Christopher Hope - Sailboats I've Enjoyed, Favorite Ancient Ships, & Three Whitbread Volvo 60 Races11/4/2020 Christopher Hope returned to the Shellback Club to speak in three sections: 1) Sailboats that I have enjoyed and you may have also enjoyed cruising or racing; 2) My favorite Ancient Ships, and 3) My Three Whitbread Volvo 60 Races. About Christopher Hope
In 1957 Christopher Hope learned to sail keel boats at the British Kiel Yacht Club in Germany while serving as a sapper* with the engineers in the British Army of the Rhine. He arrived in Canada in 1964 and has been a member of the RCYC for over 50 years. In the 1960’s Chris crewed on Sharks & larger boats. He has been involved with Tuesday & Thursday night race management. Chris is a competitive KONA, Hawaii wind surfer. Of a summer evening, you would see him surfing off the Toronto Windsurfing Club, where he is a member. With his late wife Mary, Chris chartered over nine times in 34 – 45’ mono hull sloops, mostly Beneteaus and Jeanneaus. These adventures took them to the Caribbean, the Bahamas, Australia, and New Zealand. Their first bare boat sailing trip was to the British Virgin Islands in 1978. Chris was certified as a Scuba diver in 1992. He is a high-altitude mountain hiker, a white-water wilderness canoeist, a snow boarder and since October, 2016, a blue water sailor.
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