windled
Veteran Member
Hi all.
Just got my "new" 31C in September of 2013. So far I love the boat. It had a few issues which I have been happily rectifying. I love fixing and upgrading and knew some of these things would need to be done, so I'm not unhappy.
I have been boating since I was about 4. I've done most of the Power Squadron courses, radio operators course and certificate, and I did a week long cruise and learn. I then got certified and have taught the Canadian Yachting Association Basic and Advanced Coastal cruising for a few years in my past. I worked a winter in Maui on whale watching cats, and then taught CYA Cruise and Learn courses in Vancouver and on Great Slave Lake.
I have about 10,000 miles offshore doing deliveries of sail and power and am working on my captains license (USCG 6 pack probably with the Great Lakes endorsement), just for the fun of it. I've cruised Hawaii, Tonga, Great Slave Lake in the Canadian arctic, the BVIs, done a delivery over to Bermuda and then to the BVIs, done a Caracas, Venezuela to Acapulco (via the Panama Canal) delivery of a 61' Hatteras, delivered a 31 footer from the Turks and Caicos Islands to the Dominican Republic (during hurricane Mitch), and a few west coast of Mexico delivery trips as well. (Yo hablo espaniol).
I was a rabid sailor until I moved to the Ottawa, Canada area in 1999 and was doing a bit of casual boating on the Rideau system. I then opted, quite happily for the motoring cruising life.
I love being on a boat, on the water or anything similar. My wife is a former chef, learning the seafaring life. We've been married 27 years and have 2 kids: 21 year old film school grad working as a producer and an 19 year old in university.
I run an IT management consulting company and a film production company and have a cat.
We are looking at cruising the 31 on the Rideau canal system, Lake Ontario and the 1000 Islands for 3-4 years, then jumping up to something in the 43-48 foot range for some longer term cruising down the ICW, Bahamas and back to the Turks and Caicos.
Hope to see and meet you on the water and at a watering hole.
Dale
Just got my "new" 31C in September of 2013. So far I love the boat. It had a few issues which I have been happily rectifying. I love fixing and upgrading and knew some of these things would need to be done, so I'm not unhappy.
I have been boating since I was about 4. I've done most of the Power Squadron courses, radio operators course and certificate, and I did a week long cruise and learn. I then got certified and have taught the Canadian Yachting Association Basic and Advanced Coastal cruising for a few years in my past. I worked a winter in Maui on whale watching cats, and then taught CYA Cruise and Learn courses in Vancouver and on Great Slave Lake.
I have about 10,000 miles offshore doing deliveries of sail and power and am working on my captains license (USCG 6 pack probably with the Great Lakes endorsement), just for the fun of it. I've cruised Hawaii, Tonga, Great Slave Lake in the Canadian arctic, the BVIs, done a delivery over to Bermuda and then to the BVIs, done a Caracas, Venezuela to Acapulco (via the Panama Canal) delivery of a 61' Hatteras, delivered a 31 footer from the Turks and Caicos Islands to the Dominican Republic (during hurricane Mitch), and a few west coast of Mexico delivery trips as well. (Yo hablo espaniol).
I was a rabid sailor until I moved to the Ottawa, Canada area in 1999 and was doing a bit of casual boating on the Rideau system. I then opted, quite happily for the motoring cruising life.
I love being on a boat, on the water or anything similar. My wife is a former chef, learning the seafaring life. We've been married 27 years and have 2 kids: 21 year old film school grad working as a producer and an 19 year old in university.
I run an IT management consulting company and a film production company and have a cat.
We are looking at cruising the 31 on the Rideau canal system, Lake Ontario and the 1000 Islands for 3-4 years, then jumping up to something in the 43-48 foot range for some longer term cruising down the ICW, Bahamas and back to the Turks and Caicos.
Hope to see and meet you on the water and at a watering hole.
Dale
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