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Captain Denis

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Last Activity: 06-03-2017 11:03

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25-02-2017 11:35
sanssouci

Still kicking and climbing the mast. Sure I remember, I would like to pick your brain about refitting in Cuba, please contact me.
Norman
75 Boundary Lane
(SansSouci location in Key West.)
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14-11-2016 14:27
DeepInIt

Hello Mr. Denis. My name is Matthew. I'm writing you because I see that you previously owned a DuFour 12000ct. Would like your honest opinion on this boat, and mainly am interested in the sailing performance you experienced. I'm looking at one that needs some work, and am trying to do my research before going after a boat I've never sailed on.
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About Me

About Captain Denis

Vessel Make/ model

Former owner of a Jeanneau Sun Fizz, a 41 ft sloop and a Dufour CT12000, a 45 ft ketch motorsailor

Vessel Name

La Vita Bruta & Aventura

Location

Cancun, Mexico

Occupation

Semi-retired captain, available for boat sitting, maintaining, supervising refitting, deliveries both motors and sails, ex-president of 2 national Canadian companies in the scientific areas.

Interests

Sailing, deep sea fishing, racquet ball, gourmet cooking

Biography

SERVICES ON OFFER: Boat sitting & Caretaking, Maintenance
Supervision over major refits
Delivery (power or sails)
FORMAL EDUCATION: B.Sc. Chemistry, North Carolina State University, Diploma: International Marketing, Univ. of Michigan
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: Ex-president of two national companies in Canada, Gelman Sciences Inc. and Easter Scientific Laboratories (Eslab) Inc.
LANGUAGES: English, Spanish and French
NAUTICAL QUALIFICATIONS: Ex U.S. Coast Guards licensed captain (6-pk) for vessels of up to 100 GRT, power or sails.
FCC Restricted Radiotelephone Operator Permit Holder.
Member of the French Sailing Federation. Category C Permit
NAUTICAL EXPERIENCE:
Two transatlantic crossings:
1st - Casablanca, Morocco to Pointe-à-Pître, Guadeloupe as owner/captain of La Vita Bruta, (a brand new 41 ft. sloop (Jeanneau Sun Fizz) participated in the La Transat des Alizés, a purist race (no engine propulsion). Placed fourth out of 21 participants in the same class.
2nd - Juan-les-Pins, France to Virgin Gorda, British Virgin Islands as owner/captain of the Aventura, a 45 ft. ketch (Dufour 12000CT motor sailor).
Sailing in different parts of the world: Greece, Turkey, Corsica, Northern Mediterranean, Balearic Islands, North Atlantic, Morocco, Canary Islands, Bermuda, California, Florida, Isla Mujeres (Mexico), Cuba, Belice, Rio Dulce (Guatemala), Lake Champlain, Canada, Australia, Venezuela, Cuba and ALL Caribbean islands including the Virgin Islands and the ABC islands. Crossing the Panama canal.
Involvement in the international nautical community sports fishing, luxury chartering, racing, care taking, refitting, and delivering ocean going vessels both sail and power. Examples:
52 tons steel sightseeing trawler; 40 ft. Luhr sports fisherman; 38 ft. Grand Banks trawler; 26 ft Shamrock Express; 50 ft. Cheoy Lee ketch; 53 ft. Amel Super Maramu ketch motor sailor; 45 ft. Dufour 12000CT ketch motor sailor; 40 ft. Hunter sloop; 41 ft. Jeanneau Sun Fizz sloop; 39 ft. Beneteau sloop; 26 ft. Hunter sloop.
More than 30 years of blue water off shore cruising.