The galley is aft of the main solon with twin refrigerators along the starboard bulkhead.

Lower helm is forward on the starboard side.

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March 21-23 Easter At Moody Gardens
March 15-16 Cruise to LYC South
March 8, 2008 Joyce Dunshee and Penny Wilson Galveston Bay Cruise
February 23-24, 2008 Trip to Houston Yacht Club
February 8, 2008 Nick Wolda and Maria Murillo's 1st Annual Soon to be Tradional Murillo Family Cruise
February 1-2, 2008 MARDI GRAS Galveston Texas
December 22-23, 2007 Moody Garden Festival of Lights detour to Pier 21 - Galveston Texas
December 9, 2007 Kemah Boat Parade with next day fog pictures
December 2-3, 2007 Dickens on the Strand (Galveston Texas)
November 13 - 23, 2007 Kingdom of Bahrain and Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
November 3 - 10, 2007 Intuitive's Cruise aboard the m/s Zuiderdam
October 31, 2007 Halloween at LYC in the Inner Harbor
October 11-12, 2007 Haul Out
September 28 - October 5, 2007 Sedona Arizona (Fly & drive trip)
August 16 - 18, 2007 The Great Hurricane Season Tie Up (Dean then Humberto - we hope we're ready)
August 4 - 5, 2007 Laguna Harbor Cruise
July 21, 2007 Kirby Marine seminar and cruise
July 7 - 8, 2007 Moody Garden "Anchor" Cruise
May 26 - June 7, 2007 Cruise to South Padre - Chamber Retreat Float Plan
May 4 - 5, 2007 Keels and Wheels (www.Keels-Wheels.com)
April 27 - 29, 2007 Cruise to Allen's Landing
April 6 - 9, 2007 TMCA Easter Cruise
April 3, 2007 Land Cruise to State Capitol
April 1, 2007 April Fools Duffy Boat Cruise - Austin TX
March 25, 2007 Bob and Nick Nelson make a Waterway Boys appearance to remember or...
March 11, 2007 Christening of the Elissa into the LYC Fleet
March 3, 2007 TMCA Cruise to Double Bayou - Marker 17
February 16, 2007 - Duffy Boat Cruise in Balboa CA
February 9, 2007 Mardi Gras Galveston
January 2007 007 DeFever Rendezvous in Palm Coast Florida
October 2 - 13, 2006 Harvest Moon Regatta
October 1, 2006 Lazzy Cruise to the San Jacinto Monument
September, 2006 Denny Koontz Cruise
September 1-4, 2006 USS TEXAS Labor Day Cruise to Lakewood South for the LYC party and then on to the Galveston Yacht Club to watch the arrival of the USS Texas
May 29, 2006 Memorial Day Storm - Gayle had T-shirts made for this one
May 6-7, 2006 Boat Warming (Keels and Wheels) Flag presentation
April 14-16, 2006 Galveston and ICW with Karen and Rhese Hoylman
April 2, 2006 Blessing of the Fleet in the inner harbor
February 18, 2006 Sea Trial on a very cold February day
Spirit Dancers