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Carien du Plooy
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- Profile Type:
- Sailor
- Homeport:
- London
- About Me:
- I've done two very exciting trips on monohulls. One from Trinidad in the Caribbean to San Diego, CA and the other more recently from Norfolk, VA to Jersey City, NJ.
I've worked on a privately owned luxury yacht for 18 months as a stewardess chartering in the Med and in the Caribbean.
I love the sea and am slowly starting my own path in sailing.
- Current location:
- London
- Destinations visited:
- Trinidad, Antigua, St Maarten, St Barth's, Panama, Costa Rica, Mexico, San Diego CA, Atlantic City Maryland, Various in the Med, mainly Cote D'Azur, Greece and Croatia.
- Looking to:
- Become a sailor in my own right with a future as far and as open as the sea.
I'm proud to say that I've just completed step 1 - "Competent Crew" sailing course. It was tremendous fun and I learnt a lot. Thanks to Colgate Offshore Sailing School at Liberty Landing!
On the verge of completing my Day Skipper theory, here in London via Elite Sailing. I can only say that I'm loving all the interesting new things to learn - navigation and tides and meteorology! All very gripping.
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Colgate's Basic Sailing
I'm busy studying the course material that the Offshore Sailing School has sent me. My course is on 22-24 April 2009. The initial basics I found quite easy. However, the further I get through the book, I find myself more and more relieved that I got the study material so long in advance. The detail they go into is extraordinary and I feel confident that I'm going to get the max out of this course and that my choice in sailing school was a very good one. The excitement for the possibilities that… Continue
Posted on November 19, 2008 at 8:26am — 2 Comments
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Yes the water gets very cold. There is heat aboard but I'll be seeing just how well it works!
When are you scheduled to take the classes?
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