Gary Gould |
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My boating experience began as a teenager working on fishing boats
at Manasquan, NJ. I joined the U.S. Coast Guard and served two years
on a weather ship stationed in Staten Island, NY. My sailing experience
began when I joined the Newport Sailing Club in Newport Beach, CA
in the early 80's. After my kids moved out on their own, I bought
an Islander 36, Pakele. I lived on her with the intention of going
cruising, then I met my second wife who shared my same desire. We
dropped the dock lines in 1999.The cruise wound up being a circumnavigation
via South Africa. We left Pakele in Austria after two years of cruising
the South Pacific. My wife decided not to continue. With the exceptions
of friends meeting me in the Caribbean and Chesapeake Bay, the rest
of the circumnavigation was singlehanded. I completed it in February
2007.I haven't done any ocean racing, so this will be a new experience
for me. I have always enjoyed sailing and I look forward to sailing
Pakele competitively. | |||||