I am recently retired(2008) after 30 years in the semiconductor industry. After being retired for 2 months, I don’t know how I ever had time to work. Of course, some of that has to do with getting a new boat ready to do the Singlehanded Transpac.

After growing up in Maryland, now you see where the name Chesapeake came from, I went to Iowa State University and received a BS in Chemistry. After that I moved west to California to get my Ph. D, in Chemistry from UC Berkeley. While a grad student I took my first sail boat ride at the Cal Sailing Club over 35 years ago. That was the beginning of my sailing addiction. After racing in the bay and ocean for a few years, I borrowed a Yankee 30 to do my first Singlehanded Farallons over 25 years ago. By some chance I finished first overall on corrected time and that started a love affair with short handed racing. My goal some became to do the Singlehanded Transpac. I bought a Merit 25 Chesapeake and did the Singlehanded Transpac in 1986. This was definitely one of those landmark events in life.

As is common with many people who sail I share the dream of doing long distance cruising. The Merit 25 that I have owned since 1984 is not the ideal boat for cruising, even though I estimate that I have about 25,000 miles on the boat, so I started the search for a cruising boat and made the decision to buy the Schumacher designed Outbound 46. From the beginning I planned on doing the Singlehanded Transpac on my next boat after the Merit. It should be a good shakedown prior to going cruising.

After completion of the Transpac, I will sail the boat back to the Bay by way of the San Juan Islands. After fixing everything that is broken, I will head out the Gate and turn left looking for warm water.