Any Ladies Looking for Sailing & Romance?

Normally, we avoid matchmaking like the plague, but every 30 years or so we give it a try. This is one of those times.

Marc Hachey, 54, of Auburn has been cruising his Peterson 44 Sea Angel for about six months a year for eight years now. He started on the West Coast, did Mexico and Central America, and more recently has been doing the Caribbean and the Northeast U.S. Some of the time he’s had crew, other times he’s made very difficult passages – eastward across the Caribbean, for example – singlehanded. So he knows what he’s doing on a boat.

We swam out to Sea Angel the other day and found it very lady friendly. In other words, it was very clean, and everything was in its place. Marc is no slobbo. Marc likes to sail ‘clean’, too, meaning his solar panels and wind generator provide him with all the juice he needs to run his refrig/freezer, radios, watermaker and so forth. He’s got a nice Carib dinghy, too, with a Yamaha 15 hp outboard. Both are typically in excellent condition.

We brought Marc along for the Around the Island Race aboard the 130-ft schooner Altair, and he acquitted himself well. He displayed all the social graces, and was an energetic and helpful crew. He would be welcomed back any time.

Marc is in terrific physical shape, as hiking is one of his other passions. In fact, he took off for the Windwards yesterday because those islands offer the highest peaks in the region. As such, he’s looking for a woman who shares his interest in physical activities and good health.

A retired contractor who built his own home in Auburn, Marc’s more than solvent, but prefers the simple, healthy, active life. He enjoys a beer or cocktail, but would never let drinking interfere with his healthy lifestyle.

That’s Marc as we know him, although naturally any of you ladies who might be interested would have to do your own vetting. And if you want another look at him, check out Changes in the current issue of Latitude. We naturally guarantee nothing, but if you want to contact him, email us and we’ll forward your note.