Daniel Stotesbery, SY Hindsight, Jeanneau 64, Atlantic Crossing Nov 2020, Relief Captain April 2022
After buying SY Hindsight, a 2015 Jeanneau 64, in the fall of 2020 I needed assistance from a professional captain to help me cross the Atlantic from the Canary Islands to Grenada. I brought Gaetan on as captain and he led me and three other crew on a 17 day 4hr journey. Like on any crossing things broke along the way, but Gaetan was always there with his famous line, “The aren’t any problems, only solutions”. He was able to find fixes, but also taught us along the way as to how and why he was doing things. The whole crew learned a ton from Gaetan as he was always there ready to help with any questions we had, and there were lots as 2 of the crew were not experienced sailors, which put even more demand on Gaetan’s time. He was always thinking of us and the boat, taking the helm during critical maneuvers and during the numerous squalls we encountered along the route. He always went above and beyond to keep his eye on everything. It was a pleasure to cross with and learn from him and he would be my first call if I were to do it again.
Two years later in 2022 when I put SY Hindsight on the market, I asked Gaetan to be my relief Captain for a few months as I had to go back to the states with my family in order to get settled back into land life. Though he didn’t have to take the boat anywhere he was the Gaetan I had grown to know. Over that time he went through the boat and made a lot of necessary fixes that helped it show as a top notch boat with minimal issues. This both increased the value and helped secure a quick sale at a market high price. He has extensive knowledge of the complex systems of a boat of our size and is the only person I would trust with my boat period, full stop. He gives his full heart and knowledge to any project he is on.