Objective
Partime (3 - 4 months) work globally, or
Fulltime in NC area.
Experience
Summary: 35 years blue-water as Captain or Mate. Two circumnavigations - 90,000+ nms offshore - experience in all aspects of Operations, Manuvering, and Maintenance aboard vessels to 300’. Navigation: Celestial, Radar, ARPA, GPS, Nobeltec VS. Electronics: 12/24 DC/120 AC, VHF/SSB, etc. Sail, Diesel and Gasoline propulsion systems. Global and Domestic deliveries, charters, educational/instructional, marine consultation, and total vessel management.
USCG Licensed 100-t Master (200-ton upg pending), Aux Sail, Tow Endorsements. Republica de Panama Maritimo 3000-t Deck Officer (#34-151); USPS Certified: AP, marine electronics, diesel engines, meteorology, bridge management. Current US Passport, International Driving Permit.
Maritime experience: Compass Rose Marine Services, LLC, Kinston, NC, USA
2000 - Present Captain – Contract global, and domestic delivery, charter, sea trials, vessel management, marine survey, special projects.
2006 – Present Sea School, Charleston, SC, USA
USCG Certified Instructor – OUPV, OS/ABS, 100-t UPG, Tow and Aux Sail Endorsements. Training, testing and certifying USCG and USMM officer, ABS, SCTW candidates. Courses conducted nationwide.
2003 – 2006 World Wide Marine Training, Inc., Oriental, NC, USA
USCG Certified Instructor – OUPV, OS/ABS, 100-t UPG, Tow and Aux Sail Endorsements. Training, testing and certifying USCG and USMM officer, ABS, SCTW candidates. Courses conducted nationwide.
1987 – 2003 City of Kinston; SRS; AEM; – Engineer; Communications Superintendent
Please see non-maritime professional experience - attached
1981 – 1983 Project U.S.E.(Outward Bound, Inc.), Longbranch, NJ, USA
Instructor; Experiential education for OB, other contract clients.
1978 – 1980 Windjammer Cruises, Ltd. Miami, FL. USA
1st Officer S/V Yankee Trader – 260’, 2,800-t, schooner
38,000 mile, 11-month Circumnavigation – much of the world’s oceans, seas, and coastal waters - 84 ports of call.
1972 – 1978 Windjammer Barefoot Cruises, Inc. Miami, FL, USA
S/V Fantome – 316’, 3,600-t, 4-mast schooner – 2nd Officer
S/V Flying Cloud – 240’, 2,400-t, barqentine – Captain 1st Officer.
S/V Yankee Clipper – 196’, 1,800-t, schooner – Captain, 1st Officer
S/V Polynesia – 268’, 3,200-t, 4-mast schooner – 1st Officer
M/V Barefoot Rogue – 190’, 1,500-t, freighter – 1st Officer
Passenger cruises throughout Caribbean - Bahamas to Venezuela
6/1974 – 9/1974 South Street Seaport Museum, NY, NY, USA
S/V Pioneer – 160’, 1,100-t, schooner – 1st Officer
Summer program for troubled inner-city youth; JINS
Education
Education: North Carolina State University – Raleigh, NC – graduate program
1985 - 1992 M/EMgt - Energy Engineering & Management (NCSU/VPI)
North Carolina Wesleyan College – Rocky Mt., NC - undergraduate
BS/CIS – Bachelor of Science - Computer Info Systems
Lenoir College – Kinston, NC - undergraduate
AS/BCP – Associate of Science - Business Computer Programming
Certification
100-Ton (200 pending)
Commercial Assist Tow, Sail, Radar endorsements
ARC - CPR/AED Instructor
USPS - P
Skils
Excellent comprehensive vessel management, transport and command skills
Captain Kitson is a mature, experienced professional with a wide range of qualifications, skills and proven record of reliability. He is in excellent health, and lives with his wife Brenda and their dog “Sailor” in the couple’s fifth generation home in Kinston, North Carolina. They sail 12-month a year on their CSY 44’ cutter, “Okeechobee”.
Kitson is also an avid musician, photographer, and outdoorsman. He is comfortable with extended domestic and international travel.