In normal life I'm an engineer. I've spent the past year working on COVID-related stuff and now I'm taking a few months off to figure out what I want to next. I'm planning to do lots of long-distance hiking and sailing. I'm toying with the idea of buying an old boat, refurbishing it and living on it. I'd like to learn how to cruise on the sea/ocean and to see if the full-time liveaboard lifestyle is for me.

I'm obviously happy to help out with anything that needs to be done on the boat, and to contribute to running expenses. I'm quite good with tools; I love putting my mechanical engineering degree to good use and fix/design/build things. On the last boat, I worked on the anchor windlass, the AIS, the swim platform, the fridge and a ton of other little bits.

I'm quite social and I love meeting new people, but I'm OK with me-time too. I read lots of books, play the guitar, and I'm always taking a university course or two on the side.

Oh, and I really like cooking. I'm vegan, but I'm not too religious about it. I'm happy to adapt to whatever the dominant diet is on the boat.

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I've worked on renewable energy storage and electrifying offroad machinery. Last year, I set up a little COVID protective equipment manufacturing collective, did a programming retreat and joined a venture builder. Now I'm taking time off to decide what I want to do next.

In my spare time I do calisthenics, long-distance hiking, read lots, play the guitar occasionally, cook sometimes, similarly to most people :)

I've been sailing for a while, I used to raced dinghies (Optis, Cadets, Vaurien, Omega) as a teenager, then at university I used to organise inland cruises for me and my friends on charter boats. I'm looking to get into more 'serious' sea/ocean sailing now. I spent all of July cruising around the Mediterranean. Now I'd like to join a longer ocean crossing.

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