Walter Cronkite and his boats called Wyntje

A friend dropped me a note today with a link to an article written years ago explaining why Walter Cronkite always named his boats Wyntje.  I knew about the wooden yacht Wyntje.  I'd heard about a Westsail. I'd seen photos of a variety of boats with Walter at the helm. "Wyntje was the first woman married to a Cronkite in the New World, so all my boats are named Wyntje", he said.  While our first Cronkhite/Cronkite/Kranckheydt ancestor in what is now America was definitely married to Wyntje, they were Syboutzen at that point.  None of us know for sure why or how we got this name in the New World.  Wyntje's husband was a shipbuilder and it's been fun to cross paths with Cronkhite's all over the country who sail.  Wish I could have sailed with Walter to discuss it.