RESUME OF GRANT JOHN MAUGHAN CURRENT CONTACT INFO: Cell Ph: Canada: +1-604 992 8736. USA: +1-954 803 6488 Email:dingofish56@hotmail.com Email:frontiermarinedesigns@yahoo.com www.frontiermarinedesigns.com PERSONAL INFO: D.O.B.: 29th May 1964 Nationality: Australian Passport: Australian (US B1/B2 Visa; expire 2010) Health: Excellent LICENSES & CERTIFICATES: MCA Class 4 (3000t for yachts) Australian Class 4 (Commercial), Australian Skipper Grade 2 (Commercial fishing) Australian M.E.D. 1 (Engineering) PADI Divemaster Tradesman Spraypainter EMPLOYMENT HISTORY: • April 2007- Current Captain: TURMOIL- 64m (209') Expedition Motor Yacht Full operational supervision. Cruising Greenland, Iceland, Scandinavia, South America, etc. August 2005-May 2006 Project Manager/ Captain: Plan B- 50m (164’) expedition style motor yacht. -Supervising major conversion & refit at Atlantic Drydock, Jacksonville, Florida including major steel fabrication (heli pad, deck extensions, flybridge superstructure, etc), new interior, mechanical upgrades, liasing with Nuytco, Canada for the construction of a 2 person deep submersible (Deep Worker II), new tenders, etc. • June 2003- Present Founder/ Designer: Frontier Marine Designs pty. Ltd. -Design & 3D computer modeling of motor yachts using AutoCAD & Rhino. • January 2001- April 2005 Build captain/ Captain: Big Roi- 63m (206’) expedition style motor yacht -Supervised the construction process including specification writing & design/ layout of engineering & interior installations over a 2 year period in Denmark. Operated the vessel with a crew of 10-12 in the Baltic Sea, North Sea, Western Mediterranean, Caribbean, US east Coast & New England. • February 1999- December 2000 Build Captain/ Captain: Samantha Lin (now Pangaea)- 56m (184’) Expedition motor yacht. -Supervised construction in Louisiana & operated the vessel between USA, Caribbean & Europe. • November 1998 Delivery Watch Officer: Mercedes- 123’ Oceanfast motor yacht. - Delivery voyage from Fort Lauderdale to St Maarten & preparation for charter season. • September 1998 Captain/ Engineer: Tivoli- 50’ Nordhaven motor yacht. -Delivery of new vessel from Savannah, Georgia to Sarasota, Florida. • June 1998- December 1998 Captain: Marzy- 70’ Azimut -Operating in Florida till sold. • May/ June 1998 Relief Chief Engineer: Little Sis- 174’ Oceanfast motor yacht. -Florida & preparation for Atlantic crossing & charter season. • January/ April 1998 Captain: Saumlaki- 60’ Nordhaven trawler motor yacht -Delivery from Southport, Australia to Ensenada, Mexico via new Caledonia, Fiji, American Samoa, Christmas Island & Hawaii. • June 1996- January 1998 Captain/ Engineer: Southern Cross II- 105’ Lloyds motor yacht -Joined as Chief Engineer in Acapulco for voyage to Australia. Took over as Captain in Australia for trip to Miami via Vanuatu, American Samoa, Marquises, and Galapagos. Cruised in US, Bahamas & Turks & Caicos before making the return trip to Australia via Panama, Galapagos, Tahiti, Fiji. • May/ June 1996 Relief Chief Engineer/ Watchkeeper: Island Trader- 130’ commercial passenger/ cargo vessel. - Operating between the east Coast of Australia & Lord Howe Island in the Tasman Sea. • June/ November 1995 Deckhand/ Assistant Engineer: Osprey- 100’ Commercial purse-seine fishing vessel. - Fished for salmon on the West Coast of British Columbia from Vancouver Island (Inside passage) to Prince Rupert & the Charlotte Islands. Seasonal. • August 1994- June 1995 Chief Engineer/ First Mate: Fantasea II- 115’ Dutch live-aboard Dive Charter vessel. - Operated luxury dive charters from Eilat, Israel into the Red Sea, Egypt, Sudan, Eritrea, Yemen, Djibouti & a charter season in the Seychelles working with high profile clients & National Geographic/ IMAX film crews. • April 1993- December 1994 Captain: Greshanne- 120’ Deep Sea Salvage Tug. - Performed various towing assignments on the East Coast of Australia from Queensland to Tasmania. • January/ December 1992 Mate/ Engineer - Various fisheries research vessels & prawn trawlers up to 110’ operating from Western Australia to Queensland including the Kimberley’s, Gulf of Carpentaria & Great Barrier Reef. • November/ December 1991 Chief Engineer/ Instructor: Cemerlang III- 90’ Stern Trawler/ Research Vessel - Delivered vessel from Australia to Kuching, Borneo for hand-over, research & instruction to local crew working in the South China Sea. • August/ October 1991 3rd Engineer: Austal Leader- 88m (300’) Factory Trawler - Performed a major refit in Cape Town, South Africa & delivered vessel to Fremantle, Western Australia. Performing research trawling operations around Madagascar & St Pauls Island in the Southern Ocean. • August 1989- August 1991 Deck/ Engineer/ Mate - On various deep-sea stern trawlers up to 140’ involved in commercial fishing operations in the Southern Ocean, Antarctic Circle & Bass Strait. • January 1985- July 1989 Deck - Worked as deck crew on various commercial lobster fishing vessels on the West Australian Coast & Abroholos Islands. • August/ October 1997 Mate/ Engineer: Sunbird II- 57’ Lobster Vessel - Delivery from Geraldton, Western Australia to Suva, Fiji. OTHER VOCATIONS HAVE INCLUDED: • Part-time TAFE Tech Teacher at the Newcastle Maritime Academy, Australia for Coxswain & Master Class V students. • Scuba Store Employee: Running dive store & assisting with dive instruction. • Tradesman Spraypainter: Automotive repair & airbrush artwork. • Various construction labouring in brick & timber. • Part-time security guard. PERSONAL INTERESTS: Surfing, Windsurfing, Diving, Guitar, Motor Cycle Touring, Traveling, Reading, Movies, Fitness, Yacht Design, Computer Technical Drawing & 3D modeling. REFEREES: * Ben Snead: Expedition Yachts International. Ph: +1-252 675 5555 bensnead@coastalnet.com |
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