Much-loved Mick remembered as yacht is returned
Friends and relatives of a popular Portsmouth man who died while sailing around the UK gathered to see his boat returned home and celebrate his life.
Michael Savage, known as Mick, died on April 1. His body was recovered off the coast of Dover after he set off from Southsea on the Easter weekend to embark on his journey, which the 59-yearold had hoped to complete before his 60th birthday.
Following a funeral held in his home town of Fleet on May 2, friends and loved ones gathered on Eastney
Beach last Friday evening to watch as Mick’s yacht, Konsorted, was brought back to Southsea Marina, where it will remain for a year so that his family and friends can “gather and feel close to him”. Crowds met outside the RNLI Portsmouth Lifeboat Station.
Ahead of the touching celebration of Mick’s life, friend and fellow boating enthusiast Danny Hutchinson described him as someone who was always the life and soul of the party despite being sober for more than two decades.
He became known as a “sober raver” who was sometimes seen on the dancefloor with a cup of tea in hand.
Danny said: “He was someone who had so much time for everyone and had a big effect on so many people’s lives. Everyone who seemed to know him thought that he was special to them. We’ve met people since his death – who we didn’t even know were friends of his – that have told us he changed their lives. He always made time to be there for people.”
A fundraiser was launched to help bring Konsorted home and it has now raised more than £7,700 – with more raised through other avenues, according to Danny.
Proceeds above the original £7,000 target will be donated to the RNLI and the Air Ambulance in Mick's honour.
He was someone who had so much time for everyone