USCG 50 Ton
Masters Captain
P.0. Box 668,
Carolina Beach, NC 28428
(910) 617-5030
david.r.lawn@gmail.com
Sailing Resume
I
grew up on the waterfront of a small island in the Strait of Juan De Fuca in Washington
State which set the ground work for a lifetime of maritime experience. At a very young age I worked in a seafood
packing facility where I operated small boats and barges for commercial
purpose; as a young adult I did offshore passages including Seattle to California,
and California to Hawaii; I have been instrumental in life saving rescues at
sea, I have crewed on many racing sailboats, chartered and captained many
vessels in the Caribbean, lived on sailboats for about a third of my life; I posses
a merchant mariners Masters 50 ton Captains license; I founded and operated Sea
Tours, Inc., a commercial maritime tour
business in North Carolina. Most
recently I have purchased a blue water catamaran with the intent of using my
skills and experience for a greater purpose.
Maritime Experience
·
Pre
1970; Various experience on navigable
flotsam, pole powered rafts, skiffs, derelict boats, but perhaps most
importantly the childlike observances and realities of what sometimes floated
up on the seashore.
·
1970-1975:
Carl H. Johnson Seafood: Nordland WA; as
a young teenager was responsible for virtually all aspects of a seafood
packaging facility. It included
operating boats to pick up harvested clams in varied weather conditions and
times of day and night, Oyster harvesting by barge, cleaning and packaging, and
delivery to restaurants in Seattle.
·
1975:
worked at Port Ludlow, WA fuel dock, fueling vessels and managing day to day
operations of a marina facility.
·
1976:
Purchased and refit a small Snipe sailboat in Biloxi MS. Sailed extensively in the Back Bay and Gulf
of Mexico.
·
1980-1987:
Purchase and refit a Hershoff H28 Ketch in Seattle Washington. Lived aboard for 7 years. Sailed frequently in the Straits of Juan De
Fuca, the Puget Sound, San Juan Islands, and the southern Canadian Islands.
·
1982:
Sailed from Seattle to San Francisco then to Hawaii with one friend on a Swedish
built 32’ Seniorita Helmsman. Did many sailing
passages within the Hawaiian island group.
·
1988-1995: Purchased and refit a Pearson Alberg 35
sailing sloop. Lived aboard for 7 years
at Pier 39 in San Francisco. Sailed San
Francisco bay and locally up and down the central Pacific coast.
·
1995-2003: Chartered and captained many times sailing
mono-hulls and catamarans in the Grenadines, British Virgin Islands and the Caribbean.
·
2003-2006: Purchased and up-fit a Zodiac 16 man RIB and
operated Sea Tours, Inc., a “family” tour business focusing on local Cape Fear
maritime history.
·
2012; Conceptualized “Hands and Fleet” as a
path to using sailing knowledge and skills for humanitarian purpose.
·
2012:
Purchased a Lagoon 42 foot blue water catamaran. Currently living aboard and preparing it for what
the future holds.
Education and
Training
·
Bachelors
of Arts, Economics; Minor in International Business; San Francisco State
University, California.
·
Computer
Maintenance/technician: USAF, Kessler
AFB, LA
·
Outdoor
medical first responder (equivalent EMT); National Ski Patrol, San Francisco,
CA
·
North
Carolina General Contractors School; Wilmington NC
·
Captains
Master License school; Sea School, Wilmington, NC
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