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