Hi there,
I am a 55 yo white female with plenty of sailing experience. I crewed from
Fort Lauderdale to
England in 1987. Actually, I started out on a
boat from Ft. Lauderdale to
Spain, but we were
lost at sea for 15 days (I have stories) so I jumped ship in
Bermuda and got on a great
boat for a slick run to the
Azores and then
England. I have run out of
water,
food and lived through a really rough north Atlantic storm (my job was to run the boomed out
jib into a cleat on the foredeck in forty foot swells). I have also sailed through
Indonesia and the
Greek Islands. Scariest of all of course were the weekend
sails in
New York harbor, where every 4th of July, someone T-bones another guy, or ends up as a
hood ornament on a
cruise ship.
I spent last
winter on land in
Mexico. I basically stayed in a screened in palapa, with an attached tent. After years in suburbia, I did that trip as a test, to see if I could still manage. I could. I drove from
New Jersey to
Mexico...alone...wouldn't try that again...and ended up looking after a friend's
dogs on a very isolated piece of beach near Mahuhaul, close to the southernmost part of North America. I also travelled to
Belize and
Cuba.
I am well travelled, a good cook and a great storyteller. I am active and love
SCUBA. Broke a knee skiing two years ago and have no interest in doing that again. I have been trying to sell my house and am sick of living in a museum, while I wait for a buyer.
Let me know if you want me to contact you directly.