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Crew Profile:
Christian J. Lambertsen
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Chris was born and raised in Philadelphia, spending summers in Woods Hole
on Cape Cod and later in Annapolis and the Eastern Shore of the
Chesapeake, near St. Michaels.
Boating officially began when he was 5
with family outings on a Cape Cod knockabout. When he thought he had
mastered the routine (little did he know), he refitted a flat bottom
wooden rowboat with an oar-mast and a bed sheet sail, and, with the wind,
took off across Walquoit bay.
Possibly by pure chance, but probably under advice from his father, he had
taken a spare oar, and made it back to the dock under paddle, thoroughly
excited about downwind sailing, but still a bit at odds with how to rig
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Later, summers were spent as “1st mate” at the age of 12 on the
family’s Alden Yawl, first in the far reaches of the Chesapeake, and
then as far as Maine with the clan and friends.
Through school and college, he joined the crew of Proton II for as many
weekend Bay races out of the Severn and Annapolis as he could afford.
There was the inevitable chartering in the Caribbean even at this stage,
when the Caribbean was still young and fresh.
After college, he again joined Proton II for a Bermuda race and to sail on
to Cork, Ireland, and then to Cowes for race week. After living and
studying in England for two years, he returned to Philadelphia for his
medical degree. Afterwards he moved to California for further
training and to practice medicine.
For stress relief during medical training, he converted a scrapped WWII
rescue boat into a fishing boat for the Sacramento River and San Francisco
Bay. This was also a time of chartering and Caribbean adventures. |
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Finally, Chris and his soul mate and co-captain, Jackie, have chartered
the Caribbean extensively.
Together they have owned a C&C 35 (a rocket ship), an Alan Wright 65 (the
classic circumnavigator), and a sundry of other dinks and bateaus.
They now cruise full time and hope …at least Chris does…to take the Alan
Wright 65 home to its birthplace in New Zealand for a visit, at least, on
the way around again.
Offerings to King Neptune are given regularly. |
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US Coast Guard License: |
1042255; USCG 100 Ton Master, Inspected Vessels, Near Coastal
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Boats owned:
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Celebrity 19’ Dutch built sloop
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Alden
42’ Yawl
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C&C 35’ sloop
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Alan Wright designed , custom 65’ Pilot house Ketch
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Sailing grounds as captain:
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| Chesapeake
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| Caribbean
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| East Coast US
from Maine to Florida |
| The Azores |
| Spain |
| Portugal
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| The Baleares |
| Sardinia |
| Corsica |
| Gibraltar |
| The Canary Islands |
| Trans-Atlantic
Crossings |
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Charters as captain: |
| American Virgin
Islands |
| British Virgin
Inslands |
| Antigua |
| Saint Lucia |
| St. Martin
through Martinique |
| Abacos in
Bahamas |
| Honduras |
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| Deliveries and Training: |
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| 1970 |
Bermuda race and
Transatlantic passage: Newport-Bermuda-Ireland-UK.
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| July, 2000
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Delivery of AMEL 48, Fajardo, Puerto Rico, to Charleston, SC |
| June, 2001 |
Delivery 65’ Ketch,
Beaufort, NC, to Mt Desert Island, Maine |
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Sept, 2001 |
Delivery 65’
Ketch, Portland, Maine to Wilmington, NC |
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May, 2002
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Train the owners week, Enya, NZ
65 Sloop: Southport, NC, to Wrightsville Beach, NC |
| Dec, 2002 |
Delivery 48 custom Racer,
Beaufort, NC, to Wilmington, NC |
| April, 2003
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Delivery 65’ Ketch, Fort
Lauderdale, FL, to Wilmington, NC |
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June, 2003 |
Trans-Atlantic
crossing, Beaufort, NC, to Flores, The Azores |
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July-August, 2003 |
Cruising The
Azores |
| September, 2003 |
Cruising the Rias in Galicia, northwest Spain |
| October, 2003 |
Cruising Portugal |
| June, 2004 |
Cruising The Baleares |
| July, 2004 |
Cruising Sardinia |
| August, 2004 |
Cruising Corsica |
| September, 2004 |
Cruising the Costa Del Sol, Southern Spain |
| November, 2004 |
Cruising the Canary Islands |
| December, 2004 |
Trans-Atlantic crossing, Tenerife to Antigua |
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