Private Captain and Yacht Deliveries

 

RELEVANT EXPERIENCE

7000+ NM Bluewater Experience 

USCG 100 ton Master Captain license                                                            July 2023

STCW                                                                                                              January 2025

Charter Captain- 40’ Nautitech- Haya November- January 

• Ran an all inclusive charter for up to 8 people in the San Blas Islands of Panama. Trips ranged from 2-10 days.
• Managed all logistics and operations for a very remote charter with quick turns from organizing water delivery from a rainforest spring, provisioned fruits and vegetables from local island indigenous peoples, organized 4x4 taxis and launch drop offs and pickups for guests, spearfished and ocean foraged for proteins when there were no fisherman around. This region had no services which forced outside the box thinking and action.
• Sailed and navigated a reef heavy, uncharted region of 365 islands of the San Blas archipelago with only a compass, depth finder, and peer update Navionics. No anemometer, autopilot, AIS, chartplotter, VHF, or radar.
• Handled boat/engine maintenance and upkeep with extremely limited services.
• Sailed 100 nm from the San Blas to Colon for a yard period in unpredictable weather and gail force winds with one engine and a green deckhand/chef.
• Left the charter due to unsafe boat conditions, and political issues between the charter owner and the indigenous (kuna) people of the area.
  

Delivery Crew- 105’ Windship- Driftwood October 2024

• Sailed 1800 nm from Newport Rhode Island to St Thomas
• Navigated a 2 day storm rounding Bermuda with 20-25’ seas
• Held a 3 hour night watch and was 1 of 2 crew chefs during the storms

Delivery Crew- 80’ Black Knight- 1968 Goudy and Stevens motor yacht September 2024

• Navigated the East Coast from Camden Maine to Ft Lauderdale, Fl
• Navigated by hand steering the ICW from Norfolk Virginia- Morehead City, NC and the entire Florida coast

First Mate- Penobscot Bay Pilots Jan 2024- Present

• Operated the Pilot Boat on our way out to pick up the harbor pilot
• Held position next to the tanker, matching its speed underway awaiting the pilot
• Navigated in all conditions day and night off shore in Maine

Launch operator- Lyman Morse Boatyard - Camden Harbor Maine May 2024 -Present

• Operated a 28 capacity launch that navigates the mooring fields of Shermans Cove, Curtis Island, Steamboat Landing, and the inner Harbor floats

Owl- 42’ 1941 Alden Designed Cutter- Camden Harbor July- Present

• Relief captain on a prominent daysailer in Camden Harbor
• Filled in on 10 hours shifts with 15 minutes between sails to load and depart from a busy shared commercial dock.
• Elan- J40- Private Captain September 2024
• Provisioned, charted, chef'd, and executed a 6 day sail through the Eastern and Western Penobscot Bay.

Charter Boat Captain- Sagacious- 34’ Pearson- Camden Harbor May 2024- Present

• Fully private Day sailer/overnight charter running multiple trips a day. 
• Balanced a schedule of 2- 6 hour day trips with quick turn around and 2-4 day charters.
• Developed routes and solo sailed. 
• Operated a multi night foraging food tour of the islands of the Penobscot bay. I led land and ocean foraging tours and created a culinary experience from the area for guests.

Jatomo- 46’ Tartan sloop- Private Captain/ Chef/ Stew July -September 2024

• Took an 88 year old man out for overnight charters 2 days a week in the Penobscot Bay
• Handled the boat and navigation

Great Blue- 40’ Morris-Private Captain-Camden Harbor June 2024- Present

• Take a couple new to the boat out a few times a month. 
• Teach them sailing, navigating, anchoring, and docking

Gemini Marine Canvas-  Rockland Maine January 2023- May 2024

• Competent in patterning, building, installing, and repairing full boat enclosures, bimini tops, strataglass, cushions, and dodgers etc

First Mate on 100’ 90 ton Schooner Ladona               July - November 2022

• Ran on-deck operations including crew management, and boat maintenance underway and at port
• Serviced 17 guests on 3-8 day full charters throughout the Penobscot Bay Maine
• Sailed extensively throughout the Penobscot Bay exploring over 400 islands and multiple anchorages
• Ran daily shore trips for guests in Ladona’s Skiff
• Drove yawl boat to help maneuver schooner in docking, and tight situations
• Manned the helm underway throughout the day

Owner of a 30’ Catalina Sailboat in Channel Islands Harbor 2020-2022

• Have sailed extensively throughout the islands off the coast of Southern California
• Competent shore boat/Zodiac operator in all varieties of conditions
• Take friends and community members out for food and wine naturalists excursions
• Spear local fish and pair with natural wines while discussing the history of the islands and the formation of them throughout history

Charter Vessel Sunset Kidd- 41’ Morgan Out Island Ketch 2020-2021

• 100% Full Sail private charter vessel operating in Santa Barbara 
• Served as First Mate under Captain Ellio
• Assisted in taking private parties on sea excursions from sunset happy hours to burials at sea

