Baloo

Profile Information
Gender:
Man 
Age:
68
Location:
Chico, California, United States
Here for:
Dating, Friendship, Crew 
About Me:

Retired and widower over the past 4+ years. Enjoy sailing and refitting "orphaned" sailboats and getting them on local lakes and bays. Current Staff Commodore of our local sailing club after four-terms as Commodore. Help run a US Sailing Beginning Sailing Program here with fellow Butte Sailing Club members. Love travel adventures, motorcycle touring, cooking and good food. My sailing companion sometimes is a big brown dog named KODA. Cheers!

Sailing Experience:
Sailing as owner and crew on California and Baja Coasts. (Baja Ha Ha in 2021) and a 56 foot yacht delivery from Portland Maine to Florida (2009). Owned an Islander 31 out of Long Beach with many sails/overnights at Catalina Island. Last season enjoyed discovering the California Delta with a boat moored at Own Harbor off the San Joaquin River. More recently training and sailing on "trailerable" sailboats with other members of our small but mighty sailing club. Enjoy sailboat restorations and refits to sail local bays and lakes. Currently refitting a 1995 Catalina 270 from stem to stern with plans to launch in 2024 on the California Delta, (Isleton).
Sailing Qualifications:

Skipper and racing of my own fixed keel craft somewhere between 5 - 7 sailboats. Skippered, Raced and crewed on a number of off-shore vessels on the east coast, west coast, Puget Sound, Mexico and Grenada.

Nautical Miles Logged:
No idea total, Baja HaHa was 850 miles from San Diego to Cabo San Lucas
Occupation:
Retired - 30+ years in financial software applications/technology
Home and family
Orientation:
Heterosexual 
Marital status:
Widowed 
Have Children:
Yes - flown the nest 
Lifestyle
Smoking:
Never 
Drinking:
Socially 
Social Setting:
Social butterfly, Comic relief 
Appearance
Body type:
Average 
Height:
5'8" - 5'11" (171 - 180cm) 
Eyes:
Blue 
Hair:
Gray/Silver 
Timeline activity
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Baloo added 3 pictures to the album More good times ahead!: