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Nationality:
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United States |
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Currently based in:
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Manchester, United Kingdom |
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Looking for:
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Worldwide opportunities |
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Experience:
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100000 ocean miles / 10000 coastal miles |
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I am a delivery skipper and have done many offshore deliveries in the last 2 years. Having sailed for many years on various boats and waters after growing up on the Great Lakes and, spending 5 seasons as crew/helmsman on race boats, 3 seasons as a professional skipper sailing Lake Huron and the Georgian Bay/North Channel, charters and deliveries during the off seasons on the East Coast, Bermuda and Bahamas/Caribbean. USCG 100 ton Master with Sail endorsement and N/C OUPV(non-current) in 1985, ASA Instructor certification, RYA Commercial Yacht Master Ocean and Croatian Yacht Master CAT A. I am involved with a professional coaching group skippering a corporate and university "Leadership" training program and also mentoring/teaching offshore sailing to the YM Ocean level including celestial navigation, weather, provisioning and safety. I have multiple trans-Atlantic deliveries in the last few years. In the last 4 years I have been on the water sailing for more than 600 days. From 1990 to 2014 I stopped being a full-time sailor and became an IT Consultant for large international corporations working as a "Project Trouble-shooter" working directly for various executives and partners continuing sailing professionally whenever I had the time. We owned a 35' sailboat in the Chesapeake Bay and sailed the east coast from the Chesapeake to the Bahamas and I made deliveries on the east coast and the return trip from Bermuda 3 times. Then we had twin daughters, so our life changed. In 2002 we took our last trip from the Chesapeake to the Bahamas with the kids, twins three-year old's on a boat is hard work but very rewarding, then we sold our house and boat and moved to a small town in Southern Germany. I became a "stay-at-home" dad working part time as an IT consultant. Being a stay at home Dad was a rewarding but at times difficult job. The girls are now 24 in university and are very independent and both are sailing as professionals and have spent time sailing on tall ships in the US, Canada, Europe and the Atlantic crossing.
I am always seeking opportunities to Skipper offshore. I am 62 years old, a non-smoker in good health and my wife fully supports my return to sailing so that she can join me on offshore passages when she has the time. |
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Smoking:
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non-smoker |
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Relationship status:
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married |
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Dietary requirements:
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Cooking skills are good, I'm not a chef but I can produce good and hearty meals on a boat. |
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Languages:
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English; |
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Social Links:
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http://www.sailpathfinders.com |
Bob’s Sailing Experience
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Number of years sailing:
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10+ |
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Sea miles sailed:
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Ocean: 100000 / Coastal: 10000 |
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Nights at sea:
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50+ |
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I have experience as:
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Instructor (Ocean Sailing) |
Voyage History
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| Date |
Boat |
From/To |
Miles |
Role | # Crew |
Rally |
| 2014 |
Multiple |
Atlantic and Medditerean /Charters, deliveries, leadership programs and training |
100000 |
Captain | 2 |
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| 1990 |
Multiple |
East coast USA and Caribbean/Deliveries and sailing the East coast USA and Caribbean |
15000 |
Captain | 2 |
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| 1979 |
Multiple |
Great Lakes USA/Racing, cruising, charter and delivery skipper |
10000 |
Captain | 2 |
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| January 0 |
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0 |
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