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Water skiing come next as well as taking up hang gliding and a couple of years later started a water ski school and performed water ski shows on weekends at resorts and
public water front parks throughout the Kawarthas, Haliburton and Muskoka.
After college, as a change of pace and again for more knowledge, Richard refinished a personal project of restoring his 36 foot, 1954 Chris Craft Corvette that he had purchased from an estate of the original owner. This beautiful classic won several local Classic Boat Shows before finally selling her to a banker from the US.
After returning to Ontario, Captain's Choice Marine was opened to offer clients years of marine experience and knowledge gained over the last 25 or so years to realize their dreams of owning a boat of their own.
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Water and boats have been a life long fascination for Richard since birth and to this day. Starting with his first time purchase of a 16' Peterborough runabout, which he replaced the transom and totally refinished the varnish bright work and then immediately sold it and purchased a 16' damaged fiberglass bow rider. After the damage was repaired, repainting was in order and finally the seating was redone. It was obvious that the marine trade, for a teenager, had become a source of income. 
During the late 70s and 80's and 90's, Richard developed business of repairing and rigging ski boats, bass boats and small racing boats and then finally moving onto bigger vessels. While taking a Marine Technology course at Georgian College for three years, in which he graduated with an Honour's Diploma, Richard worked part time for a boating facility that specialized in off shore power boats for more experience with advanced engine building and rigging. 
For the next three seasons, Richard and his wife moved to the British Virgin Islands and professionally chartered a Catamaran for a world famous charter company and had the opportunity to visit most of the Caribbean Islands as well as meeting some very interesting people, who even today keep in touch via email. They have appeared on several TV shows such as Canadian Sport Fishing with Henry and Italo and been featured in travel articles for Conte Nast Travel magazine. They also competed in Foxy's Wooden Boat Regatta in 1999 and won their class in a borrowed sail boat with a friend from Canada.
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