The mystery of cabin 312 / DCI Buchanan Bd.3 (ePub)

Alex Willis is man of many talents. 'My dad can do anything,' say his children. 'Alexander the Great,' says his wife with a smile. He spent his early years with the sound of riveting hammers on the Clyde ringing in his ears. Then as the family outgrew the Port Glasgow home they moved to various houses around the suburbs of Glasgow.
At the young age of 17, he left school and joined the Royal Navy. This was not a mutually happy arrangement and after three years being trained as an engineer, he left to explore other avenues for a career.
His family emigrated to the USA in early 1967, bored and at a loose end he joined them in December that year. This turned out to be a fortuitous decision. Within a few months of arriving he had registered for the draft but was classified as 4A having already served in the Royal Navy. He was hired by the PT&T to work in the Palo Alto, California, telephone exchange, maintaining the switching equipment and short haul carrier systems.
Not being challenged enough with his full-time job, he took to building and racing motorcycles on the clubman circuits of Northern California. One engine blow-up to many saw me change direction and declare he was going to build a boat and sail the oceans of the world.
Plans for a 45-foot (later stretched to 51 feet by adding a bowsprit) ocean going ketch were purchased, space in the marina rented and construction began. As the building of the boat progressed, he met and married his wife, Nancy. Three years after starting construction, the boat was launched and suitably named, Nancy L. It wasn't long before the sound of tiny feet could be heard running up and down the deck. After sailing the San Francisco bay and short trips up and down the Pacific coast it was decided to sell the boat and relocate to England.
On arriving in the UK, he sought employment within the telecom industry. He found a position as installation supervisor with a local private telecom company. This was short lived as the company

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