shedloads

Profile Information
Gender:
Man 
Age:
75
Location:
Westcliff On Sea, Essex, United Kingdom
Here for:
Dating, Friendship, Crew 
About Me:

Reasonably sociable, quite fit (eg cycle about 75 miles per week) , I can navigate using all the various bits of equipment and of course gps - Including tidal and tidal stream calculations
Exquisite dancer, poetry in motion from the quickstep to ceroc stuff, one dance and you can never go back, superb cook, bread, cakes, did I mention the cycling? property owner, handyman, mathematician, published author, (all right, co-author, 'Validation Fundamentals' thrilling directions on how to validate medicines).
Used to all shipboard duties, keeping watch, mooring, casting off,, anchoring, unanchoring, hoisting sails lowering sails, cooking eating, etc etc. Im partial to the odd glass of red wine, 3,5,7,9, they're all odd, but never under sail,. Only when moored. Financially independent.

Sailing Experience:

Sailed around Southern English Coast, Brittany, and Biscay areas and the Med. Completed Day Skipper course in Mallorca. Sailed 39ft 'Independent Freedom' from Poole to Las Palmas and subsequently returned to Las Palmas for the ARC in November 2005, with two other crew, 23 days at sea to complete the Atlantic crossing to St Lucia. (not a single argument among the 3 of us!) Independent Freedom is written about in the book 'In my grandfathers wake'.

Many weekends across the Channel to France, Belgium, Holland par example...... (thats your actual French)

Recently on Dehler 41DS on many more enjoyable cross channel and Northern Brittany 3-4 day sails with Skipper and up to1 other crew.
I enjoy all aspects of sailing on yachts, rough or smooth.
Not quite as intrepid, but would like to sail again On voyage around the Iberian Peninsula about 5 years ago experienced 2 hurricanes, Biscay and Cadiz (Wind gusting over 75 knots) in 35ft catamaran. I DO NOT want to do that again, thanks.

Sailing Qualifications:

Day Skipper, a long time ago in the Med

Nautical Miles Logged:
Unknown
Occupation:
Retired
Home and family
Orientation:
Heterosexual 
Marital status:
Separated 
Have Children:
Yes - flown the nest 
Lifestyle
Smoking:
Never 
Drinking:
Socially 
Appearance
Body type:
Average 
Height:
5'8" - 5'11" (171 - 180cm) 
Eyes:
Green 
Hair:
Gray/Silver 
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