Autor/-in: Dominique F Prinet

Dominique Prinet practiced navigation as a commercial pilot in the Canadian Arctic and High Arctic. A former Airline Transport Pilot, he celebrated his 70th birthday by obtaining his helicopter licence and flying another 100 hours. Dominique sailed across the Atlantic using a sextant, and navigated in the Mediterranean, the Indian Ocean, the English Channel, the Caribbean, along the West Coast of Canada and around Vancouver Island. He holds a BASc from UBC and an MBA from McGill, and was a VP at Canadian Airlines, in Vancouver. He went on to spend five years in Africa, managing and turning around Air Tanzania. He was an Instructor-Evaluator for Sail Canada, has taught boating out of Vancouver from 2000 to 2015, and has delivered many Transport Canada courses to professional mariners.