poppy37

Semi-retired, location-independent academic (eh?) planning to live on-board and explore where the whim takes us. This would be a lot more fun with a sailing partner! Non-romantically-involved crew also welcome. Since I grew up with two sisters, I'm well adjusted and have plenty of female 'just friends', so no weird pressure from me on board.

Outside sailing I enjoy lots of water and mountain sports - the common element is travelling through nature/wilderness, whether by sea-kayak, paraglider, foot, backcountry ski or mountain-bike. I read a lot, write the occasional article and take lots of photographs. Big on nature, environment etc. and much happier at anchor than in the caravan-park world of marinas.

I'm English, by the way, despite having a house in Scotland and poking around Ireland these past couple of years. Pleased to have my irish passport these days though (thanks Grandad). Lived in France for 10 years, so fluent in French and used to non-Anglo ways of looking at the world.

I've spent the last two summers living aboard, poking around the SW UK, across to Ireland via Scilly and then cruising the southern Irish coast. Boat is now tucked up the Shannon for winter & I need to decide where we're going next year, probably mostly depending how well Europe has dug itself out the virus mess by then. Ultimately planning to wander much further afield, but leaving that planning to when the world returns to something resembling normal.