Paul Devins, male, 42
Ref 17706
| Nationality: | Ireland |
| Currently based in: | Dublin, Ireland |
| Looking for: | Worldwide opportunities |
| Experience: | 2500 ocean miles / 4000 coastal miles |
| I am an easy going professional with RYA Yachtmaster Offshore cert and love sailing away into the distance. I am therefore most interested in longer passages. I I have completed 6000+nm (mostly offshore), I have a VHF license as well completed a sea survival course. I am currently a member and qualified Keelboat instructor at the INSS sailing school/club in Dun Laoghaire, Ireland and I regularly sail every week with them and I race occasionally. Passages completed; 2700nm Lagoon delivery (450s) from Atlantic coast of France to Croatia, a delivery of a sigma 400 across the Irish sea and a 900nm trip from Ireland to Spain all as watch leader and various other offshore trips. I started sailing dinghies when I was 12 and I got into sailing yachts recently after a break of a few years. In my younger years I have worked as a cook in a kitchen so I am able to pitch in for cooking when the need arises. I am a Telecom's Consultant in my day job so I am technically minded, have a keen interest in the sea and also hold an advanced open water scuba diving qualification. It has always been a dream of mine to cross the Atlantic on a S/Y, even better if using a sextant. | |
| Smoking: | non-smoker |
| Relationship status: | partnered |
| Dietary requirements: | none |
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| Number of years sailing: | 10+ |
| Sea miles sailed: | Ocean: 2500 / Coastal: 4000 |
| Nights at sea: | 50+ |
| I have experience as: | Captain (Offshore) |
| Sailing Skills | Experienced I have done this many times and am confident to help others less experienced. I am happy doing this day |
Competent I am competent doing this in daylight, or if there is someone more experienced with me |
Basic I have only done this a few times, but I am willing to learn |
None I have not done this before |
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| Steer a compass course |  | |||
| Keep lookout/watch-keeping | | |||
| Trimming sails – mainsail and foresail/jib | | |||
| Reefing | | |||
| Working the foredeck – setting sails including spinnakers and cruising chutes | | |||
| Navigating with GPS and paper charts at sea | | |||
| Anchoring and handling anchors | | |||
| Cooking at sea | | |||
| Using dinghies with outboard motors | | |||
| Heaving-to and other heavy weather tactics | |
Other nautical or cruising skills |
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| Using a sextant for astro-navigation | |
| Using VHF radio | |
Other nautical or relevant qualifications |
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| Qualification | Awarding | Level | Year |
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| Yachtmaster Offshore | RYA | 2020 | |
Voyage History |
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| Date | Boat | From/To | Miles | Role | # Crew | Rally |
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| 2019 | 37 ft Mono | Dublin bay/Dublin bay | 500 | Watch-leader | 5 | |
| 2018 | 36 Elan | Dublin/Dublin | 500 | Watch-leader | 5 | |
| 2018 | 37ft Mono | Dublin/Port Patrick (Scotland) - Isle of Man - Amlych (Wales) - Wicklow - Dublin (IE) | 600 | Captain | 5 | |
| 2018 | Lagoon 450 | Les Sables d/Sukosan (Croatia) | 2700 | Watch-leader | 6 | |
| 2017 | Sigma 400 | Plymouth (UK)/Dublin (IE) | 300 | Watch-leader | 6 | |
| 2016 | Sun Odyssey 39ft | Dublin (East coast Ireland)/Galicia (NW Spain) | 900 | Watch-leader | 4 | |
| 2015 | Beneteau | Santorini/Athens | 350 | Crew | 8 | |
