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Chronological Resume
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CAPTAIN
TOR
PINNEY
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PMB 450
88005 Overseas Highway, #9
Islamorada, FL 33036-3087 USA
URL www.tor.cc
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Over 125,000 nautical miles
logged under sail.
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1973-78: Liveaboard
owner/captain of two cruising sailboats. Double- and
single-handed the Florida Keys with the steel gaff-rigged sloop,
"Thumper", and the Bahamas aboard the gaff-rigged ketch,
"Autant", a very traditional, engineless, 1927 William Hand
designed 40-footer.
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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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1981-82: Owner of the steel
Sparkman & Stevens 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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1983-87: Founder/President
of Cruising Yachts Inc., a Fort Lauderdale/Miami yacht sales
company, the southeastern U.S. regional dealer for Pacific
Seacraft Corporation's cruising sailboats. Owned and lived
aboard the Crealock yawl, "Kerry".
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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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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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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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1997-1998: Land cruising in an RV,
traveling & living in the northwestern United States, in the
mountains and forests where there aren't any boats. Cruised about
25,000 miles in 8 months.
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1999-2003: Founder/ President
of Anchor
Yacht & Ship Sales, worldwide dealer
for Valiant
Yachts and Internet-focused
international yacht & ship brokerage and dealership.
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2004-2006:
Traveling and writing.
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2007-2008:
Refitting the Pearson 424 ketch, Silver
Heels, in preparation for cruising.
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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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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. Wrote the books,
"Ready for Sea! - How to Outfit the Modern Cruising
Sailboat" and "The Best Positive
Thinking Book."
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Navigation: Celestial, Sat Nav, GPS, Radar, RDF, DR.
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Education: 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. Professional performing
musician.
Exceptional organizational and management skills. Dog lover.
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Specifications: White male, U.S.
Passport, single, non-smoker, healthy & fit, 49 years & holding.
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Excellent personal and business
references on request.
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Autobiography
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