Personal Interests

Sailing : While in the Navy serving aboard ships I spent most of my time in the machinery spaces ( down the hole we called it) not giving too much interest in the navigational aspect except for learning the elements of the sea, after retirement an old navy friend approached me and introduced me to pleasure boating, he encouraged me to enroll in seamanship courses, (you have to learn the ropes first as the old saying goes), then after basic seamanship course I enrolled for further advanced courses up to Navigation, the certificate from the latter course qualified me to sail a boat away from shore with the use of navigational aids, like the sextant among other equipment. I went on about 5 seasons taking these courses with the well known Canadian Power Squadron. (

Dancing
A brief description of why I am interested in this ... ( at this time it is sufficient to say that dancing is a good form of training for the body and a great passtime).
to be edited at a later date.

An aircraft carrier similar to the one I once sailed , the HMCS Magnificent

(current activities)