He learned to sail as a child on an Optimist, where he had a short (and lousy) competitive career. After an almost ascetic education in literature, cinema, and philosophy, he pondered the meaning of life and the sacred fire of sailing was ignited within him. He has sailed among dolphins, whales, and pilot whales along the Atlantic coasts of Brittany and Uk, has crossed the North Atlantic E-W and traversed the Mediterranean in every direction, but Greece remains his chosen destination to quench his thirst for wonder and adventure. After living in beautiful Marseille, where, between a pastis and a regatta, he became a sailing instructor, he is ready to seize every good opportunity to set sail and explore the deep blue waters of the globe. He is always in the quest for a metastable equilibrium between sailing and his thousand passions.