Gweilo
- Profile Information
- Gender:
- Man
- Age:
- 63
- Location:
- Plymouth, Devon, United Kingdom
- Here for:
- Friendship, Crew
- About Me:
-
I am a retired NHS doctor who in a former life spent time in the military which has left me able to see a funny side to just about everything albeit with a rather dark sense of homour!
A decent cook with a deep locker full of tumbleweed jokes I am very comfortable In, on or under the water! I am a Diver and Spearo as well as a Sailor.
Reasonably robust and luckily only sea sick twice in my life ( cape of good hope age 8 and after way too much red wine in Treguier !)
I am now on my "grey gap year" exploring places I have not visited as yet and while happy to travel solo its often fun to share these times with a kindred spirit. - Sailing Experience:
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I Learnt to sail age 7 in Hong Kong,
Owned my own Catamaran for 18 years. Now sold and I sail OPB's.
Lots of yacht racing ( fastnet, china sea race, Sidney Hobart, Caribbean 600, AZAB winner, Cowes and Dartmouth regattas regularly)
Former Finn sailor and oarsman when I was a young heavyweight.
I have delivered offshore UK to Antigua via canaries, cruised in the Caribbean, Mediterranean, South China Sea and From Panama to Tonga.
I am a qualified Diver and Yachtmaster and have reasonable engineering skills although electronics still baffle me at times - Sailing Qualifications:
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RYA Yachtmaster, VHF, Sea survival ISAF, ICC.
- Nautical Miles Logged:
- no Idea as I don't log them but well into the thousands.
- Occupation:
- Retired Doctor
- Home and family
- Orientation:
- Heterosexual
- Marital status:
- Divorced
- Have Children:
- Yes - flown the nest
- Lifestyle
- Smoking:
- Never
- Drinking:
- Socially
- Appearance
- Body type:
- Average
- Height:
- 6'0" - 6'3" (181 - 190cm)
- Eyes:
- Blue
- Hair:
- Gray/Silver
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