Ruuben van den Heuvel, male, 56
Ref 51363
| Nationality: | Netherlands |
| Currently based in: | Noosa, Australia |
| Looking for: | Worldwide opportunities |
| Experience: | 0 ocean miles / 1000 coastal miles |
| Energetic and social, lover of adventure and oceans. Honest, dedicated, dependable and committed. Have recently left Google after 10 years of working at YouTube. Primarily helping the music industry find fame and fortune on the platform. Have enjoyed a lifetime of travel (~72 countries). Currently on gardening leave and focused on escaping corporate life for a while. Have owned boats, but not sailing boats. Wanting to learn about blue ocean sailing with ultimate aim to buy a Beneteau or Lagoon and sail the world with my wife (after the kids finish school). Dutch passport and available immediately. | |
| Smoking: | non-smoker |
| Relationship status: | married |
| Dietary requirements: | None |
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| Number of years sailing: | 10+ |
| Sea miles sailed: | Ocean: 0 / Coastal: 1000 |
| Nights at sea: | 50+ |
| I have experience as: | New to sailing |
| 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 | |
