USCG Merchant Mariner Credential:

Document Number: USA000345483 issued March 20006

Master of Self-Propelled Vessels Including Auxiliary Sail of Less Than 100 Gross Register Tons (GRT)

Upon Near Coastal Waters

 

EDUCATION

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Helen Bush

Seattle WA

1992-1996

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California State University Maritime

1996-2000

BS Marine Transportation

USCG 3M Unlimited Any Oceans

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DESIGN

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Pokela Design

Gig Harbor WA

2003-2004

Interior Yacht Designer

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JQB Ltd

Seattle WA

2004-2006

Interior Yacht Designer

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Sanctuary Design

Seattle WA

2006-2021

Marine & Residential Design

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MARITIME INDUSTRY

 

WESTAR MARINE SERVICES

San Francisco CA

1997-2000/2001-2003

Servicing vessels at anchor and offshore for crew transfers and cargo deliveries, as well as to construction projects in the San Francisco Bay Area. Operating U.S. Coast Guard inspected supply vessels ranging from 41’ to 65’ in length certified to carry from 24 to 49 passengers

 

TRANSOEAN

Gulf of Mexico

2000-2001

Dynamic Positioning Officer onboard a 782' Ultra Deepwater Drillship

 

NWMC/MHS

Seattle WA

2022-present

Currently operator of a 40' Devlin Power Cat for bay tours in Port Townsend for The Maritime Center and during the school year on the Duwamish and Elliott Bay for Maritime High School

 

SEATTLE MARITIME ACADEMY

Seattle WA

Currently Shadowing as an Operator of an 82' ex-USCG Point Class cutter

 

SEASTR NONPROFIT

Salish Sea WA

Currently sailing on and operating:

SV Valkyrie 33’ 1999 Synergy 1000

SV Tre 43' 1939 Knud Reimers ‘Tre’

SV Resilience 41'' 2018 Beneteau Oceanis

 

RECREATIONAL

Have sailed on and operated:

SV Shamen Cal40 in most Salish waters north to Knight Inlet BC

SV Scorpido Kelly Peterson 44 in most Salish waters, and most of the coast of Mexico

to Costa Rica

SV Libby 53’ Amel Super Maramu Long Beach CA - Catalina Island

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ADVOCACY

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Founder positiveSEASTRhood 501(c)(3)

Seattle WA

2001-present