Experience:
- Licensed master of power and sailing vessels, up to 50 tons (1997-2002)
- "Six-pack" license, near coastal waters (1997-2002)
- Check-out skipper, Penmar Marine,
Anacortes, WA (summers, 1999-2000)
- Co-owner, operator of 36-foot Catalina, Puget Sound (August 2008 to present)
- Operator of 24-foot San Juan sailboat, Puget Sound (summers, 1997-2005)
- Owner, operator of Freedom-25 in Chesapeake Bay, Maryland and Virginia (1983-1988)
- Charterer 24- to 42-foot auxiliary sailboats in Chesapeake Bay and Puget
Sound (1989-2007)
- Approved renter of daysailers, up to 24 feet, Bellingham Bay Community Boating Center, formerly Fairhaven Boatworks, Inc., and at WWU Lakewood Boating Center (1996 to present)
- Four thousand miles blue-water sailing, including Florida-to-Galapagos delivery on 42-foot Hinckley yawl (1993)
- Skipper, sailing instructor, crew member and trip leader for American Youth Hostels' Sailing Committee in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Maryland (1988-1992)
- Volunteer crew member, Philadelphia's Tall Ship
Gazela, cruising and training on the Delaware River, Potomac River, Chesapeake Bay, and around Martha's Vineyard (1990-1992)
- Skipper of 23-foot ketch owned by Philadelphia Maritime Museum, now Independence Seaport Museum, sailed and raced on Delaware River (1988-1992)
- Race crew, Bellingham and Corinthian Yacht Club series, mostly aboard Sceptre 36
(1993-2000 and occasionally since)
Education:
- USCG Auxiliary Piloting Course, Philadelphia,1988
- USCG Auxiliary Sailing and Seamanship course, Philadelphia, 1983
- Annapolis Sailing School Course for Cruising in Auxiliary, Florida, 1983
- American Sail Training Association, Seaman Level 1 certification, Chesapeake Bay, 1990
- Helmsman certification, Community Boating Club, Boston, Mass. 1967-1971
- Celestial Navigation, crash course, Philadelphia, 1993
- First-Aid and CPR training, American Red Cross (several times in1980s and 1990s)
Boatswain's Locker:
- Boating blogger, Capt. Kathy's Log
- Member, Corinthian Yacht Club, Bellingham, WA
- Honorary pilot's assistant, Masters, Mates & Pilots, Panama Canal Pilots
branch
- Supporter, Bellingham Bay Community Boating Center
- Former member, Independent Seaport
Museum, Philadelphia; Philadelphia Ship Preservation Guild; Traditional Small
Craft
Association, Camden, NJ;
Chesapeake Bay
Maritime
Museum; Community Boating Club, Boston
- Great-granddaughter of three-masted schooner (below) captain in Nova Scotia
- Lifelong renter of Sunfishes, other daysailers, kayaks and canoes
- Windsurfer, Washington, Florida 1993-1999
Kathy Sheehan
P.O. Box 2681
Bellingham, WA 98227-2681
(Updated January 2009)
E-Mail: CaptKathy@sheehanworld.com