In the 1960s, Dominique Prinet worked as a commercial bush pilot in
the Canadian Arctic and High Arctic, navigating with an astro
compass since this was long before the GPS had been invented.
He holds a BASc from UBC and an MBA from McGill, and served asthe
Marketing VP for Nordair in Montréal and, later, for Canadian
Airlines in Vancouver.
He has sailed on the Indian Ocean out of Dar es Salaam and crossed
the North Atlantic, finding the island of Guadeloupe with his
faithful sextant. He has navigated the Mediterranean, the English
Channel, and sailed extensively along the Pacific Northwest.
Dominique Prinet is a former Power and Sail Instructor, certified
for all levels by Sail Canada and the International Sail and Power
Academy (ISPA). He was an Instructor-Evaluator for Sail Canada, has
taught boating out of Vancouver between 2000 and 2015, and has
delivered Transport Canada courses to professional mariners.
Dominique lives in Vancouver.
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