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Bob is an experienced offshore sailor. He has held a USCG Master’s License for power and sail since 1985. Before joining Edwards Yacht Sales, he operated his own company as a delivery skipper, combining yacht deliveries and offshore sailing instruction. He is a consummate passage planner, mechanic, navigator, sail trimmer, radioman and chef. Bob has sailed all kinds and sizes of sailboats from boats as small as a Pacific Seacraft 28 sloop, to as large as a Palmer Johnson Custom 85 Ketch. He has raced and cruised extensively. He crewed on a 4,400 nm Trans-Atlantic race in 1987, sailing aboard a 42’ footer, from Belgium to New Jersey, finishing third. With all his time at the helm, sailing on hundreds of extended coastal and offshore passages, teaching offshore skills, Bob has accumulated over 150,000 nm at sea. He has experienced about everything that can possibly happen at sea and is a real resource for knowledge and solutions.
Having made so many passages to foreign and domestic ports, Bob has developed friends and clients all over the USA and Caribbean. His favorite islands he readily admits are Jamaica, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Grenada, and St. Lucia. He can tell riveting stories for hours. Bob believes strongly in the need to be prepared, to know thoroughly any boat you plan to take to sea, all it’s systems, each crew member, planning the route carefully and staying “ahead” of the weather. With this level of attention to detail Bob has demonstrated over and over his ability to take any boat, anywhere, in any weather. You will enjoy meeting and working with Bob. He brings a high level of professionalism and personal attention to all his relationships and transactions. You can be assured that he will take the same high level of personal interest and attention to your situation, whether it’s helping you find your perfect boat or helping you find a new owner for your present boat.
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