But two things became clear talking to them: firstly, they had done their homework before they committed to the project and, secondly, they were very aware of the impact any boat has on the environment. ![]() So what makes a couple give up their secure IT jobs in the City and beat a retreat to sea via a route that involves buying a £300,000 boat? Okay, for that money they certainly get a good deal of boat, and it’s a sum comparable to any plastic boat of a similar quality. ![]() She’s the basis of Nick and Melisa’s new livelihood, Topsail Adventures. Amelie Rose, Luke Powell’s seventh Scillonian-inspired pilot cutter, is a mirror of his fifth boat, Ezra, and built for the same purpose, charter work. It’s a formidable sight and one that drives home the splendour and strength of the vessel. A slow whish turns into a gush as wind pushes sea apart. Not being able to face another 20 years staring at computer screen, change was needed, and the smiles show it was the right decisionĪs she sailed by, feet away from where we gazed, the power of the boat was audible. And what a show she’d put on for us in the photo-dinghy as we sat back and admired her speed, her power and beauty in the Force 4 winds that simply are a tease for this type of craft. She is what is now regarded as being of the ‘normal’ Luke Powell pedigree, modelled on an early-1800s pilot cutter from the Scillies, square in the forefoot, deep and upright in the sternpost, with a long sloping keel and a high rise of bilge, all of which help her stand up in a strong wind yet produce a good turn of speed. “That wasn’t our environment though we could see what was happening,” said Nick, “but long before the first signs of recession loomed over the horizon, we were set on a path that today brings us here.”Īt this moment ‘here’ was the Chain Locker, the well known watering hole by Customs Quay in Falmouth, and the mood was one of exhilaration following five hours sailing and photographing the new boat. To most people that probably means earning bucketfuls of money whilst leading the country into rack and ruin. They both have a background of working in IT in City financial institutions. Suddenly she was not a wooden thing any longer but a living structure, a moment new life is created,” Nick told me a few days later, when the reality of what they’d done had fully sunk in. She’d been in the mud but suddenly she moved. “It was a hell of a moment when I saw her floating. “Unfurl yourself into the grace of a beginning that is at one with your life’s desire, awaken your spirit of adventure, hold nothing back, learn to find ease in risk.” (You can see the whole thing on their website). It was a good party, laid on at builder Luke Powell’s Gweek Quay workshop, with some 80 friends, barrels of beer, a fine spread of food and a really inspirational dedication from Ken Boullier, Vicar of St Just and St Mawes and a sailing nut himself. It was at the launch party, just as the tide rose and the water kissed Amelie Rose’s keel for the first time, that her owners Nick and Melisa suddenly realised they’d bought a real boat, not a dream. She’s the key to their bid to swap their City desks for a new livelihood in classic charter. Recently Amelia was featured in the Los Angeles Times for her theatre production WAR BRIDE, for which she received the Scenie award for Outstanding Performance by a Supporting Actress in a Drama from Stage Scene LA.For former IT specialists Nick and Melisa, Amelie Rose, their new Luke Powell pilot cutter is more than a beautiful boat. Rose is represented by Hervey/Grimes Talent Agency and managed by Torque Entertainment. ![]() On October 27, 2012, Rose's most recent Lifetime film Stalked at 17 aired. She most notably starred opposite Gary Busey in the film Freaky Saturday Night Fever, which has been recognized at the Cannes Film Festival, New York International Independent Film and Video Festival, Philadelphia Film Festival, Beverly Hills Film Festival. ![]() She has guest starred on the hit show Hawaii Five-0, as well as Grimm, Criminal Minds, Sullivan & Son, and CSI: NY. She was discovered by a former NBC Network Casting Director turned agent and subsequently moved to Los Angeles, California.īaldwin Rose is a verified member of Mensa International. While in school, Rose participated in an abundance of theatre as well as commercials and independent films. She then moved to study Mathematics and Theatre in Denver, Colorado. Amelia graduated Valedictorian of her high school class, while simultaneously receiving her associate degree and a 4-year full paid scholarship to college. Rose was born Amelia Rose Baldwin in Austin, Texas.
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