Hi my name is Paul, I am a young at heart 64 year old man who wants to adventure and meet new people whilst sailing round the world. I have a below knee amputation, which makes me almost a real life pirate. At the moment I am in UK

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My name is Paul I am 64 years old. I am divorced and have no children, my financial situation is that I am receiving a small pension which keeps the wolves away from the door, I am by no means rich neither am I poor, I feel that I have enough to get by on. My aim is to sail as far as I can around the world visiting as many places that I can, gaining more sailing experience. At some time in the future I would like to own my own sailing yacht. I am comp crew qualified with plenty of miles under my belt, but I do not propose to be a captain (I'm just happy to take orders)
As for me I am reasonably fit, I weigh 80Kg and stand 172cm high, I have blue eyes and light brown hair.
I have a full UK passport that expires in March 2034
I do suffer from type 2 diabetes which is controlled by medication, it has never been a problem over the last 20 odd years. I have recently had my booster vaccinations. And both COVID-19 vaccinations (Pfizer)
I have two tattoo’s one on my right forearm which was a thing that I had when I was 17, the other on my right calf that was done in Nov 2017.
I am Blood group type O Negative.
I have a qualified Competent Crew Certificate
I have (Nov 17) completed the Atlantic crossing (Gran Canaria, Cape Verde, Barbados) 2800 miles. And now done the ARC 2018 to Saint Lucia. I have Jan 2020 to Mar 2020, sailed from Cape Town to Grenada via Namibia and St Helena, Brazil finishing in Grenada (due to COVID-19) with the World ARC 2019 - 2020. May to June 2020 Grenada to Azores West to East.

I have sailed as crew in the Mediterranean,
I have crewed about 5 times out of Gosport along the South coast of England. I have crewed for 3 seasons in the Caribbean. I have a positive attitude and am a team player. My skills in the kitchen/galley are fair, I am not afraid to have a go at anything, I love being on board. I can tie knots, know how to set an anchor, tie up alongside a pontoon, I can plot a route. I have the basics of how a diesel engine runs and how to bleed it if it should run out of fuel. I can do basic checks for the likes of water in the fuel system and oil / water checks, if a filter needs changing then I can do that. I have completed a RYA St John Ambulance First Aid Course (expired in 2020) and RYA Essential Navigation & Seamanship Course, and have completed my RYA SRC/VHF Radio course. I returned from sailing in the South Pacific, sailing from Brisbane to New Caledonia and Vanuatu then Fiji, in July 2017, on my last boat I was captain for 6 weeks (whilst the owner/captain went away). I have sailed using 4,3 and 2 hour solo night watches through the nights on these passages. This year, 2023 ( Mar to Aug), i crewed with captain paul watson foundation on mv John Paul DeJoria crossed the Atlantic twice, prevented at least 169 fin whales from being slaughtered, in iceland. Then tried to disrupt the Faroe isles from killing pilot whales and dolphins. I am now back in the UK 🇬🇧.

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I am quite an adventuress and a fun loving single man who wants to sail and learn a foreign language or two, i am currently trying to learn to play a harmonica. I am honest, reliable and a hard worker, I am a non-smoker and only drink socially, I mix well with other people and can take and follow orders. I love music and films. I can swim and snorkel and have done the PADI Advanced open water dive course in April 2021 I am also enriched oxygen qualified Apr 2022. I would like to start my new life and travel as far as I can get whilst sailing. I retired from my job as a driving examiner so have an eye for detail. I am clean and like a clean tidy environment, however I do understand that sometimes things are not always tidy. I like the idea that there is a place for everything and everything in its place. I like to think that I have respect for other peoples home and equipment so I try to be careful in what I say and do. I get on well with children, I can relate to them because I used to be one. Whilst being a landlubber my main sport was mountain biking and also rock climbing, if you need someone to climb the mast then I am your man. It would be fair to say that my experience of sailing is limited to about 10,000 miles or so, but I am very keen to impress and learn anything that I can to improve my skills and become a better crewman / sailor. I have also been a firefighter with Humberside Fire Brigade so I have a sense of self survival which inhibits me from doing anything too reckless. but that will not stop me from doing any risky tasks on and around the boat. I would like for someone to give me a chance to prove myself to them and be an asset to any boat that I sail on. Please give me a call