Tor
Pinney ~ Resume
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- President,
Maritime Services Inc.
- Founder,
Strong Yachts and
Anchor Yacht & Ship
Sales
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U.S.
Coast Guard licensed U.S.
Merchant Marine Officer, Master
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Over
125,000 nautical miles
logged under sail.
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Twenty-five
years aboard sail and power
boats.
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Twenty-five
years in professional
marine marketing and sales
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Author:
Dozens of articles
published in US, UK,
Australian and New Zealand
boating magazines such as
Cruising World, Sail,
Yachting, Ocean Navigator,
Motorboat & Yachting,
Yachting World, Cruising
Helmsman and many others
since 1979.
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Wrote
the book, "Ready
for Sea! - How to
Outfit the Modern Cruising
Sailboat."
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Chronological Events ~~~~~~~
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2009-2010:
Cruising aboard Silver Heels
- Florida to Beaufort, NC. Offshore
to St. Maarten in the northeastern
Caribbean. Sailed the Leeward and
Windward Islands to Grenada.
Thinking about what's next..
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2007-2009:
Did an extensive refit of a
Pearson 424 ketch for cruising and
charter operations abroad.
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2005:
Founded Strong
Yachts, a line of modern
aluminum (and steel) cruising
sailboats and trawler yachts.
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1999-2004:
Founder / President of Anchor
Yacht & Ship Sales,
an Internet-focused international
yacht & ship brokerage and
award-winning, worldwide dealer for Valiant
Yachts. Participated in
annual East Coast boat shows.
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1994-1996:
Founder / President of
American Cruise Lines and Maritime
Services Inc. Bought the
177-passenger, steel double-decker
ferryboat, M/V "Tecumseh",
in Ontario, Canada and drove her
(with one crewman and a dog) 2,000
nautical miles to Florida via Lake
Erie, the Erie Canal, the Hudson
River and the ICW. Converted the
vessel into a tourist excursion boat
named "Rumrunner Key."
Operated as owner and relief captain
in Key West, FL.
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1990-93:
Cruised extensively:
Los Roques - Curacao - Honduras - Guatemala
- Belize - Florida, Trans-Atlantic
via Bermuda/Azores/Lisbon, Spain,
Gibraltar, the Balearics, Sardinia,
Sicily, the Greek Islands and
Turkey. Backtracked through the Mediterranean
via Tunisia & Gibraltar, then to
the Canary Islands -
West Indies - Bahamas - Florida.
About half of that was sailed
single-handed.
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1988-89:
Created and executed Pacific
Seacraft's
"Circumnavigator" package
and promotion program,
sailing own Crealock 37 cutter, Sparrow,
to 8 major East Coast boat shows,
Miami to Maine and back. Then
took off cruising. Single-handed
from Boston to Venezuela
via the West Indies.
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1983-87:
Founder / President of
Cruising Yachts Inc., a
Fort Lauderdale/Miami yacht sales
company, the first southeastern U.S.
regional dealer for Pacific
Seacraft Corporation's
cruising sailboats. Did countless
boat shows. Owned and lived aboard
the Crealock yawl, "Kerry".
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1981-82:
Owner of the steel Sparkman &
Stevens Finisterre yawl,
"Buccaneer". Cruised her
10,000 mi. between the Chesapeake
and the West Indies. Did more yacht
deliveries, ranging between New
England and Trinidad. Then served as
captain of the first Morgan
60 Schooner,
"Paradigm", 9 mo./9,000
mi., including the 1982 fall East
Coast boat show series, and
subsequent Caribbean charter work.
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1980-81:
1st U.S. factory rep for
Cabo Rico Yachts.
Established that sailboat builder's
original U.S. dealership network.
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1978-80:
Full time charter &
delivery captain throughout
the Caribbean. Multiple bluewater
yacht deliveries, incl. Panama Canal
transit, south to north, and San
Francisco Bay demo sails.
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1973-78:
Liveaboard owner/captain
of two cruising sailboats in
succession. Extensive cruising.
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Additional Notes ~~~~~~~
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Navigation:
Celestial, GPS, Radar, Sat Nav, RDF,
DR.
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Education:
Graduate of American Nautical
Services School. Syracuse
University, Pace University, YMCA
Senior Life Saving, PADI Open Water
SCUBA Certification, CPR.
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Languages:
English, Spanish, + scraps of
Italian, French, Turkish, Thai &
Piahroa Indian.
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Interests:
Writing, travel, marketing, most
water and mountain sports.
Exceptional organizational and
management skills. Dog lover.
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Specifications:
White male, U.S. Passport, single,
non-smoker, 40-something, healthy
& fit.
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Excellent
personal and business references on
request.
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