Personalities Of The Peninsula: Boatbuilder & Man About Town David Dean
By Patty LaNoue Stearns | Aug. 15, 2022
You might have met David Dean out and about in Leelanau County, but there’s so much more to his story.
For the last 50 years, Dean has lived in a farmhouse on 13 acres high above Suttons Bay, with a jam-packed barn, many cats, and a most spectacular view.
He mingles with high rollers and hippies. He restores vintage cars and yachts and rebuilds all kinds of engines. He had a show on PBS that reached millions of viewers that is soon to be relaunched on YouTube.
At nearly 75, Dean is a man in full, and a man about town. He is never too busy to shoot the breeze ...
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