Yacht deliveries
Coastal and offshore passages as skipper, mate or crew. Passage planning, watch systems, weather routing.
POS43°18.6'N081°45.0'W
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Yachtmaster Offshore/Marine Engineer
CONNORTESKEY
Commercially endorsed Yachtmaster Offshore with a marine engineering ticket. I sail the boat, stand the watch, and keep the systems running when you're a long way from a yard.
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*30,000* miles. Three *Atlantic* crossings. Engine room to *helm.*
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0Seasons at sea
UK+CAPassport holder
// 01 — Look around
360° from
the rig
Shot on an Insta360 from aloft, on deck, at the helm and under a parasail. Drag to look around.
SceneAloft at sunset
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Drag to look around
// 02 — What I do
Square-riggers to
working vessels
Offshore experience across the fleet, with the engineering background to fix things on passage.
Mate & watch leader
Years of watchkeeping and training crews aboard tall ships. Calm, organised, safety-first.
Engineering on board
AEC-1 certified, former Chief Engineer on a tall ship. Diesel, systems and rigging support at sea.
// 03 — Logbook
Sea time
DISTANCE RUN
00,000NM
2017 – 2023
Watch & Engineering Officer
TS Playfair / STV Pathfinder
Brigs Youth Sail Training, Toronto. Trainee in 2017, six seasons on 22 m square-rig brigs, later Programme Coordinator. Deep-Sea Award. Winter refit volunteer, every weekend.
2021 – 2022
Deckhand / OS
Alexander von Humboldt II
Class Afloat. Two Atlantic crossings.
2022
Watch Officer
STV James Cook
Ocean Youth Trust North, UK.
2023 – present
Captain
Grand Bend Parasail
Commercial vessel operations and maintenance, Grand Bend & Port Credit, Ontario.
Jan – Apr 2025
Yachtmaster Offshore
Allabroad, Gibraltar
Four months and 2,500+ nm of offshore training, from the Alboran Sea to the Algarve. Skippered Vilamoura to Cádiz.
Oct 2025 – Jan 2026
Chief Engineer
Eye of the Wind
40 m brig, Comfort Sailing Charters. Sole engineer, Denmark to the Caribbean.
// 04 — Sea miles
0nm logged
Every passage in my logbook, replayed in order. Tall-ship and Great Lakes routes are rebuilt from ports of call; the rest are logged positions. The Great Lakes summers (2017–22) are simulated from Toronto Brigantine’s archived schedules, with the harbours and anchorages in between; miles marked ≈ are estimates.
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// Gallery
From
the deck
My own photos, from the camera, phone and 360 rig: square-riggers, training yachts and the odd parasail.
// 05 — Tickets
Certificates &
endorsements
- 01Yachtmaster Offshore↗
- 02AEC-1↗
- 03STCW↗ A-VI/1-1Personal Survival TechniquesA-VI/1-2Fire Prevention & Fire FightingA-VI/1-3Elementary First AidA-VI/2-1Survival Craft & Rescue BoatsA-VI/3Advanced Fire FightingA-VI/4-1Marine Advanced First Aid · TC
- 04SVOP↗
- 05SEN-L↗
- 06ROC-MC↗
- 07Powerboat 2↗
- 08Seafarer medical↗
// Open channel · VHF 16
Need
crew?
Deliveries, offshore passages, mate or engineer roles. Home waters are the Great Lakes; happy to join a boat anywhere. Get in touch with dates and route.
// 06 — On Instagram