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Kenton Kenton is offline

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Last Activity: 13-02-2018 21:06

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  • About Kenton
    Vessel Make/ model
    Only a 17’ South African Paddleyak now.
    Vessel Name
    p/v The Kayak
    Location
    Weston FL, Boulder, CO
    Occupation
    Director for International Development, InterNACHI (trade assoc. for pre-purchase home inspectors)/ writer/video producer
    Interests
    Sport & target whip cracking, mushroom hunting (not THAT kind!), set building, ocean fishing
    Biography
    I'm looking at an opportunity to a (partially) sponsored circumnavigation on a cat, departing about two years from now (“now is Feb. 2018), so I'm starting to do my due diligence.

    I'm 65 yrs. old and in excellent physical condition.
    My sailing experience is limited to sailing a Westsail 32 and a 32' Alden Choy Lee in the 70's and early 80's in southern CA. Mid 80s through 90s I owned a Pacific City dory and spent quite a bit of time around the Channel Islands. It also includes a lot of reading due to a lifelong interest in sailing (starting with Voyage of the Dove), Just finished Fatty Goodlanders “Buy, Outfit and Sail…” and am now going through Nigel Calder’s Boatowner’s Mechanical and Electrical Manual”. I have 19 seminars next week at the Miami Boat Show.

    So I think have a pretty good general idea of what's required to make this happen successfully.

    But... After living in CO for the past 25 years I don't know anyone who has cruised, and am faced with planning everything alone (I will not be single-handing) at this point, "this point" being early in the process.

    To develop sailing skills and in learning how to select a boat, everything I read suggests sailing on as many boats as possible in all kinds of weather. Since I don't know anyone who owns a cruising cat, and am not now connected to the cruising community, this is my opening attempt at doing that.

    I'm in Weston FL, right between Miami and Ft. Lauderdale, and there are cats all over the place, but the vast majority are docked at broker's, at closed marinas, or behind someone's house on a canal.

    The Miami Boat Show starts in a week, and I'm signed up for all 5 days, but by posting here, I'm trying to improve my chances of meeting and talking with people with cat cruising experience who might be able to answer some of the many questions I have about planning this type of endeavor.

    The internet has a lot of information, but a lot of it is old or biased and I don't think internet research is a good substitute for talking with people who know what they're talking about through direct experience.

    Please feel free to PM me and we can exchange contact info. -Kenton

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