Good day to you all,

I've been a sailor since I was in my teens including one TransPac race. I've owned my own boat and am currently an ASA Sailing instructor. I love to teach, love to learn, drink maybe 3 times per year, love music and talking, computer, and the ocean. I'm clear on who the "boss" is and when it's time to shut up and follow orders, when it's time to discuss things. I'm generally quiet, enjoying my reading time, although I'm also happy to talk about philosophy, science, the ills of the world, and the wonderful things of the world, trading stories, swapping puns.

I'm an avid diver, having my instructor rating in pretty much every specialty PADI had (although no longer teaching status. I'll be your buddy, but I'm not allowed to certify you!). I'm not looking for romance as I already have my wife of 25 years.

I've captained everything from dinghys including racing my Fireball around the Great South Bay (New York), crewing the TransPac, and and skippering in Vancouver Canada, to skippering dinner cruises on a 55' custom built, plus skippering cruise-and-learns on a Leopard 50. Included are the usual 40-ish foot monohulls like Jeanneau and Benneteaus, and crewing a Hallberg-Rassey 39 around Vancouver Island, delivering it from Seattle to San Diego, racing it from San Diego to Cabo San Lucas, and then delivering it to la Paz, and recently returned from a 2 1/2 month cruise from Vancouver to Alaska and back on my sailboat and a delivery from Panama to Hawaii.

I'm available for yacht deliveries either as crew or captain.

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I try hard not to be a nuisance and to pull my own weight. I'll offer my opinions and suggestions, but when the captain makes a decision, it's time to say "Aye Aye, sir!" and get to with a will to make the plan work.

When acting as captain, I see my position as a coordinator rather than the commander. It doesn't help to snap out orders that the crew doesn't understand or is beyond their capabilities. Planning ahead, coordinating, knowing each person's abilities, and helping them to improve before they are asked to do something, is all part of the job of being a skipper. I want to hear people's opinions, thoughts, and ideas, but, at some point, a decision has to be made, a plan set, and the work begun. If a consensus can be reached first, then that's wonderful and the best way to do things. If not, well, the buck stops here. But, no matter how it's arrived at, the skipper is the one ultimately responsible for the safety and operation of the crew and vessel. They can delegate authority but not responsibility.

When acting as a crew, I like to know that my input is heard, but after that it's my job to implement the captain's decisions and plans to the best of my ability.

My first "love" as a crew person is navigation and strategy (racing). Secondly would be manning the helm, though of course on small crews one is rarely that specialized! :). When cruising, I love night watch standing and am perfectly happy to take the post-midnight/early morning watches.

Recently have bought a C&C 43 and am in the process of refitting her for travels, and have created a boat account here on FindACrew as well, id: 363387.

I have just finished a 2 1/2 month cruise to Alaska and back on my boat, a "shakedown" long cruise as I'm prepping her for a Pacific Ocean race-- a true learning experience in so many ways.

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First of all, I just plain love the ocean, travel, and boating. That should be reason enough - sharing the experience with others, facing and overcoming challenges, sharing the work and laughs that comes from building cameraderie.