User:Michael Chard

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Age 68. Have been sailing for 20 years. Have RYA Day Skipper, Coastal Skipper and Yachtmaster Theory. Present boat is a Westerly Oceanlord which I have owned for 18 years. Previous to that I owned a Westerly Storm.

Have mainly cruised the south coast, channel isles and scilly isles when the boat was based in Plymouth. in 2000 sailed the boat from Plymouth to Gibralta and then along the coast to Agua Dulce near Almeria. Kept the boat there for 3 years then in 2003 sailed it via Sardinia, Sicily Italian mainland and then through the Straits of Messina to Sibari in Italy. Stayed there for 4 years and then sailed it round to Brindisi. In 2010 sailed to Preveza where it is now based in Cleopatra Marina.

Intention over the next few years is to continue exploring the Ionian.