J29 Race Team- Lickety Split 2020-2021

• Team Tactician
• Cockpit Sail trimmer
• Fore deck man

Inca- Captain Aaron King- 58’ 20 ton Ketch     June-July 2015

• Sailed as deckhand from Fiji to Tanna, Erromango, Efate, and Espiritu Santos island in Vanuatu
• Sanded and painted fresh antifoul bottom paint
• Held a 4 hour night watch shift by myself
• Performed daily cooking duties
• Ship medic

Llyr Conservation Yacht-Captain  Brookes McCutchen- 53’ 31 ton steel Ketch       July-August 2015

• Served as First Mate during a windward sail from Port Villa, Vanuatu to Vuda Marina Fiji
• Competent in bluewater electronic navigation using integrated charts, Google Maps, GPS, and AIS; night navigation using radar and course plotting; communications using SSB Pactor Modem and VHF; engine monitoring; sail and deck plan knowledge; sail and route strategy on board 
• Held 2-3 hour night watch shifts
• Helped finalize vessel for cyclone season: detailing inside and out, grinding rust and applying inhibitor, scraped hull in water, sanded and painted bottom with antifoul

Sophrosyne-Captain  Douglas Backhouse- 43’ 15 ton Sloop   September-October 2015

• Served as deckhand sailing from Port Villa, Vanuatu to Noumea and Ile des Pines, New Caledonia
• Held 2 hours on 2 hours off hand steering/compass navigation for three day passage with captain when autopilot failed during a squall
• Performed daily cooking and deckhand duties

Novae- Captain Stefano Piviali-43’ Lagoon Catamaran October-November 2015

• Deckhand for 1000 nm passage from Noumea, New Caledonia to Newcastle, NSW
• Held 3 hours on 3 hours off day and night watch shift
• Performed boat detailing and rigging maintenance at port  

Trade Experience- Woodworking, 12v Electric, Marine Canvas,           2014-2024

• 4 years in the marine canvas industry. Competent in patterning, building, installing, and repairing full boat enclosures, bimini tops, strataglass, cushions, dodgers etc
• Built 14 campervans since 2014. Full construction from solar to upholstery.
• Designed and implemented a 400 amp hour 12v off grid self sustained system with 400 watts of solar.
• New construction to repairs on all types of marine canvas.

Communications Experience- Podcast 2019-2020

• Hosted a Podcast called Occupation Wild- Interviewed guests living life beyond the 9-5
• Interviewed people from Chris Burkard to Lexi DuPont 
• Have a 2-part series on my personal story hitch hiking across the south pacific- Episode 9 and 11 called Beauty in the Chaos
• Been interviewed by:
• Get Outside Podcast- Episode 95- “Salty Surf Nomad”
• The Opt-Out Life- Episode 91- “Get Comfortable with Being Uncomfortable”
• The Adventure Sports Podcast- Episode 579- “Spending 5 Years Exploring the South Pacific”

Service Experience- Front of House       2005-2019

• Employed in every front of house position: Server Assistant, Barback, Server, Bartender, Manager
• Have worked in all types of restaurants from the Mountain Sun Brew Pub, Boulder, Co to Michelin Star recipeitant- Jeune et Jolie Carlsbad, Ca
• Traveled the world working in fine dining and performing wine pairings at farm to table degustation restaurants
• Specialize in casual- high end fine dining with natural wine pairings

Dive Experience

• Padi open water, SSI advanced diver, Wreck certified, Night/limited visibility diving, Deep water diver, Navigation, Perfect buoyancy
• Completed Divemaster certification- Lombok Indonesia 2016
• Level 1 Freediver 2019
• Competent as an underwater photographer, avid spearfisher, and underwater boat maintenance.
• Cleaned and De-fouled boats and props in the Penobscot Bay
• Competent ocean forager and spearfisherman to supply food and cook for a charter

Medical Experience

Outdoor Emergency Medical Technician                               April 2013 - September 2014

Trestle Bike Park, Winter Park, Colorado                                                                                  

• Patrolled the mountain on downhill bike for 40 – 50 hours per week                                   
• Dispatched  to Level One Trauma in outdoor settings
• Responded in backcountry settings dealing with injuries ranging from broken necks, fractured and dislocated ligaments/bones, severe lacerations, hypertension pneumothorax (punctured lung), unconscious and perseverating patients, combative patients, and asthmatic or respiratory issues.
• Operated as emergency dispatcher, balancing mountain-wide logistics 
• Competent off road 4X4 ambulance driving

Completed Prerequisites for Accelerated Emergency Nursing School

Accepted to Denver University Nursing School               2014

EDUCATION AND CERTIFICATIONS

Bachelor of Science,  Earth Dynamics / Geography                                      April 2012

Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL             

Certificate in Urban and Regional Planning

Florida State Wakeboard Team Captain