Qualifications
USCG Masters license: 100 Near Coastal, with Sailing & Towing Endorsements
ASA Instructor ratings in Basic Keel Boat, Coastal Cruising, Bareboat Charter, Coastal Navigation, Catamaran, Docking, Advanced Coastal.
Professional skipper for mono & multihull boats from 40′ to 60′.
65,000 nm offshore & near coastal.
8 transatlantic crossings on Outremers.
Numerous East Coast projects
Services
Instructor – ASA Courses: Basic Sailing, Basic Cruising and Bareboat Chartering, Navigation, Cruising Catamaran.
Assist new owners with equipment selection & outfitting of boats to ensure offshore safety, performance and livability.
Train & support owners with passage planning, weather routing, navigation and use of all on board technology & systems.
Develop live aboard routines and skills with new owners.
Skipper vessels on deliveries and cruising
Provision & menu plans for fresh, healthy on board meals.
Waters Sailed
North Atlantic Ocean
Mediterranean Sea
Coastal New England, New York
Eastern seaboard USA and the Intracoastal Waterway (ICW)
Lake Superior. Lake Michigan. Lake Huron.
Caribbean Sea
Languages
Fluent English & German, functional but not great French & Spanish
Vessel Ownership
Hallberg-Rassy 53’, Burr Bros. Marina, Marion, MA. 2011-13
Island Packet 40’ , Pikes Bay Marina, Bayfield, WI 2007-12
Catalina 27’, Jubilee Yacht Club, Beverly, MA. 1976-80 Sisu 22’, Crocketts Cove, Vinalhaven, ME. 2019-
Other
Published ‘The Spring Migration’ in Spring 2017 edition of Multihull Quarterly.
Presentations: ‘Preparing to go Offshore: the Vessel, the Voyage and the Crew’, ‘Sailing Performance Cats Offshore’. Keynoter at Great Lakes Cruising Club annual dinner: ‘Grit and Glamor on the High Seas’
Chartered 70’ Atlantic & sailed for one month in the Greek, Dodecanese island chain off the coast of Turkey. 2011
Organized the 2010 Island Packet Rendezvous on Lake Superior
Retired VP of the Amherst H. Wilder Foundation
Board member: Vinalhaven Land Trust, Lawrence History Center (honorary). Treasurer: Pleasant River Grange, Vinalhaven, ME
Tenor in a community choir, distance road biking, Brompton owner, yoga practitioner, relentless efforts at staying fit, reading maritime & historical non-fiction, knitting and listening to music, raising chickens & ducks.
References
- Hamish Brewer
- Jan Cluistra
- Mike Cox
- Stuart Eichner
- Mike & Mali Fournier
- Adam Friedlander
- Stephen Gray
- Paul Norton
- Marc Gordon & Carolyn Porter
- Kent Grimbeek
- Jay & Emily Hoffman
- Bobby Julien
- Kenny Lawrence
- Rick & Julie Palm
- Jørg Rosbach
- Guy Vise
- Maren & Matthias Wagener
- David Walsh
Captain Joan Gilmore, Owner of Sail Away Sailing School, LLC 612-871-8101 captainjoan@me.com
Contact: Claudia Dengler claudiadengler@me.com 207-200-1764