Yacht Delivery Captain John C. Diel
John C. Diel John Capt'n Sonny Diel
USCG Captain # 1511603 (over 20 years)
Over 40 years of Sailing
FCC Tech / General KC8YWP 40,000 Great Lake miles 15,000 open ocean miles. 2004 BVI to Bermuda (4th Place) "Crown Royal" Beneteau 512004 Bermuda to Hampton "Crown Royal" Beneteau 512006 Fort Lauderdale to St Thomas ,non stop "Soarcia" John Gaul2007 Hampton to BVI Carib 1500 (2nd Place Over All) "Didi Mai" Gordon Johnson Beneteau 422008 Bermuda to Annapolis, double handed "LaBella Mae II" Cabo Rico 442008 Lake Superior to Hampton Va "Crown Royal" Beneteau 512008 Hampton Va to BVI Carib 1500 "Wanderlust II" Mike Harker Hunter 49
2009 BVI Carib to Hampton VA "Didi Mai" Gordon Johnson Beneteau 42
2009 Marsh Harbor Bahamas to Antigua "Sweetest Thing" Steve Stickler Fountaine Pajot 48
2010 Antigua to Bahamas "Sweetest Thing" Steve Stickler Fountaine Pajot 48
2010 Bahamas to Maryland "Sweetest Thing" Steve Stickler Fountaine Pajot 48
2010 "Free Rein" Maryland to St. Simmons Alex Branch Jeanneau DS 54
2011 "Free Rein" St. Simmons to Newport Alex Branch Jeanneau DS 54
2012 Puerto Rico to Fort Myers Island Packet 45 Jon Jacobs
2012 "Serendipity" Port Sanilac to Chicago Hunter 42
2012 Port Sanilac to Saugatuck Viking 44 Mike Deady
2012 Black Rose Gozard 41 Hampton to BVI Otto Bulk
December 2013 |
Hylas 46 |
United States/United States |
400 Captain |
4 |
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January 2014 |
Hylas 46 |
United States/United States |
400 Captain |
4 |
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May 2014 |
BRISTOL CHANNEL |
United States/United States |
620 Captain |
2 |
Independent |
Currently own a Beneteau 510 "Crown Royal"
John C. Diel
76 - 92 Elect. Eng.
92 - 99 Builder
99 - 06 Mang. Youth Rehab
02-Pres Icom, Raymarine Sales
I have owned a sailboat since 1976
Captain Two
Dennis S.:
Degree in mechanical engineering and worked for 30 years for General Motors. Owned a sailboat since 1980 and have 30,000 Great Lake miles, 1500 ocean coastal miles and 10,000 open ocean
1996 Marathon, Fl. to Charleston SC, riding the Gulf Steam
1998 BVI to Newport RI , hand steering all the way with a crew of 3
2006 Fort Lauderdale to St Thomas ,non stop
2008 St Thomas to Fort Myers Beach, FL, with stops along the way
2008 Bermuda to Annapolis, double handed
2008 Lake Superior to Hampton Va
2008 Hampton Va to BVI Carib 1500
2010 "Free Rein" Maryland to St. Simmons Alex Branch Jeanneau DS 54
2011 "Free Rein" St. Simmons to Newport Alex Branch Jeanneau DS 54
2012 Puerto Rico to Fort Myers Island Packet 45 Jon Jacobs
2012 "Serendipity" Port Sanilac to Chicago Hunter 42
2012 Annopplis to Newport
2012 Black Rose Gozard 41 Hampton to BVI Otto Bulk
December 2013 |
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United States/United States |
400 Captain |
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January 2014 |
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A little bit about myself, my interests and my plans.
In 2004 my wife and myself left Lake Huron and have sailed our way out to Maine
and will be heading to Florida at the end of next summer. We sail an Island Packet 35
named Tranquility ".