Experience & Credentials:

• USCG licensed master of power and sailing vessels, up to 100 tons, inland waters with assistance towing endorsement
• USCG licensed operator of uninspected passenger vessels (UPV), near coastal waters to 100 miles offshore
• American Sailing Association, instructor for basic keelboat sailing, bareboat cruising, basic coastal cruising, coastal navigation (ASA 201, 203, 204, 205)
• Transportation Worker Identification Credential
• Corinthian Yacht Club of Bellingham commodore for 2023, and vice commodore 2012, 2013 and 2018-2022
• Owner/operator of 36-foot Catalina, Salish Sea (10 years), and Freedom-25 in Chesapeake Bay, Maryland and Virginia (5 years)
• Operator of Hunter-29.5 in Salish Sea (2018-present) and 24-foot San Juan sailboat, Puget Sound (7 summers)
• Check-out skipper, Penmar Marine, Anacortes, WA (2 summers)
• Four thousand miles blue-water sailing, including Florida-to-Galapagos delivery on 42-foot Hinckley yawl
• Skipper, sailing instructor, crew member and trip leader for American Youth Hostels' Sailing Committee in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Maryland (5 years)
• Volunteer crew member, Philadelphia's Tall Ship Gazela, cruising and training on the Delaware River, Potomac River, Chesapeake Bay, and around Martha's Vineyard (3 years)
• Operator of 23-foot ketch owned by Philadelphia Maritime Museum, now Independence Seaport Museum, sailed and raced on Delaware River (5 years)
• Race crew and skipper, Corinthian Yacht Club Thursday series, 1993-present, primarily in cruising class; Caribbean 1500 Rally in 1992; 1989 Moshulu Cup; Pink Boat Regatta; Bellingham Bay Leukemia Cup

Education:

• Certified by American Sailing Association for basic keelboat sailing, basic coastal cruising, bareboat cruising, and coastal navigation
• Washington State Boater Education card
• USCG Auxiliary Piloting Course & Sailing and Seamanship course
• Annapolis Sailing School Course for Cruising in an Auxiliary
• American Sail Training Association, Seaman Level 1 certification
• Helmsman certification, Community Boating Club, Boston, Mass.
• Celestial Navigation, crash course
• Standard and wilderness First-Aid and CPR certificates

Boatswain's Locker:

• Member and past newsletter editor, Corinthian Yacht Club, Bellingham, WA
• Honorary pilot's assistant, Masters, Mates & Pilots, Panama Canal Pilots branch
• Former member, Independent Seaport Museum, Philadelphia; Philadelphia Ship Preservation Guild; Traditional Small Craft Association, Camden, NJ; Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum; Community Boating Club, Boston
• Great-granddaughter of Capt. Ferdinand Renault, captain of a three-masted schooner (below) in Nova Scotia