USCG 50 ton Master's License w/ commercial assistance towing endorsement
Yacht deliveries (power or sail), on-board instruction for new boat owners, introduction to cruising. Also available as a winter captain in a warm climate.
I bought my first boat, a 28' Pearson Triton sailboat in 1978 when I was a member of the Toms River yacht club in Toms River, NJ. For several years I sailed and raced in Barnegat Bay and also competed twice in the BVI Spring Regatta in Tortola, British Virgin Islands.In the mid 1980's, we purchased property on Swan's Island, Maine, and I began exploring the magnificent coast of Maine by chartering several times from Hinckley Yacht Charters and others and then in our own boats.In the mid 1990's, my wife and I purchased a Hatteras Long Range Cruiser which we lived aboard for six months at a time for a period of seven years during which we completed six trips on the intra-Coastal Waterway and crossed the Gulf Stream six times going to and from the Bahama Islands. Our travels took us from the Chesapeake Bay to Tarpon Springs, Florida and out to the Dry Tortugas. We also covered most of the Bahama chain from Grand Bahama Island down to the Exumas and out to Cat Island, Little San Salvador, Eleuthera and the Abacos.Having sold the trawler and being interested in staying on the water, I completed the requirements for two USCG licenses and am now available for any of the services listed above. I am particularly interested in instructing new boat owners and in overseeing someone's vessel during the winter months.I am a conservative, safety-oriented skipper who has maintained his own vessels to the highest standard and since my primary interest is additional time on the water, I think you will find that my rates for any of these services are extremely reasonable. Call me at 305-877-2530 or email:
emhoffman@att.net
2003 Deliveries
May - Delivered a 39' Shannon cutter with the new owner from Tiverton, RI to Solomon's Island, MD
September - Delivered a 27' Pearson sailboat with the new owner from Portsmouth, NH to Stonington, CT
Novenber - Delivered a 48' Contest ketch from Newport, RI to St. Thomas, USVI
2004 Deliveries
July - Delivered an IMX 45 sloop from Salem, MA to Seal Harbor, ME.
August - Moved the same IMX 45 sloop from Seal Harbor, ME to Boston, MA
2005 Deliveries
July - Instructed new owner and delivered a Hunter 460 sloop from Newburyport, MA to Toms River, NJ
July - Delivered IMX 45 sloop from Salem, MA to Seal Harbor, ME
2006 Deliveries
July - Delivered IMX 45 sloop from Salem, MA to Seal Harbor, ME
August - Delivered Shannon 39 cutter from Tiverton, RI to Swan's Island, ME
August - Delivered Shanoon 39 cutter from Swan's Islnad, ME to Solomon's Island, MD
September - Delivered IMX 45 from Seal Harbor, ME to Boston, MA
2007 Deliveries
July - Delivered IMX 45 sloop from Halifax, Nova Scotia to Seal Harbor, ME.
2008 Deliveries
August - Delivered a 34' Island Packet model 31 from South Freeport, Maine to Halifax, Nova Scotia and instructed the new owner in sailing, navigation and all the features of the vessel.
2009 Deliveries
July - Assisted the ninety-three year old owner of a fifty year old Controversy 36 yawl to cruise and race his yacht from Marblehead, MA overnight to Boothbay Harbor, ME then on to Tennants Harbor, North Haven, Swans Island and finally from Northeast Harbor back to Marblehead.
September- Delivered a Bowman 44 (English built blue water sloop) from Halifax, NS to Rockport ME.