I attended the memorial for Richard in Lyme CT today, 5/16/2010, and learned something about Richards Life.
He was born Richard A. Booth in 1943 in Cambridge, England, then, at the age of 6 months he was adopted by Alfred and Kay Fewtrell.
As a boy he was enrolled aboard the the Royal Navy training ship "Arethusa". (formerly known as the "Peking" and then becoming "Peking" again when sold to the The South St. Seaport Museum in New York City).
Richard later served in the Royal Army Corps of Engineers where he played multiple instruments in the Corps Band. He studied music at the London School of Music and at the Military School of Music, focusing on violin.
In 1970 he left England for the Galapagos Islands and served for 3 years aboard the "Golden Cachalot". In 1973 Richard came to the USA and worked at South St. Seaport, NYC, restoring the tall ship,"Wavertree", which lay alongside the "Peking" the ship he served on as a boy. He also surveyed the tall ship "Ellisa" before its purchase by the Galveston Historical Society in 1977.
In 1984 Richard moved to Connecticut and started his own wooden boat restoration bussiness.
He was a fine singer and musician, Violin, Concertina, Cornet,and an amazing Ukelele. Pity we did not hear more of his music.