Jim Connors's Page

Profile Type:

Sailor

Homeport:

Spring City, TN

About Me:

I purchased a 30 yo Helms 24 about 18 months ago and have spent untold hours getting it back in shape. My girlfriend Lynne and I are looking forward to trailering it to the FLA east coast and hopefully sailing it to the Bahamas in March. I taught basic sailing in 1974, but have been out of sailing until now. I feel like a dinosaur getting up to date on all the new hi-tech navigation wizardry. I would be interested in traveling with a group of cruisers who are going to the Bahamas in the late March time frame.

Current location:

Watts Bar Lake, Spring City TN

Destinations visited:

Local areas on the lake between Watts Bar Dam and areas north. I have also sailed in the distant past in Annapolis, St Croix, Puerto Rico, and San Diego when I was in the Navy. I used rental boats from the military welfare and recreation shops when I could get liberty from the ship.

Looking to:

Trailer my boat to Patrick AFB, Canaveral, FL, then sail down the ICW to W Palm Beach. If all goes well, we'll sail out the inlet from Peanut Island park and then sail in the Bahamas and Abacos for a couple weeks in the late March-April 2009 time frame.