I've been sailing since I was a young child. I hold a USCG Master W/Sail , have owned numerous boats, crewed on tall ships (including the ill-fated 4 master Fantome...back in the 70s) and I've sailed numerous vessels over the years in lots of waters, ie Micronesia, Australia, PNG, Baltic sea, Atlantic, Med & Caribbean. Recently (june 2021- Aug 2023) I ran commercial charter vessels (Searay 45' [6 mos.] & Goldcoast 53' sailing cat [12 mos]) & Jeanneau 54 DS (2 mos) in the USVI. I generally perform a few deliveries each year as Captain (*) or Crew. Recent deliveries include:
*Bavaria 46 - USVI=>Connecticut
*Jefferson 48 trawler - Ft Lauderdale, FL => Ocho Rios, Jamaica (Dec 2022)
*Fountaine Pajot 42 - Ft Laud, FL => Newport, RI (June 2020)
*Fountaine Pajot 42 - Annapolis, MD, => Nassau, Bahamas (Nov/Dec 2019)
*Tartan 3700 = Ft Laud. FL=>Freeport TX (Oct/Nov 2019)
*Tartan 3700 = Connecticut=>Ft Lauderdale (July/August 2019)
*Fountaine Pajot 42 = Ábaco, Bahamas => Annapolis, MD (July 2019)
*Jeanneau 409 = Puerto Rico =>Charleston, SC (Nov-Dec 2018)
*Valient 42 = NC=>FL (July-Sept 2018)
*Hunter passage 450 = Puerto Rico=>Aruba=>Curacao=>PR (May/June 2018)
*Leopard 46 cat - Cape Cod, MA=>Bermuda=> Tortola, BVI (Nov 2017)
*Chuck Paine 39 - DR=>Grenada (July 2017)
*Leopard 46 cat - Tortola, BVI=>Cape Cod, MA (May 2017)
*Lagoon 420 cat - Cofresi, DR=>Virgin Gorda BVI (Dec 2016)
*Jeanneau 44i - Ponce, PR=>Ft Laud. Fl=> Savannah, Ga (May-Jun 2016)
*Catana 431 Catamaran - Zenon - Canet, France => Gibraltar (Dec 2015,Jan 2016)
*McNally (steel) Trawler 50 - Key West => Solomon's Island MD (June 2015)
*McNally (steel) Trawler 50 - Cartagena CO => Cayman Islands => Key West FL (Feb - April 2015)
*Island Trader 46 - PV MX => Panama (canal) => Charleston SC (March - May 2014)
*Hunter 31 - Ceiba PR => Puerto Real PR (Dec 2013)
*Morgan 41 - Ft. Lauderdale FL => Eleuthera BS (Mar 2013)
Oyster 68 - MD => BVI (2012)
Swan 57 - St Martin => Bermuda => NYC