YACHTS AND SMALL CRAFT EXPERIENCE

• Accredited Marine surveyor 
  
• Yacht Sales and Brokerage
  
• USCG 50 GT Masters License
  
• Over 40 years related yachting, small craft and marine industry experience
  
• Maintenance and repairs
  
• Management and operations
  
• Ownership - purchasing, outfitting and selling
  
• Waters sailed as captain and as crew- East Coast: Maine to Florida, including Keys; Gulf Coast; West Coast: Alaska to Mexico; Caribbean and South America.
  
• offshore/along shore
  
• cruising and racing - power and sail
  
• fishing - deep sea, coastal, inland.
  

• Propulsion equipment specification, and maintenance.  Gasoline and diesel engines.  Including ancillary systems: tanks, pumps, hoses, electrical systems, and etc.
  
• Insurance, accident/claims investigation, emergency response and claims management experience (cargo; vehicular accident; bodily injury; physical damage and environmental).
  
• Litigation management and negotiation; expert witness.
  
• Cargo - Dry and liquid.  Break bulk and bulk.
  
• Quality Management  Systems (ABS Certification/ISO 9000) 
  

• Diploma in Marine Surveying (with Merit) - The National Sea Training Centre,  International Institute of Marine Surveyors.  Certified to survey Yachts & Small Craft (less than 200 feet).
  
• Successfully completed the following courses:
  
• Surveying of Fiberglass Boats  by Paul Coble, The Wooden Boat School
  
• Surveying of Wooden Boats by J. Klopman, The Wooden Boat School
  
• ABYC Standards by American Boat &Yacht Council - Certified
  
• Marine Corrosion and Corrosion Surveys  - ABYC Certified
  
• Yacht Claims, by Knox Marine Consultants, Inc., Norfolk, VA
  
• Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal, The Appraisal Foundation
  
• Diesel Engine Service, by Engine Technical Institute (Yanmar), Union, NJ
  
• Diesel Operation & Theory by Volvo Penta Service School, Chesapeake, VA
  
• Diesel Mechanics, by Hansen Marine (Westerbeke), Marblehead, Mass.
  
• Engines, Gearboxes and Lower Units, by Alpha Marine, Miami, FL
  
• Electronics Technician Certification, by United States Navy
  
• Marine Radar Systems & Navigation, by H. Sutphin, Ocean Navigator School
  
• Electronic Voyage Planning, Ocean Navigator School of Seamanship.
  
• Painting and Varnishing, by Gary Lowell, The Wooden Boat School
  
• Performance Racing, by J World School, Key West, Fla.
  
• Bareboat Chartering Certification, by Annapolis School of Sailing
  
• Marine Weather, by Michael Carr,  Maritime Inst. of Tech. and Grad. Studies
  
• Fire Protection and Fire Fighting, by United States Navy
  
• Marine Illustration, by Ed Davis, The Wooden Boat School
  
• Observed manufacturing operations at the following:
  
• Hinckley, Southwest Harbor, Maine
  
• Morris, Southwest Harbor, Maine
  
• Atlantic Boat,  Brooklin, Maine
  
• Brooklin Boat, Brooklin, Maine
  
• Dyer, Portsmouth, RI
  
• Sabre, Casco, Maine
  
• Maxum, Salisbury, Md.
  
• Beal's Boat Shop, Milbridge, Maine
  
• Ralph W. Stanley, Inc., Southwest Harbor, Maine
  
• United States Naval Air (1966 - 1972)
  
• Aviation Electronics Technician  ( Flight crew: Anti Submarine Warfare).