Guests love John and Joanne.
Some have returned for
a 4th charter in 4 years!
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Owner-operators
John & Joanne Van Strien have logged 105,000 miles on "Western Grace"
in British Columbia, Mexico, California, El Salvador, Costa Rica, Alaska,
Hawaii and French Polynesia. They
both were born, raised and educated in Holland. By
age 9, John was going to sea on his uncle's North Sea trawlers on summer holidays.
John completed a two year nautical college program at Oranje Nassua in Delfzyl,
then logged 60,000 miles as crew on a Baltic Sea ship. After time ashore in Holland,
they moved to British Columbia, Canada, and founded a sailing bareboat charter
and sailing school, which they sold before building Western Grace.
| John's
certifications: - Canadian
Yachting Association (CYA) Basic Sail
- CYA
Basic Power Boat
- CYA
Intermediate Sail
- CYA
Intermediate Power Boat
- CYA
Coastal navigation
- CYA
Advanced
- Restricted
Radio operators certificate
- First
Aid Marine
- Medi
A-1 Ticket
| Joanne's
certifications: - CYA
Basic Sail
- Restricted
Radio operators certificate
- First
Aid Marine
- Medi
A-1 Ticket
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