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TOM P. CARNEY |
CaptainTC@aol.com |
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980 Orma Drive |
Phone: 619-417.6766 |
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San Diego, CA 92106 |
FAX: 619-225-8141 |
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CREDENTIALS |
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3,000 Ton International Masters License and 1600 Ton U.S.C.G. Masters License, Unlimited
Oceans, Any Waters, endorsed for Celestial Navigation, Radar, Sail, Firefighting, Able-Bodied Seaman, GMDSS, STCW95 |
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Loras College, Dubuque, Iowa, Bachelor of Arts Degree, Political Science |
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Military Service: Captain, U.S. Air Force, Squadron Commander, Combat Area Decorated
Veteran |
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Vehicle Maintenance School, Gas, Diesel, U.S. Air Force |
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Conversational Spanish and Italian |
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Stockbroker, E.F. Hutton & Co., Commodity Broker, Continental Grain Co. |
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Non-smoker, owned and operated three small businesses |
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Court regonized Expert Witness/Consultant in Marine Accident Cases |
EXPERIENCE
Have over 2500 days at sea, operating over 150 vessels, as documented with the U.S. Coast Guard, and have the Sea
Service forms to prove it. After 150 vessels, I quit counting. Have operated both U.S. and foreign flagged vessels
including Canadian, Belize and Saudi Arabian. Have operated single, twin and triple screw vessels from small up
to 274, 2,077 tons, on Atlantic and Pacific coasts of North America, the Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, the Panama
Canal, West Coast of Mexico and Central America, Mediterranean and Adriatic from Italy to Yugoslavia, Pacific Ocean
from Hawaii to San Diego, Samoa to Fiji, Guadalcanal and Singapore, Dutch Harbor Alaska Bering Sea, North Pacific
to British Columbia, and the inside passage to Juneau Alaska. Trophy winning sailing skipper.
BOAT OPERATIONS
MEGA-YACHT AND PRIVATE LUXURY CHARTERS
Operated DUNDIGGEN, 93, between Southern California and Port Hardy, Vancouver
Island for 6 months in 1995. Delivered 100 custom motor yacht, American Dream. from Lynn, Massachusetts through
the Panama Canal to San Francisco. Delivered CENTURION, 125, 289 tons, from Seattle to San Diego, California.
Took a 90 Burger Viking Princess from Southern California to Canada and back in the summer of 2000. Operated Northern
Romance, 85, 179 tons, from Panama to Costa Rica and Mexico in 2005. Experienced in operating guest yacht cruises
for celebrities and prominent families, including The President of the United States brother and a yacht for a
member of the Royal Family of Saudi Arabia.
YACHT DELIVERIES/MANAGEMENT
Have done deliveries as long as 6,000 miles, 50 days, from the East coast, the Caribbean through the Panama Canal,
including night transists. Am insurable for deliveries during the hurricane season in Mexico and the Caribbean.
Approximately 30 Mexican West coast deliveries. Have cleared boats and crews in and out of foreign ports in 14
different countries. Have provided total yacht management:crew, outfitting, maintenance, scheduling, accounting.
State of California Yacht Brokers License.
COMMERCIAL
Spent a year as the skipper of the Pilot Boat for the Port of San Diego.
Put port pilots on and off large vessels at sea in all types of weather. Did two cruises on NOAA research vessels
TITAN and WORTHY. Operated the CORONADO for San Diego Harbor Excursions. Operated the oil exploration vessel GLORITA
in the Eastern Caribbean, ran nine different offshore supply vessels up to 193 in the Gulf of Mexico for the Oil
Industry. Served on the purse seiners MASSINA, SEA ENCOUNTER and DANIELA Z in the Western Pacific. Operated The
Tug Commodore in the North Pacific and the Tug American Quest, Hawaii to Johnston Island.
SPORT FISHING
Operated the charter boats MASCOT VI (85 93 gross tons) and IMAGINATION
out of H&M Landing, San Diego, for Mexican Charters. Also operated as relief skipper on sportfishers RED ROOSTER
III, DIAWA PACIFIC, HORIZON, PREDATOR, OCEAN ODYSSEY, LEGEND, IMPULSE, OSPREY and GALLILEAN. Operated the sportfisher,
FRENCHY, in Cabo San Lucas and La Paz, Mexico. Also the sportfisher Reel Paine,
Cabo and East Cape.
MARINE MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR BUSINESS
From 1984 to 1992, owned two marine maintenance, repair and sales facilities. Have worked on gas and diesel engines,
installed instruments, done bottom jobs and general boat maintenance. Supervised a mega-yacht major
retro-fit, including main engine overhauls. In the US Air Force, went from 2d Lieutenant to Captain in 3 years
9 months, almost a record. As a Captain, served as Squadron Commander, a position normally held by an officer with
the rank of Major or higher. Had under my Command one officer, 200 men and 700 pieces of equipment |
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