Bare Boat Chartering
Bare Boat  Chartering:

Boat

Company

Duration

Sailing Area

When

Skipper

Beneteau 500

CYOA

10 Days

Virgin Islands

Nov. 1993

Yes

Beneteau 450

Moorings

10 Days

Fiji

Nov. 1996

Yes

Atlantic 49

GPSC

10 Days

Greece

Oct. 1997

Co-Skipper

Nautitech 395 Catamaran

VP

10 Days

Tahiti/Raiatea

May 1999

Yes

Venezia 42 Catamaran

Sunsail

10 Days

Grenadines

Feb. 2000

Yes

Sailing Courses:

Sailing School

Type

When

Length

American Sailing Association.

Basic Keel Boat Sailing

1996

2 Days

American Sailing Association

Basic Coastal Cruising

1996

2 Days

American Sailing Association

Bare Boat Chartering

1998

2 Days

American Sailing Association

Coastal Navigation

2000

 

Special Training:

Crewed two weeks in 1998 on a Sailing and Navigation Training Expedition on the Mahina Tiare,  a 46 feet Halberg Rassy (John Neal). The trip encompassed 1100 miles open ocean from Raratonga, Cook Islands to Pago Pago, American Samoa.  Received training in  Coastwise Piloting, Plotting and Navigation, Celestial Navigation, Safety at sea, Passage and weather planning, Making landfall, Reefing & sail handling, Priority & safety equipment, Anchoring and docking techniques, Use of navigational equipment including radar & GPS, Sail and rigging  maintenance. We also obtained heavy weather day & night sailing experience in a Force 8 gale.