This should be fun! Sailing through the Caribbean to Ft Lauderdale in hurricane season.

Live simply. Love generously. Care deeply. Speak kindly.

Mildly intelligent, 52, self employed, enjoy weekends away, messing about in boats, good red wine, dinners in or out, socially presentable and looks that won't scare your dog.

I am a man who likes to kiss slowly, forgive quickly, laugh easily, love tenderly and embrace all that life has to offer. I love the outdoors, nature, the sea and mountains. I have an inner peace and relish life.

I believe passion is probably one of the most important dimensions of the human composition - without that we are left without those dreams and aspirations that keep us going.

No rush, no criminal record, not desperate, house trained, can cook!!!!!!!!!!!!

Some keywords : Travel, surprises, music, books, last minute plans, open mind, photography, anti-planner, craziness, spontaneity, sharing, simplicity, respect, flip flops, down to earth, fantasy, casual, awareness.

Most of the time, I don't take myself very seriously. Most of the time, you shouldn't, either.

Currently sailing from Cape Town to St Maarten DWI.

When I am not looking for you .......

I deliver sailing yachts from Cape Town South Africa to the USA.

In my kitchen I have a mortar and pestle, pots and pans so heavy I am developing really great muscle definition in my arms.

and words ......... written and whispered .... (;-))

Manners!

Chivalry is dead and you killed it, ladies

I'm not shy about telling you all that I passionately believe manners are the glue of society, the thin line that keeps us all from going ape you-know-what on each other in social settings and public arenas.

Not that that line isn't fraying.

If you've stood in line at any supermarket for any length of time or taken a ride on public transportation, it's like being on the frontlines of how dismally bad manners have really gotten.

For some reason - I don't know if it's global warming or the pull of the moon or what it is - but people have absolutely abandoned good, sound, traditional act-rightness.

And that lack of decorum has bungled the dating scene. Like it wasn't already like walking through a dog park with no clean-up laws in the first place.

I'm as hip and trendy as the next fun-loving guy, but I'm super old-school when it comes to the application of manners.

Feminist agenda be darned:

I believe that men should walk on the side closest to the street, that they should pull out women's chairs when they sit down at tables, and - for the love of all that's even remotely cool - that they shouldn't let the door crush any part of a womans anatomy.

I believe being a gentleman is still one of the sexiest qualities a guy can possess.

A wok
A good laugh
A sextant
A smile
A chart
and well .... that is none of your business (:-))) ...maybe!

What if the Hokey Pokey is all that it is about?

Where are you?

There is no typical day .... Friday or not!

Now THAT would take some telling .....

You are one in a billion, a scarey point zero zero percentile ....

You are: Sexy, smart, fit, fun, beautiful, kind, compassionate, intelligent, witty, wonderful, giving, generous, self-assured, modest, humble, outgoing, shy .. I don't think that's too much to ask .. (:-D

A girl's got to have ... a sense of style, the ability to run in heels, a spark in her eye, and a killer smile.

Outgoing, possibly artistic, reasonably social, maybe a little crazy, into travel to trashy places, good red wine, a little home entertainment with friends, weekends away.

It would be nice if you have a head with eyes and a mouth and ears attached to it. Throw in humor and the ability to change my tyre - well not mine; the car's - and you're halfway there already...

Someone normal, respectful, stable, transparent and consistent in thinking and behavior. Someone who has a curiosity about the world and a joyful passion for life.

I hate it when people are "DROP DEAD GORGEOUS" on the outside and "DROP DEAD GARBAGE" on the inside.

So what's next? ... the melding of two interesting lives?