Hi...
I'm new to this forum, but an old
salt sailor. I hold a 100 ton off shore CG
license for
power & sail. I have about 10,000
blue water miles, sailing mainly the
east coast and
Caribbean but have sailed the
west coast (SoCal and the San Juans in Washington) and
Hawaii.
I've done my share of
racing - the old Ft. Lauderdale -
Key West Race a bunch of times,
Key West Race Week (although not recently) and crewed on the SORC winner in '90 when they still had the ST. Pete -
Miami Race. Have done the Sol de Sol - St. Pete to Isla Mujeres, MX and
Antigua Race Week. Skippered a support
boat for Team
New Zealand at the '95 America's Cup in
San Diego.
My
boat - nothin' fancy - a
Hunter 34 that I bought for Lake Lanier in Atlanta and took to St. Pete a decade ago. She's at the Pasadena Yacht & Country Club in Gulfport, FL - between St. Pete and St. Pete Beach. Not the best boat for cruisn', but fine for extended weekend trips down the
Florida west coast. Although, we did take her to
Cuba in '94.
Cruise the FL west coast - St. Pete to the Keys - mostly these days.
Sailed to
Cuba in '94 - spent 2 weeks in Havana and a week along the NW coast. Most fantastic sailing trip I've ever had!
Haven't cruised a whole bunch the last 2-3 years. I bought a couple of horses and have a small farmette in NW
Georgia about 45 minutes NW of Atlanta. Also a house in Atlanta.
Single, unattached and ready to go cruisin' again. Also available for race crew and deliveries.
Mike Ventura
Atlanta, GA / St. Pete, FL
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