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Gender	Male
Industry	Engineering
Occupation	Retired
Location	Victoria, BC, Canada
Introduction	My interest in boats started around age 14, when I built a couple of small dinghies and sailed them on local waters. Arthur Ransome's "Swallows and Amazons" books had a huge influence on me. Life interrupted my sailing days, and it wasn't until I was 53 when my interest was rekindled after re-reading "Sailing Alone Around the World" by Joshua Slocum. Since then I've had a succession of craft, including a Montgomery 17, a Lancer 25, a San Juan 24, an Albin Vega 27, and my latest, a 30' Albin Ballad.
Interests	Sail Boats, Recumbent bikes, Electric vehicles, Energy efficient house building
Favorite movies	K-Pax, Avatar, Master and Commander
Favorite music	Govi, Mark Knopfler,
Favorite books	Sailing Stories by Joshua Slocum, Bernard Moitessier, the Pardeys, Arthur Ransome,