Boating Qualifications

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Boating Licenses & Certificates

U.S. Coast Guard

  • Master of Steam, Motor or Sail Vessels NMT 100 Gross Tons, Near Coastal Waters
  • Sailing Endorsement
  • Commercial Towing Endorsement
  • Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers Endorsement

Maritime Institute

  • Master Near Coastal NMT 100 Tons
  • Sailing Endorsement
  • Towing Endorsement
  • Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers

United States Coast Guard Auxiliary

  • Sailing and Seamanship – "Engines", "Tuning & Variant Rigs", "Trailer Sailing", "Equipment", "Piloting" and "Radiotelephone" (1984 – Philadelphia)
  • Coastal Piloting – "Atlantic" (1983 – Philadelphia)
  • Coastal Piloting – "Pacific" (1987 – San Diego)

Sailboats, Inc.

  • Bareboat Charter Certificate (Auxiliary–powered sailing yachts)

California Department of Boating and Waterways

  • California Boating Safety

American Red Cross Sailing & Small Craft Safety Instructor

  • Sailing Instructor (Expired)
  • Basic Sailing (Expired)
  • Canoeing Instructor (Expired)
  • Canoeing (Expired)

U.S. Sailing

  • Safety–at–Sea

Member

  • Point Loma Yacht Club
  • San Diego Sail & Power Squadron

Presentations

Presentations at national and regional boating conferences:

Electronic Navigation, Advanced GPS/RADAR. Southern California Yachting Association Women's Sailing Convention, Corona del Mar, CA. February 2006.

Navigation 202. Southern California Yachting Association Women's Sailing Convention, Corona del Mar, CA. February 2005.

Advanced Navigation. Southern California Yachting Association Women's Sailing Convention, Corona del Mar, CA. February 2005.

Chartplotters. Southern California Yachting Association Women's Sailing Convention, Corona del Mar, CA. February, 2004.

Suddenly Singlehanded. Southern California Yachting Association Women's Sailing Convention, Corona del Mar, CA. February, 2003.

Grasping GPS. Southern California Yachting Association Women's Sailing Convention, Corona del Mar, CA. February, 2003, 2004, 2005.

Navigation Rules of the Road – Memorization Made Easy. International Boating & Water Safety Summit, Daytona Beach, FL. May, 2002.

Coastal Piloting, Charting & Navigation Made Easy. American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance, San Diego, CA. April, 2002.

Basic Navigation 101. Southern California Yachting Association Women's Sailing Convention, Corona del Mar, CA. February, 2002, 2003, 2004 and 2006.

Additional Boating Experience

  • Sailboat deliveries along the Pacific Coast ranging from Puerto Vallarta to Monterey, California
  • Sailed as a crew member aboard Pacific Bliss in the Sail Asia Rally 2005 – Darwin, Australia through Indonesia to Bali
  • Contracted by California Cruisin' (2003 – 2005), Harbor Island Yacht Club (2005), and Broad Reach Sailing (2005 – 2006) to run afternoon charters in San Diego Bay and nearby coastal waters
  • Established Mermaid Charters (2001 – present), a division of Aquatic Consulting Services, to provide keel boat sailing lessons, boat handling skills and safety drills, instruction in navigation and rules of the road, boat deliveries, day sailing trips and Pacific Ocean cruises off Southern California and to the Channel Islands.
  • Thousands of days of sailing experience in the Caribbean, Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans, Coral Sea, and Great Lakes.
  • The Crew's Nest – Lake Erie – Put–in–Bay, Ohio. (Summers of 1975, 1976). Worked for a yacht club "The Crew's Nest". Took sailing lessons, helped do boat deliveries back to the mainland, and spent at least 1 day per week exploring the Lake Erie islands.
  • University of Maryland – College Park, MD. Graduate Teaching Assistant – Canoeing Instructor. Taught canoeing classes Fall 1978, Spring 1979, Fall 1979, Spring 1980 semesters, 2 – 4 days per week, 16 week semesters, 2 – 3 classes per day. Once per semester, I ran the "Tour of the Monuments" canoe trip on the Potomac River.
  • Crew coach, George Washington University, 1978 through 1980 seasons.
  • Camp Tegawitha – Mt. Pocono, PA (Summer 1973). Small craft instructor and aquatic camp counselor
  • Water skiing – recreational. Experienced with a variety of ski equipment, para sailing, and PWC in diverse water settings.
  • Retained by the San Diego Police Department Mission Bay Harbor Patrol Unit (1986) to provide advice on boating safety, swimming and rescue skills needed by police officers give responsibility for patrolling Mission Bay.
  • Spent a summer (1983) in western Africa (Republic of Mali) –– traveled by ferry, barge and dugout canoe up the Niger River to Timbuktu.
  • Sailed as a crew member aboard the tall ship Californian from Dana Point, California to Hilo, Hawaii; and from Sausalito to the Farallon Islands
  • Cruised Alaska's inside passage by ferry; explored small Alaskan towns and Glacier Bay National Park by kayak.
  • Spent several weeks (in 1992, 1998 and 2005) on a variety of boats exploring, fishing, and SCUBA diving on the Great Barrier Reef, Australia.

Expert Witness for Boating, PWC and Water Skiing Cases

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