CREDENTIALS:
·
U.S.C.G.
License Master w/Sailing Endorsement for Inland Waters for Vessels
up to 25 Tons (Aug 05) & Operator of Un-Inspected Passenger Vessels up to
100 Tons For Inland & Near Coastal Waters (Oct 89).
·
American Sailing Association Instructor &
Instructor Evaluator - Certified through Advanced
Coastal Cruising and Celestial Navigation.
SAILING EXPERIENCE (3SAILING EXPERIENCE (37Years):
·
Nov
89 To Present - Established part-time business, Close Reach (www.close-reach.com
, for skippered charters,
private sailing instruction, and yacht deliveries.
·
Nov
89 To Present - Head sailing
instructor for
Tradewinds
Sailing
Center
,
Richmond
,
CA
, teaching Basic Keelboat through
Advanced Coastal Cruising levels. As
Head instructor for Tradewinds,
responsible for curriculum development in addition to practical teaching of
basic to advanced sailing, seamanship, and navigation skills.
·
May
78 To Present - Racing experience
as skipper, navigator, and crew including the 92 & 94 Pacific Cup
races from S.F. to
Hawaii
, winner of the West Marine/Henri-Lloyd Pacific Cup Navigators
Trophy for 94.
·
Bareboat Charters Nineteen days in Tahiti on Beneteau
36 & 50 through The Moorings & SunSail, One week in San Juan Is.
on Grand Banks 36, Jun 98 & one week in Jul 97 and on Hunter 37, Aug
89, with Anacortes Yacht Charters,
Two weeks in The British Virgin Is. on Beneteau 39, Jun 87, with The
Moorings, and over 100 bareboat charters with Horizon's
and Tradewinds charter
companies in the S. F. Bay area since 1977.
·
Boat Ownership owned several boats including Hans Christian 43T, Ranger 33,
Cal 2-29, Redwing 18, Coronado 15 & Holder 14. Sailed and/or raced
approx. three times per month on
San Francisco
Bay
and near coastal waters from
Ensenada
,
Mexico
to
Bodega Bay
,
CA
.
EDUCATION:
·
American
Sailing Association Instructor Qualification Clinics:
·
Aug
02, Mentored by Captain Peter Damisch to achieve ASA Instructor Evaluator
status, Bluewater Sailing, Marina del Rey, CA.
·
Nov
92, Advanced Coastal Cruising and Celestial Navigation Instructor , Olympic
Circle Sailing Club,
Berkeley
,
CA
.
·
Nov
90, Bareboat Chartering Instructor, Club
Nautique,
Alameda
,
CA
.
·
Nov
88, Basic Coastal Cruising and Coastal Navigation Instructor, Olympic
Circle Sailing Club,
Berkeley
,
CA
.
·
Mar
88, Basic Keelboat Sailing Instructor,
Spinnaker
Sailing
Center
,
Redwood City
,
CA
.
·
U.S.C.G.
Master License Upgrade & Sailing Endorsement courses, Jul 05, CQuest
Marine Inc.,
Fremont
,
CA
.
·
Celestial
Navigation, May 92, Stockdale Marine
and
Navigation
Center
,
Sacramento
,
CA
.
·
U.S.C.G.
Captain's License Course, Oct 89, Florida
Maritime Institute's home study program.
·
U.S.C.G.
Auxiliary Sailing and Seamanship Course, Oct 79,
San Jose
,
CA
.
·
U.S.
Power Squadron Boating Safety Course,
Jan 78,
Santa Clara
,
CA
.
·
Basic
Keelboat Sailing Course, Jun 77, Dave
Garrett's
Sailing
School
,
Redwood City
,
CA
.
·
Bachelor
of Science in Electronics Engineering Technology, Mar 76, DeVry
Institute
of
Technology
,
Phoenix
,
AZ.
AFFILIATIONS:
· Vallejo
Yacht Club, since Mar 90
·
American
Sailing Association, since Mar 88
·
US
Sailing (USYRU), since Dec 78
·
National
Maritime Historical Society, since May 90
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