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Louis Scott, male, 56

Ref 31402

Nationality: United Kingdom
Currently based in: Ft Lauderdale, United States
Looking for: Worldwide opportunities
Experience: 8000 ocean miles / 4000 coastal miles
Royal Yacht Association and Maritime Coastguard Agency Yachtmaster Offshore with Commercial Endorsement. 19K logged coastal and offshore nautical miles (2019-2021). Retired British Army Lieutenant Colonel. Leadership and teamwork professional. British citizen and US permanent resident. Physically fit and mentally robust. Married. Non-smoker. Member of the New York Yacht Club, the Ocean Cruising Club and the Army and Navy Club.
Smoking: non-smoker
Relationship status: married
Dietary requirements: none
Languages: English;
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Louis’s Sailing Experience
Number of years sailing: 10+
Sea miles sailed: Ocean: 8000 / Coastal: 4000
Nights at sea: 50+
I have experience as: Captain (Offshore)
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Sailing Skills Experienced
I have done this many times and am confident to help others less experienced. I am happy doing this day		 Competent
I am competent doing this in daylight, or if there is someone more experienced with me		 Basic
I have only done this a few times, but I am willing to learn		 None
I have not done this before
Steer a compass course x
Keep lookout/watch-keeping x
Trimming sails – mainsail and foresail/jib x
Reefing x
Working the foredeck – setting sails including spinnakers and cruising chutes x
Navigating with GPS and paper charts at sea x
Anchoring and handling anchors x
Cooking at sea x
Using dinghies with outboard motors x
Heaving-to and other heavy weather tactics x

Other nautical or cruising skills
Using a sextant for astro-navigationx
Using VHF radiox
Diesel engine maintenancex
Repairing or making sailsx
Using radarx

Other nautical or relevant qualifications
Qualification Awarding Level Year
RYA Yachtmaster Offshore RYA Commercial Endorsement 2022
Offshore Yachtmaster Theory RYA 2020
RYA Yachtmaster Offshore RYA Yachtmaster Offshore 2020
Day skipper Theory RYA 2019
Day Skipper practical RYA 2019

Voyage History
Date Boat From/To Miles Role # Crew Rally
2022 75 Yawl (1950 Lake Worth FL/Ft Lauderdale FL 80 Watch-leader 4
2021 Lagoon 50 BVIs/BVIs 200 Captain 10
2021 Hanse 575 Ft Lauderdale/New Jersey 1034 Watch-leader 4
2021 Lagoon 42 Boston MA/Norfolk VA 467 Captain 4
2020 Swan 66 Sint Maarteen/St Thomas 110 Captain 1
2020 Ed Horstman Catamaran 38 Pensacola/Key West 537 Watch-leader 3
2020 Passport 43 Lake Worth/Fort Launderdale 43 Watch-leader 2
2020 Swan 56 sloop Bermuda/St Martin 900 Watch-leader 4
2020 Swan 46 Sint Marteen/Antigua 188 Watch-leader 3
2020 Sparkman and Stephens 70ft yawl (Built 1950) St Thomas/Savannah 1348 Crew 6
2020 Jeanneau 509 Hilton Head/Beaufort NC 315 Captain 3
2020 Swan 56 St Thomas/Newport RI 1550 Watch-leader 4
2020 Gulfstar 54 Palma/Split 1125 Watch-leader 3
2020 Swan 56 Newport RI/Bermuda 650 Watch-leader 4
2020 Jeanneau 44i BVIs/BVIs 300 Captain 2
2019 Voyage 50 catamaran Charleston, S Carolina/Fort Lauderdale, Florida 450 Captain 4
2019 Oyster 45 Lagos, Portugal/Gibraltar 185 Watch-leader 3
2019 Jeanneau 50.9 Shelter Island, New York/Savannah, Georgia 955 Captain 3
2019 Oyster 435 Ketch Baiona Spain/The Canary Islands 660 Watch-leader 3
2019 Bluewater 476 Inverkip Scotland/Bangor Ireland 150 Watch-leader 3
2019 Spirit 52 Woolverstone, Ipswich/Hamble 200 Watch-leader 3
2019 Warrior 40 sloop/cutter Xufre N Spain/Port Crouesty France 500 Watch-leader 2
2019 Oyster 435 Ketch Porto o Xufre, Spain/Vigo, Spain 30 Watch-leader 2
2019 Beneteau Oceanis 38 Southampton/Cowes, Portsmouth, Hamble, Beaulieu 100 Watch-leader 4
2019 Bavaria 46 Santa Pola (Spain)/Ibiza 113 Watch-leader 3
2019 Bavaria 46 British Virgin Islands/Gibraltar 4200 Watch-leader 5
2019 Bavaria 46 Gibraltar/Santa Pola (Spain) 424 Watch-leader 2
2018 Sailing yacht 45ft Ibiza, Spain/Torrevieja, Spain 400 Watch-leader 5
2014 Sailing yacht 40ft Barcelona/Barcelona 20 Crew 3
2013 Sailing catamaran 40ft Fethiye, Turkey/Fethiye 200 Crew 3
1990 Sailing yacht Kiel Germany/Keil Germany 50 Crew 2
1986 Sailing yacht Auckland New Zealand/Auckland 50 Crew 3

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