verner j canatsey

Male

casselberry

United States

Profile Information:

Profile Type:
Sailor
Homeport:
Sanford, FL
About Me:
I am a true crusty, old, sailor. I started sailing in 1970 but I've been on and around boats since I was about 6, so I have some feel for boating in general. I've had over a dozen boats including 2 I built myself ranging from 10' to about 27' both power and sail. I have sailed mono and multihull. I love sailing tall ships when I can find one. So far my best luck has been out on the left coast (California) I don't think we have a tall ship in Florida, at least I haven't found one yet.
Current location:
Orlando
Destinations visited:
All of the Caribbean, Mexico, Panama, Costa Rico, Bahama's, Okinawa, Taiwan, Canada, Alaska, Hawaii.
Looking to:
Sail more. Join me at my page on Multiply:

Comment Wall:

  • LOLA

    Thank you...Happy Sailing..

    Jul 13, 2008

  • Ralph Erickson

    Wow! You built a wheel helm for a CP 16/3? Sounds great! I love my CP 19. I had a CP 16 but the wife thought it was a bit too "tippy" (to me - tippy is fun!) but who am I to argue, so we got the 19! Enjoy!

    Jul 17, 2008

  • Jennifer Bond

    Hi Capt Jack!
    I have a smallish sailboat also. Mine is probably smaller than yours. I get on the St. Johns a lot! Just a 40 minute ride to Salt Springs that leads to St. Johns. Hope your new year is great!!!!! Jennifer

    Jan 3, 2009

  • zeehag

    wow---now you have me all excited i have ot go fix my bicycle and go to the store----you found my soft spot----olde beauties.....older than i am and far more beautiful!!!!! who can compete with the likes of the antique an dancient mariners---ships----some of the men....but all of the ships.......!!!!!

    Jan 13, 2009

  • ___/)ances With Sails

    Preshate the pics, capt.

    Jan 13, 2009

  • Jennifer Bond

    Salt Springs is north of Astor (Hwy. 40) on the St. Johns River. You have to go on Lake George to get there. I am not far from water, really. I have lakes less than 30 minutes away. Only they are gator infested. I am not close to the water I want to be on, the oceans!!! But I can get to either coast in about the same time. Go see the sun rise in the Atlantic, then drive a little bit, and see it set in the Gulf.

    Jan 14, 2009

  • verner j canatsey

    We've beenup to silver springs there West off lake George. A couple times. As a matter of fact we bought our pontoon boat at astor marina. So we've been up there several times. I'm father upstream (Sanford) and I to have gone from Sunrise to sunset. It's a beautiful thing about this state. I like sailing off Sanibel Island as my favorite spot. Don't really like the inter coastal that well. I do spend a lot of time on Lake Morroe. I've been berthed at all 3 marina's there (Sanford).

    Jan 14, 2009

  • ConchyJoe

    Hey you crusty old sailor, How are you?

    Jan 16, 2009

  • ConchyJoe

    Hey Jack,

    My website is still there but I have not done anything with it in a few years. I didn't get the activity I had hoped and couldn't get enough advertisers. I had to leave it up for a certain time to satisfy the advertisers I had signed. It ended up a break even thing, and I will most likely archive what is there and kill the web part and point the site to my personal site. But it was fun to play with, I learned A LOT, and I met a bunch of really wonderful people like yourself. Laurie and I are hoping that the economy will improve about the time Alex goes to college in four years, and we will go off on another adventure. We are currently researching the possibility of purhasing a 56 foot catamaran, and outfitting it for diving. It would give us the potential for 4 couples on board, and room for a compressor, tanks and such. As well as large enough diesels to get around when there is no wind, or on the nose wind. We will see!

    Jan 17, 2009

  • firstmate

    thanks for the warm welcome

    Jan 18, 2009