These are the skills that I possess that adds to my qualifications as a ships’ captain:
- Chart reading
- Navigation
- Dead Reckoning
- Course plotting
- Voyage planning
- Boat handling, both power and sail
- Adherence to strict safety procedures
- Docking/anchoring
- Fiberglass patching/repair
- Sail repair
- Bottom painting/repair
- Varnish work
- Basic carpentry
- Basic deck hardware, rigging, and ground tackle care/maintenance
- Basic engine mechanics/maintenance
- U.S. Coast Guard certifications:
- 50-ton (cargo capacity, not weight of vessel)
- 100-mi. offshore captains license