Hello,
I am very interested in your trip, and am willing to do it for expenses only. While I don't have a "resume," I have outlined my experience below. I do possess both a 50 ton Master's
license, with Sailing and Towing Endorsements, and an Ordinary Seaman (OS) MMD. I have a TWIC card as well.
My father first took me sailing on the
Chesapeake Bay, out of Middle River, when I was 6 months old; I have been sailing ever since. When I was 8, I began
racing on both small
boats (dinghies), and
Keel Boats. My
keel boat
racing experience includes a
Cal 2-30,
C&C 33, Express 35, J/22, J/24, J/29, J/30, J/35, J/42, Melges 24, Merit 25,
Navy 44, and a
Santa Cruz 70. My
dinghy experience includes Lasers, 420s, 470s, JY15s, Thistles, and Optimists. I have done many distance races, including the Round Block Island
Race and Vineyard
race, both in 2008.
I have been cruising my entire life. My cruising experience includes a
Pearson Ariel (similar to a
Pearson Triton, only smaller), a
Morgan 30,
Jeanneau 35,
Cal 2-27,
Beneteau 35.7, and currently a Bayfield 32. I have sailed
offshore many times, including a trip in November 2008 from
Annapolis,
Maryland to St. Maarten, in the
Caribbean. In June 2010, I sailed from Tortola to Providence, RI, via
Bermuda, aboard a Caliber 37. I also skippered a Pearson 36
Cutter from
Annapolis to
Bermuda in November 2011.
I began coaching sailing and racing when I was 13- in 2001. I have been teaching junior sailors every summer since then, teaching everything from 8 year old beginners (kids who have never set foot on a boat) to 16 year olds in advanced racing. I have taught at the
Baltimore County Sailing Center for 7 summers (
Baltimore County Sailing Center - Home), and in 2008 taught at the Tred
Avon Yacht Club, in Oxford,
Maryland (tayc.com). I have taught Ideal 18s, Rainbows, 420s, Lasers, Optis, and
Hunter Xcites. Last summer I taught sailing aboard Lasers, Opti's, and Rainbows at YMCA Camp Letts in Edgewater, where I continued to teach
school groups and private groups canoeing and team building activities through December. I am a
Small Boat Level 1 Sailing Instructor through US Sailing, and am also a Maryland Certified EMT-Basic, with plans to study for my paramedic
license within the next few years, and I am currently the
captain of the skipjack "Martha Lewis."
I wonder if my qualifications meet your requirements. Should you require more information, I can be reached via
email at captcore (at) gmail (dot) com, or via
cell phone at 443-326-6161.