Fully retired; former military F/A-18 pilot and DoD contractor; learned to sail at age 13; single-handed Catalina 22's up and down the Southern California coast in my younger days; avid and extensive recreational and race sailing since retiring in 2020, primarily in 40'/12m-class monohull boats on the Chesapeake and Delaware Bays, Long Island Sound to Buzzards Bay, Cape Cod, coastal Maine, coastal South Carolina to Florida, and the ICW (mile 468–496 & 552–898). I have done 3 passages: Norfolk, VA, to BVI (Bavaria Vision 46), St. Maarten to Newport, RI, via Bermuda (Swan 651), and Hampton, VA, to Antigua via Bermuda (Passport 42).

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ASA-101, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108 & 118 certified; IPC; I own and am proficient with a sextant; 342 voyages / 2170 hours / 183 days-at-sea / 10380 nm recent experience (summer 2019-present) - 13% spent racing, 49% blue water sailing; experience with (smallest to largest): Catalina 250, Coronado 25, Saber 27, Azzura 310, Beneteau 323, J/105, Pearson 36, Sun Odyssey 39i, J/40, Oceanis 41, Beneteau 411, Formosa 41, Passport 42, Luders 44, Sun Odyssey 440, Island Packet 440, Catalina 445, Bristol 45.5, Bavaria Vision 46, Beneteau 49, Tayana 52, Swan 651, and a 92' 1-hull design all-wood Bugeye-rigged schooner (see Schooner "Rainbow" in profile pictures). Logbook and references available.

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Bottom line...I just love sailing and, being a "cheap bastard", I love sailing OPB (other people's boats). ;-)