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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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// 01 — What I do

Square-riggers to
working vessels

Yacht deliveries

Coastal and offshore passages as skipper, mate or crew. Passage planning, watch systems, weather routing.

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.

// 02 — Logbook

Sea time

DISTANCE RUN 00,000NM

Connor aloft on TS Playfair, looking down on the deck

Watch & Engineering Officer

2017

2017 – 2023

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.

Square rigEngineeringWinter refits

Alexander von Humboldt II seen from her tender in the Atlantic

Deckhand / OS

2021

2021 – 2022

Alexander von Humboldt II

Class Afloat. Two Atlantic crossings.

Ocean2× Atlantic

STV James Cook, Ocean Youth Trust North's yellow-hulled ketch, entering Bangor harbour — Photo: Rossographer, CC BY-SA 2.0

Watch Officer

2022

STV James Cook

Ocean Youth Trust North, UK.

Watch officerUK

Connor at the helm of the Grand Bend Parasail boat, a yellow smiley chute flying astern

Captain

2023

2023 – present

Grand Bend Parasail

Commercial vessel operations and maintenance, Grand Bend & Port Credit, Ontario.

CommandCommercial

ASA Voyager heeled hard in the Strait of Gibraltar

Yachtmaster Offshore

2025

Jan – Apr 2025

Allabroad, Gibraltar

Four months and 2,500+ nm of offshore training, from the Alboran Sea to the Algarve. Skippered Vilamoura to Cádiz.

Commercially endorsed200 GT

Eye of the Wind under tan sails — Photo: gordonplant, CC BY 2.0

Chief Engineer

2025

Oct 2025 – Jan 2026

Eye of the Wind

40 m brig, Comfort Sailing Charters. Sole engineer, Denmark to the Caribbean.

Engineering1× Atlantic

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// 04 — Tickets

Certificates &
endorsements

01Yachtmaster OffshoreSail · 200 GT · commercially endorsed↗
02AEC-1Approved Engine Course↗
03STCWBasic safety and beyond↗ 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
04SVOPTransport Canada↗
05SEN-LTransport Canada↗
06ROC-MCMarine radio↗
07Powerboat 2RYA↗
08Seafarer medicalTransport Canada · international to Apr 2028↗

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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.

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