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Brian P. Blank
6 Maplewood Road * Old Saybrook, CT 06475
Home: 860-388-6463 or Cell: 860-227-3435
PROFILE
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Age: 50. Own (5) new Beneteau 42’ sailboats. Endless-Summer, Summer: Wind, Magic, Dreams & Breeze |
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Thirty plus years of boating and over 6,500 miles of Offshore sailing logged on the Atlantic |
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Born and raised in Newport, RI and started sailing with the Boy Scouts at age 14 |
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Operator of various sailboats, motorboats and catamarans ranging from 18’ to 65’ |
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Annual cruises in the Narragansett Bay, Vineyard Sound, Buzzards Bay and Long Island Sound |
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Knowledge of charts, dead-reckoning, GPS, radar and single side band radios |
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Responsible for all training & safety briefs, maintenance of 12 sail wardrobe, & all engineering duties |
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Knowledge of all aspects of boat building, repair, rebuild, and upkeep of engines and fiberglass |
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Employed 1980 by Newport Offshore Boatyard to oversee faring and painting of 12 Meter “Clipper” |
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Employed 1979 by Baron Bich of “France 3” America’s Cup boat as paint and fairing specialist |
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Dock manager 1977 at Newport’s Bannister’s Wharf including Ted Turner’s 12 meter “Courageous” |
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Past President - Newport Yacht Charter Association 2001 |
SEMINARS
| Mar 2-3, 1996 |
Safety at Sea Seminar, offered by Cruising Club of America & West Marine |
| Mar 30-31, 1996 |
Passagemaker Seminar, offered by the Cruising Rally Assoc. & West Marine |
| Nov 5, 1997 |
Collision Avoidance with Radar, offered by Cruising Club & West Marine |
| Mar 21, 2004 |
Connecticut Safe Boating Certificate offered by USCG auxiliary |
READINGS
Dozens of books on boat handling, sail trim, navigation, heavy weather sailing , boat upkeep & racing
EXPERIENCE HIGHLIGHTS
| 2004 |
Sailed New England on a Hinckley 49’ ketch and a Catana 43’ catamaran “Liberator” |
| 2003 |
Sailed New England on our Beneteau FIRST 47.7 “Muse” & Naples, Italy on a Beneteau 423 |
| 2002 |
Sailed Key West, FL on my friends 48’ catamaran Kurt Hughes Design “Ninth Wave” |
| 1998 |
Captain for Newport to Bermuda Race on “Endless Summer” with a race crew of 7 men |
| 1997 |
Captain & Navigator Marblehead to Halifax Spinnaker Race on “Endless-Summer” crew of 6 |
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Captain for Annapolis to Newport Spinnaker Race on “Endless-Summer” with crew of 7 |
| 1996 |
Captain for Newport to Bermuda Race on “Endless-Summer” with a race crew of 8 |
| 1995 |
Owner of a Beneteau ‘First’ 42 ”Endless-Summer”, cruised and raced New England Waterways |
| 1994 |
Navigated The Leeward Islands from English Harbor, Antigua to St.Martin as captain on Centurion 49’
sailboat...”Andantino” with stops at Barbuda, St. Barts and Anguilla |
| 1992 |
First mate on a Sparkman and Stephen’s 65’ sailboat ..”Cocoon” in Long Island Sound |
| 1991 |
Watch captain returning from Bermuda to Newport on a Beneteau ‘First’ 42...”Panama Red” |
| 1989 |
Watch captain returning from Yarmouth, Maine to Newport, RI on a ‘J’ 35...”Summer Song” |
| 1988 |
Watch captain from Annapolis, Maryland to Virgin Gorda, The Virgin Islands on a new
Sparkman and Stephen’s 65’ sailboat “Zaberdast”. Offshore delivery for 12 days |
| 1985 |
Owner of a “C&C” Landfall 38’...”Black Sheep”, cruised The New England waterways |
| 1978 |
Navigated the New England waterways on a ‘Coronada’ 30...”Song of Songs” thru 1984 |
| 1975 |
Seasonal catamaran cruising Narragansett Bay on my 18’ Hobie Cat “Neeeeeee” |
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