Hi Joe,
I am very interested in
crewing on Sun Dog from
Florida to
Honduras.
I just arrived in Ft. Myers this evening. I know you are not looking for crew until shortly after the first of the year but I thought I would drop you a message since we are both in the Ft. Myers area.
I've recently returned from 4 years of winning hearts and minds in Afghanistan and am currently taking a sabbatical with the goal of spending as much time on the
water as possible. I have just wrapped up two weeks of sailing J24s on
San Francisco Bay and flew to Florida several days ago to see what the sailing scene was like here. I'm flying back to the midwest on Tuesday, Dec. 20th to spend
Christmas with my
family. I'm completely free between Dec. 26th - Jan. 28th.
I crewed twice before starting my Afghanistan adventure -
New York City to
North Carolina in December 2005 and from
Key West to
Sarasota in 2006. I enjoyed both trips and will forever remember seeing the snow fall as we sailed down the
New Jersey coast.
I've visited
Belize,
Nicaragua, Honduras and
Costa Rica before but I'm afraid I don't speak much Spanish.
Please send me an
email if you would like to meet while we are both in the Ft. Myers area. I am going
fishing on Friday but should be available Friday evening or anytime over the weekend. I also have a rental car and would be happy to give you a ride to the grocery store, West
Marine, etc. I'm also ready to help you with any boat chores you have between now and Tuesday. (I've read a lot about sailors helping other sailors and would like to do my part).
A few other random bits of information:
37 years old. 6'00". 190 lbs.
Peace Corps Volunteer in West
Africa 1999-2002.
Financially stable.
Non-smoker and occasional drinker (never on the water)
MBA degree (don't know what it's worth really)
Well-worn U.S. passport with a few empty pages in the back
Single but attached - girlfriend is working in Afghanistan until August 2012.
Please feel free to get in touch if you would like to meet up Friday evening or over the weekend.
Best,
Jon