Objective
Seeking Rotation or Seasonal Captain's Position
Experience
Sept To-Date - Was spent recovering from hip replacement surgery. During this period, I completed and delivered custom set of Standard Operating Procedures & Emergency Response Procedures to the charter company Sea Wolf Adventures. Additionally, I studied shipboard security practices per Maritime Transportation Security Act of 2002 (MTSA) and revisions made in 2009 resulting from the increased piracy of merchant vessels and private yachts.
April 09 – Delivery Captain Sea Wolf Adventures, 98ft
• Seattle to Glacier Bay Alaska.
October-Dec 08 – Relief Captain Sun Dancer II, 138ft
• 7-day live aboard charters in Belize with 20-passengers and 10-crew
• Relieved signing-off Captain & Trained new Permanent Captain
August-Sept 08 – Relief Captain Sea Wolf Adventures, 98ft
• Cruised SE Alaska.
• Conducts 6-day charters with 16-passengers and 5-crew.
Mar 08 - July 08 – Relief Captain Explorer II, 125’ live-aboard dive vessel
• Cruised Turks & Caicos, Caribbean.
• Conduct 7-day all-inclusive dive charters throughout islands for 20-guests and 7-crew.
August - Dec 07 – Student Pacific Maritime Academy
• Updated advanced endorsements necessary to renew license.
Feb to July 2007 – Relief Captain/Engineer Northern Romance, 90ft, 200-ton expedition yacht.
• Managed a 7-week yard project in Vancouver B.C., delivered vessel up the In-side Passage to SE Alaska, and conducted corporate cruising operations throughout SE AK.
Jan 2006 to April 2007 – Contract Captain Department of Defense - Ronald Reagan Missile Test Center, Marshall Islands.
• The marine department includes 18 vessels that support day-to-day operations, inter-island personnel transport and government missions. I was cross-trained to operate as Captain, inter-island 170-passenger ferries and 149-passenger high-speed catamarans. The catamarans utilize four Main Engines with Hamilton Jet Drives. After my first six-months, I was promoted to Port Agent, responsible for visiting vessels such as, NOAA, USCG and U.S. Navy. This position required a Secret Clearance. During these 15-months I logged 330 days at sea.
2005 Season – Contract Captain Wilderness Explorer – 125’ inspected passenger vessel
• Supervised major restoration of the passenger vessel for Glacier Bay Cruise Line,
• Transited the Inside-Passage and conducted 7-day adventure excursions throughout Southeast Alaska,
• Carried 36-passengers and 14-crew
2005 Fall – Contract Captain 82’ yacht Kinship II.
• Hired to circumnavigate Vancouver Island, B.C. for the yacht’s owner, family and friends.
2005 Dec – 2nd Captain 100’ Benetti
• Delivered vessel from Seattle to San Francisco.
2000-2004 – Engineering Consultant ECP Service Corporation
• Developed a pre-process system to ensure wastewater treatment operations complied with Annex 1 of the MARPOL Conventions and USCG regulations,
• Customers included: USCG, Washington State & Alaska State Ferries and Horizon Lines, and OCTEL Marine.
• Keynote speaker at the Marine Log Conference in WA, D.C.
1996– 2000 – Captain/Engineer 70’ Yacht Fisher
• Conducted corporate charters between San Juan Islands and Southeast AK. During 1998, explored the most remote regions of British Columbia. During late fall of 1999 I was contracted as local knowledge Captain aboard 107ft Westship.
Education
• Honorable discharge from US Navy after serving 4-years aboard nuclear powered submarines. Attended extensive electrical & electronic schools and Sperry gyrocompass school.
• Completed multiple industry engineering schools, specializing in industrial automation (Westinghouse, Allen-Bradley & ABB).
• Graduated from International Business School of America (Thunderbird), with certificate for conducting international business in Pacific Rim Region.
• Multiple maritime classes to continually upgrade my USCG Masters License. Most resent school attended was at Pacific Maritime Institute during 2007.
Certification
STCW-95 Advanced Firefighting
Radar Unlimited, Survival Craft – Lifeboat, Bridge Resource Management,
Medical Provider, Crowd Management, Able Body Seaman
Advanced Open Water Diver, "Thunderbird" International (Pacific Rim) Business
Skils
Expert at vessel and crew management, including business related operations.
Vessel Handling, Maintenance & Regulatory Compliance (Refer to my web-site at: www.yachtsourcing.com )
Local-knowledge master cruising Pacific Northwest, Inside-Passage and SE Alaska
I am interested in Full-Time Vessel or seasonal NW Passenger-Vessel