Captain Lou Boudreau

Captain Lou BoudreauRobert Louis (Lou) Boudreau, first went to sea when he was six months old aboard the famous 98-foot schooner Yankee. His father owned and sailed the schooner in the beautiful Bras D'Or Lakes of Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada. When Lou was a year ol the Boudreau's left Canada and voyaged south to warmer climes. Sailing out of Miami, Florida, they eventually ran their charter cruises in the West Indies. Lou spent his early childhood on the island of St. Lucia, sailing the Caribbean aboard such vessels as the 100 ft. schooner Doubloon and the 98 ft. Howard Chappelle designed Baltimore clipper Caribee, both owned by his father.The adventures under sail made a deep and lasting impression on young Lou. In 1968, at age 16, Lou joined the crew of the 135-foot Herreshoff schooner, Ramona, on a voyage to Nova Scotia, and following this, left school to follow the sea permanently. The young seafarer's apprenticeship saw him on some well-known sailing vessels including the 143 ft. schooner Bluenose II and the 137 ft. Herreshoff schooner Le Voyageur.Over the years, Captain Lou Boudreau has experienced the exciting and the terrifying. Through hurricanes, an attempted drug hijacking in the Bahamas and a shipboard fire during a storm off the African coast, he has led the adventurer's life. Read More Read Less

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