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  • 17 references 13 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English; learning French
  • 73, Male
  • Member since 2013
  • Sailing Skipper , Social Worker, Mechanic, Navigator, Ca...
  • University & Technical & Medical
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION
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Summer sailing..

https://www.bluewatercruising.org/

Education department

Find some empathic safe, travelling companions. Gulf Isles, Vancouver- Europe & South of US a..
Done Hawaii Camping, Gulf of Mexico. Panama through Costa Rica on sailboat Caribbean to pacific.. BVI & South.

ABOUT ME
West coast Sailing - and new travels

LIVED IN
. And take safe people on multi day voyages. ( no power tripping please)

PHILOSOPHY
Philosophy:
Nice talking to folks from all Social Strata. I like ideas-
We creatures need food, safety Shelter , social connection. But humans live a traumatic life, sigh.. Please no more attacking or criticizing others . ( all religions gave the Golden Rule as their basic sponsoring thought)

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING -
take em sailing.. meetup
Experience the way other people see their world.

I connect with a variety of People in BC, and world wide. I am involved in many projects.

CS EXPERIENCE:
in Chile, met several CS people, travelled the great motorcycle tour.

PAST TRAVEL: Hitch & walk Across Canada,

Interests

I have taken disabled people sailing. I am usually training or giving sailing experience to women sailors, because there are too many abusive & narcissistic male skippers in the Sailing community. I do provide safe "alcohol free" and "yelling free" sailing environments.
www.funvancouver.ca (discovery Sailing Club - large site - teaching pages. )

  • swing dancing
  • motorcycles
  • music
  • sailing
  • psychology
  • canoe

Music, Movies, and Books

Harp Flute , Folk, Irish, good Old Rock n Roll, blues, SWING DANCE

I Don't watch movies, they are too often creating "the Spectacle Mentality" that robs society of creativity, critical thinking, & Free Will.. And movies give too many lessons on being violent.

To be onLine and Zoom is causing loneliness and many kinds of harm . To have been abused or spanked as a child, lectured and blamed creates a Multi-Personality adult. In the sailing on the bigger sailboats a connection and healing can be formed - as long as there is no blaming and no yelling. So the ability to heal traumas and create Mental Health is the normal human social life. On Screen find: https://www.livewithacl.org/what-we-do/

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Motorcycle across Canada, and the Astraea Cetal in Chilli and up through Argentina.
Been around Cape Horn & Falkland Isles ( in the small Cruise ship )
Sailboat in winter during the Pandemic, with atmospheric Rivers blasting floods, roads washed out, up From Vancouver to Prince Rupert. ( Carib and the Med are very relaxing. Good swimming but HAVE NO SEA LIFE ! The Pacific NW is the last place on the planet with a natural healthy ocean, BTW.
But hey, looking for more fun? Try it in Hurricanes. )

Teach, Learn, Share

water sports, mechanic repairs, Sailing Experiences - on the local west coast, Vancouver , the islands, around Vancouver Island & Up toward Alaska. www.bluerosesailing.ca

What I Can Share with Hosts

I fix a few things around the house. . Sociology & Narrative Therapy, trauma recovery counselling.

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Chile, Costa Rica, Mexico, Panama, United States, Uruguay

Countries I’ve Lived In

Canada, United States

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