Former Officer Royal Navy (20yrs ship driving) Experienced & Qualified Yacht Skipper E Coast, Bahamas, Caribbean, Central America.
References available
Full detailed and open quotations given
Over 65,000 documented
offshore sailing miles as
skipper (see some of them at the end of this text)
You can leave it to me (and my crew - if required) or be onboard for a full acquaint en-route. Having been an instructor in the Royal
Navy for: Sailing,
Power Boating,
Navigation, Meteorology, Oceanography, Leadership...there is a lot we can talk about on the way!
Drop me a line by 'PM' and we can discuss by
phone,
email, WhatsApp, FB, Facetime etc how I can support you move your
boat safely and efficiently from A to B, and stay in touch with
family & friends via my Satcomms.
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Qualifications
● USCG
Captain
●
RYA Yachtmaster Offshore & RYA International
Certification
● MSc 'Hydrographic Surveying' (deep specialization in:
GPS,
navigation, oceanography)
● Qualified
Boat Surveyor (Chapman)
● Royal Navy 20yrs: Commanding Officer/XO/Navigation Officer etc etc
● Ocean Navigation Certificate
● First Aid & CPR
●
VHF Radio Operators Ticket
● ‘UEL’ - Unit Expedition Leader
● Leadership Instructor
● FireFighting at Sea
● Sea Survival Course
● Ships (armed) Protection
● Ships Damage Control
Delivery completed -as skipper - in the few years
2017
Beneteau 44' Charleston to Abacos
Catalina 34' St Pete FL to
Mexico
New
Lagoon 40'
Annapolis to USVI
Voyage 44' St Augustine to
BVI
2018
New
Beneteau 45' Charleston to
Miami
PDQ Capella 36'
Antigua to
BVI
Fontaine Pajot 40’ St Petersburg to St Thomas USVI
New Beneteau 38' Charleston to USVI
New
Jeanneau 41' Charleston to BVI
PDQ Capella 36’
Bahamas to St Augustine
Hans Christian 38’ South Carolina to
Massachusetts
Silverton 50’ Connecticut to
Florida
Sea Ray 330 Charleston to
Jacksonville FL
Island Packet 52’ – a weeks instruction in The Chesapeake
Jeanneau 44’DS
Rhode Island to Bahamas
2019
Island Packet 52’
Annapolis to St Maarten
Island Packet 52’ USVI to Annapolis
Hunter 31’ Charleston to Annapolis
Beneteau 41’
Miami to Charleston
Lagoon 40’
Martinique to
Florida
Moorings 58’ Marsh Hbr-Gt Exuma-Nassau (Hurricane Dorian)
Lagoon 45’ Annapolis to St Thomas USVI
Fontain Pajot 40’
charter captain USVI/BVI
Beneteau First 53’
Beaufort to Charleston
2020
Island Packet 52’ Annapolis to Little Creek and back (aborted
Caribbean trip)
Fontain Pajot 40’
Puerto Rico to
St Lucia
Beneteau 41.1 Charleston to Annapolis
Catalina 47’ Charleston to Galveston TX
Jeanneau 45’ Ft Pierce FL to Annapolis
Beneteau 45’ St Thomas to Tampa, via
Nassau
Beneteau 55’ Charleston to Ft Lauderdale
2021
Ocean 48’ Charleston to Boston
Lagoon 42 FLL to Fernandino beach 3 days
Island Packet 38 St Augustine to
Beaufort NC 4 days
Beneteau
Oceanis 48’ St Thomas USVI to Charleston, SC
Beneteau
Oceanis 55’ Charleston to Connecticut
CY Cantius 60’ Charleston to Ft Lauderdale
Beneteau Swift
Trawler 42’ Myrtle Beach to Annapolis
Fontaine Pajot Astrea 42’ Ft Lauderdale to St Thomas USVI
Beneteau Swift
Trawler 41’ Charleston to St Augustine
2022
Lagoon 44’
Key Largo to
Key West –
training
Beneteau Swift Trawler 41’ Stuart FL to Charleston
Lagoon 40’ St Thomas to Ft Lauderdale
Beneteau Swift Trawler 41’ Ft Lauderdale to Manasquan NJ
Beneteau Oceanis 46.1 Myrtle Beach to Norfolk
Bavaria 46’ CHS to Annapolis
Mackintosh 47’ Annapolis to Tampa
Lagoon 46’ Les Sables D’Olonne to Lagos
2023
Beneteau Oceanis 60’ Miami to
Nassau to Charleston
Beneteau Sense 50’
Cartagena (Colombia) to
Cancun to Mobile
Alabama
Beneteau 41.1 Oceanis Charleston to Annapolis
Swift Trawler 52’ Brunswick to Charleston
Fontaine Pajot Lucia 40’ StThomas to Staniel Cay BHS
Bali 4.3 St Thomas to Chesapeake
Beneteau Oceanis 60’ Charleston to Bar Hbr
Beneteau Oceanis 60’ 1 week between Islands
Beneteau Oceanis 60’ Bar Harbor to Charleston
Leopard 42’ Norfolk VA to Marsh Hbr, Bahamas
2024
Jeanneau 419 StThomas to Port Canaveral FL
Outremer 45’ Charleston to
Key West
Beneteau Oceanis 34’ Charleston to
Jacksonville (solo)
Fontaine Pajot LUCIA 40’ St Thomas to
Fort Lauderdale FL
Jeanneau 419 Port Canaveral to Tampa
Beneteau 423 Hilton
Head to
New York
Asante 1120 (Custom build
aluminum 37’)
Dominican Republic to Beaufort SC
Linear Mode
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