CURRENT MISSION

To learn the art of sailing in all its form.

ABOUT ME

What an adventure life can be. I grew up in Rio de Janeiro Brazil, where I began sailing, moved to South Africa aged 14, I worked for my dad in Johannesburg, building low cost housing in Soweto and other townships. After a try at colleg I took to traveling by sea in 2000. I hitched a lift on a Zebra painted sailing boat from Cape Town to Trinidad & Tobago where I worked in a few boat yards before getting a job on a super-yacht to Argentina. Then I joined another Super-Yacht in Fort Lauderdale to sail onto Cuba and Bahamas then on to the Mediterranean. Aftter working in this industry I Lived in Japan for a bit then to Southampton (U.K.) working in the boat yards. It was where I met 'Martella' the Whitbread-Maxi(an 80ft Racing-Yacht). With 2hrs to pack I joined the crew & sailed to Ireland where I still live. On the re-named 'Challenger' we broke the round Ireland speed record and raced in the U.K. Germany and Ireland for a year. Then I moved to Cork and took a job with a boat builder where a dream to start up a sailing school began taking shape. I became a mature student at the Maritime College where I got a Degree in Marine Engineering and did a Cadetship at sea aboard big ships. Once this was completed I proposed to the college to set up a sailing school. As I sit here surrounded by paper work I muse at the fact that we've just celebrated being open 1 year.

PHILOSOPHY

-An object will remain at rest or in conatant motion unless acted upon by an external force.
-For every action there is an equal but opposite force of reaction.
-Energy cannot be created or destroyed, only transfered.
This, I think, goes for everything; cars,planes,liquids,solids,waves,music,people,religion,god, the Universe... Did I already say everything?

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I'm very new to CS and hoping to go to my first meet-up soon.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I've had a few Couch Surfers stay so far, but for years people have been surfing my couch and I theirs. I'm just surprised I never thaught of a .com at the end of it... Nice one!

Interests

People, energy in all its forms and how to harness it, chess, Speaking 'dog' to dogs, Music the concept/structure/sound/history, Horse riding, Playing the guitar/jambee, flying,

• dogs
• arts
• flying
• yachting
• boating
• chess
• traveling
• cars
• music
• guitar
• surfing
• sailing
• engineering
• history
• religion

Music, Movies, and Books

I whish I had more time to read books, I liked Camus, Douglas Adams, Ludlum, Salman Rushdie and others.
Music my interests have turned back in time to old blues & jazz, Billie Holiday, Rev.GaryDavies etc. but I still like alot of stuff. More recently Música Popular Brasileira, Bosa Nova, Samba.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Built low-cost houses in Soweto.
Breaking the Round Ireland Speed Record in 2002(its been broken twice since but it felt good).

Teach, Learn, Share

I teach people everything to do with boats, big or small, and all aspects of them.
I learn from people all the time(just whish I could see it sooner).
I'm happy to share this with anyone.

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