isophase
Member
Well, time to say hello.
I'm a long-time sailor and sailing/navigation instructor (still active) from Hamilton, ON (Canada). Never actually owned a boat, being fairly successful at spending lots of time on others' boats for fun, teaching, and chartering. The near-term plan is to find an affordable two-cabin trawler suitable for cruising with my family (wife and two kids). This place has been a great resource starting research on that. Since we're both able to work remotely at least some of the time, we're looking at some summer cruising around Lake Ontario, Thousand Islands, Rideau Canal, Trent-Severn, Georgian Bay, and the North Channel.
In addition to lots of sailing boats from dinghies to 50', I've spent time on DeFever 41, Grand Banks 32/36, and Mainship 390, and PDQ 34 power cat. I enjoy teaching coastal navigation (reading/plotting on paper charts, trip planning, compass variation/deviation, GPS, visual pilotage), and am looking forward to filling in gaps in my knowledge around diesel engines and boat maintenance. I'm an electrical engineer and gadget guy so this could get fun & expensive fast.
Also, I have lots of experience (>20 weeks total) cruising the North Channel of Lake Huron on power and sail boats. I'll talk your ear off about it if you let me. So that's either something you're welcome to ask about, or something to avoid - your call.
Cheers,
Jeff
At anchor near Killarney, ON:
I'm a long-time sailor and sailing/navigation instructor (still active) from Hamilton, ON (Canada). Never actually owned a boat, being fairly successful at spending lots of time on others' boats for fun, teaching, and chartering. The near-term plan is to find an affordable two-cabin trawler suitable for cruising with my family (wife and two kids). This place has been a great resource starting research on that. Since we're both able to work remotely at least some of the time, we're looking at some summer cruising around Lake Ontario, Thousand Islands, Rideau Canal, Trent-Severn, Georgian Bay, and the North Channel.
In addition to lots of sailing boats from dinghies to 50', I've spent time on DeFever 41, Grand Banks 32/36, and Mainship 390, and PDQ 34 power cat. I enjoy teaching coastal navigation (reading/plotting on paper charts, trip planning, compass variation/deviation, GPS, visual pilotage), and am looking forward to filling in gaps in my knowledge around diesel engines and boat maintenance. I'm an electrical engineer and gadget guy so this could get fun & expensive fast.
Also, I have lots of experience (>20 weeks total) cruising the North Channel of Lake Huron on power and sail boats. I'll talk your ear off about it if you let me. So that's either something you're welcome to ask about, or something to avoid - your call.
Cheers,
Jeff
At anchor near Killarney, ON: