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Lothar J.R. Maier

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    Schooner Marie Galante (The Netherlands) ...


    Schooner Marie Galante (37m)
    ...POSITION SOUGHT

    Skipper of a sailing ocean going private/charter vessel or in responsable key-position (as (co-)skipper/ navigator /watch-captain) of a racing-boat for long-distance regattas at the size of big-boat classes, preferably based in, but not necessarily limited to the USA, Mediterranean, Arabean or Asian Sea.
    Long term appointment preferred, alternatively part time (seasonal, approx. April-October) with or without a training / instructor position or yacht-building supervision, techniqual services responsibility. 

    Marstalgaleasse
    Marstalgaleass Carola (25m)



    ...PERSONAL DETAILS
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    place of birth.......................................
    nationality............................................
    further languages..............................
    matrimony/children...........................
    health...................................................
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    interests...............................................
    Maier.
    Lothar J.R.
    16th of June 1964.
    Neuburg/Donau (Bavaria), Germany.
    German (mother language).
    written and spoken English, basic Spanish.
    divorced/---
    excellent, sportive; non-smoker.
    Judo, Skiing/Biathlon, Squash, Tennis, Badminton, Volleyball. Jazz Music (Piano), Indian Classical Music, Billard. 
    S.Y. Tamouré II (wooden ketch)
    S.Y. Tamoure II (Wooden Ketch / Italy) ...
    S.Y. Verano (Swan 51 / Baltic Sea) ...
    S.Y. Verano (Swan 51)



    ...CONTACT
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    Sootboern 7
    D-22453
    Hamburg (sailing server)
    Germany
    +49-(0)180-5999986-58918.
    +49-(0)180-5999986-58919.
    +49-(0)170-8828176.
    profiskip-int@freenet.de
    @Sinn-Macher.net

    S.Y. Nono (Delta 46 / Stavoren - IJsselmeer) ...
    S.Y. Nono (Delta 46)



    ...SAILING QUALIFICATIONS
    1. certificated Yachtmaster (sailing & motor vessels)
      for inland, sea coastal and high seas navigation (equivalent Ocean Yachtmaster/RYA),


    2. Sail Trainer
      (radar navigation, sail trim, heavy weather navigation & seamanship,
        individual coaching for private yacht owners)

    3. Yachtmaster Instructor of the German Yachting Federation (Deutscher Segelverband/DSV)
    4. - licence "A" (in-shore),
      - licence "B" (coastal off-shore).
    Aluminium Cat Janina (Hamburg)
    Catamaran Janina (Custom built)



    ...SAILING CLUBS

    Member of the Cruising Association as Departement of the German Yachting Federation and the International Trans-Ocean-Cruising Association

    S.Y. Meltemi II (63 footer Skipper Ocean / Greece) ...
    S.Y. Meltemi II (single built)



    ...SAILING CAREER
    1. In 1978, I started sailing at age 14 in Austria, sailed on inland waters to 1982, starting then offshore sailing on coastal sea front Sizilia, Corsica, Elba.
    2. In 1983 I set exams up to yachting licence for inland waters and yachtmaster's certificate for inland navigation.
    3. During the season of 1987 I had a profession in polyester-motoryacht-construction of the boatyard Cytra Motorboote GmbH (Darmstadt/Weiterstadt, Germany). Parallel I set exams up to yachting licence for coastal waters and yachtmaster's certificate for coastal navigation.
    4. From 1991 to 1992 I built up the new sailing-school as a departement of the driving-school Vogt Fahrschulen GmbH in South of Germany (Stuttgart) and qualified me in courses for celestial navigation of the German Sailing Association.
    5. In Winter 1992/93 I visited the 13th symposium of yacht-design and yacht-construction in Hamburg.
    6. Since 1993 I am on job as free-lancer (yachtmaster's certificate for high-seas navigation) in the position of instructor, skipper and sail-trainer for international charter-clients and mostly German sailing-schools, travel-/charter-agencies and private owners (even teaching clients on their own yachts) in the Medditerranean, (North)Atlantic, Baltic- and North-Sea.
    7. In April 1994 I started my programme for graduated instructor of the German Yachting Federation for in-shore sailing (licence "A").
    8. Further in spring 1994: sail-trainer-qualification of the National Sailing Association (Berlin) and the training-centre of the National Sports Association.
    9. During summer 1994 I hired as helmsman on the Dutch 37-meter-schooner
      Marie Galanté in the Baltic-Sea.
    10. Since autumn 1994 I expanded my job-services to yachtmanagement and marketing-services for private sailing-yachts and commercial charter-vessels over the size of 50 feet.
    11. In April 1995 I programmed my certification as yachtmaster instructor of the German Yachting Federation with the licence "B" for coastal-off-shore.
    12. From 1994 to 1997 I was continuously following a private programme of higher
      qualification for a (semi-)professional and successful sailing-carreer.
    13. Spring 1999: invitation from Sir Chay Blyth (Challenge Business) to participate in the skipper assessment weekend for the BT Global Challenge 2000-2001 as one of 41 candidates.
    14. January 2001: started interests for kite sailing
    15. since 2004: sailing therapy project for ADD/ADHD (see "3i1")
    Marstalschooner Zuversicht
    Marstalschooner Zuversicht (30m)




    ...CERTIFICATES
    1978: Austrian yachting licence for inland waters (Austrian-Yachting-Federation),
    1983: sail-surfing-certificate ( DWSV / VDR*),
    yachting licence for inland waters/yachtmaster's certificate for inland navigation (DSV).
    1987: yachting licence for coastal waters/yachtmaster's certificate (sailing/motor) for
    sea coastal navigation (DSV/DMYV**),
    1991: motor-licence (a) and sailing-licence (d) for the Lake of Constanze,
    sailing licences for coastal waters (DSV),
    1992: yachting licence for high seas (DSV),
    gun licence for signal pistol PA2 (Kal4),
    1993: yachtmaster's certificate for high seas navigation at the nautical college in Hamburg.
    1994: General Ship Radiotelephone Operator's Certificate.
    1995: General Operator's Certificate (GMDSS) at the nautical college in Hamburg.
    1996: ARPA Radar Simulator Course (IMO-Rules) at the Simulation Facilitiy of
              ISSUS (Institute of Ship Operation, Sea Transport and Simulation).
    1997: yachtmaster's certificate for high seas navigation (DSV).


    *DSV=German Yachting Federation / **DMYV=German Motor-Yachting Federation




    ...JOB
    QUALIFICATION

    During 1994-97 I complemented my graduates with specialist-courses on a 4-year's programme:

    1994 : - diesel-engine- and electric-/electronic-engineering
       ...(training-centre of Volvo Penta, Kiel/Germany)
    1995 : - meteorology-training-college (meteorological office of the Federal Ministry of Transport, Building and Housing, Hamburg/Germany),
     - health and medical care on seagoing vessels (German Red Cross, Hamburg).
     1996 : - Safety of Life at Sea-Training / Surviving at Sea
        (Special Departement for Ship-Safety, Federal & Maritime &
         Hydrographic Agency of Germany
    ,
    Neustadt-Holstein/Germany).
     1997/98: PADI Open-water Diver
    Incoastal and Off-Shore Sailing I was acting as master and instructor in different types of keel- & centreboarded monohulls, cruising catamarans, keeled boats, rigged as ketches, slups, schooners up to 122 feet LOA:

    Hallberg Rassy 42, Bavaria 410Delta 46, Helmsman 50, Swan 51 (History),
    58-Ted Irwin Construction (USA/single-built), 63-Skipper-Ocean MELTEMI II (single-built),
    22-metre 'wooden' Ketch TAMOURÉ II (single-built), 15-metre-Aluminium-Cruising-Catamaran JANINA (single-built), 37-metre Dutch Schooner Marie Galanté (helmsman position), 30-metre Marstalschooner Zuversicht, 25-metre Marstal Galeass Carola,
    Keel-/Centre boarded-Zugvogel,
    11:Metre OneDesign ... and others (Dehler, Feeling (Kirie), ETAP Yachts, Beneteau Cruising (First), JEANNEAU (Sun Odyssey), Dufour Yachts (GIB'SEA), ELAN Marine ...).

    Regular studies of specialized literature and visits of international boat-shows and exhebitions keep my qualifications up-to-date (Hanseboot, boot Duesseldorf, Interboot).





    ...REGATTA
    ACTIVITIES

  • Coastal centreboarded fun-regattas front of Elba,
  • Offshore Cruising fun-regattas round the Canarian Islands,
  • 1993/94: Match-Race-Talentship-Programme* of AeroSail GmbH / Mercedes (1992-95),
  • Since October 1994 concentrated on project activities in big regatta-events of long-distance-racing
    [One-Design-Maxi-Fleet ... formally Erricson 80/Grand Mistral One-Design (1996-1997), Whitbread-Round-the-World-Race (1996-1997) /
    Volvo-Trophy (2001-2002), BT Global Challenge (1999), The Race (2000-2001), Formula1, MiniTransat (2002-2003) ...]


  • *This sponsor programme was canceled by Mercedes (DaimlerChrysler) in November 1995.




    ...AVAILABILITY

    Almost immediate short-time available, negotiable. I will fly to an interview, if the appointment higes only on the outcome of the meeting. I would not expect to recompense this with the exception to be re-imbursed for travel expenses (my qualification is already in worldwide acceptance). 





    ...OTHER CAREER
      1987 - present: Computer-based mostly on MS-DOS (DOS 5.0 / 5.5. / 6.0 / ..., WINDOWS (Win3.*/95/98/2000, NT4.0/XP), Office programmes (Word, Excel, Power-Point, Access, ...), Navigation-programmes and other software (database systems, desktop publishing (Corel, QuarkXPress, PaintShopPro), WEB-Editors, datafax-manager, etc. ...)

      Working for nearby ten years in international companies of industrieal fields as ...

      - mechanical/electrical engineering (project-management, organisation).
      - personnel management (consulting)
      - sales-marketing (telemarketing, market-research) and
      - import-/export-business (Eastern Europe, Russia, South America).

      1997 - 2002: Internet-based Consulting: Content-Management, Online-Marketing, Web-Design (Features, Usability), eBIZ (CRM), Permission-based (Dialogue-)Marketing, Knowledge Management (Teacher @ Academy for Economics),  Info-Consulting (desk-Research, strategical marketing) ...

      1991 - 2004: free-lancer as sailing-/delivery-skipper/instructing sailing subjects in order of skipper services (Schoenicke Skipperteam), sailing schools (Frank Lochte Sailing School, Sailing School Hering),  charter agencies (Nordcharter GmbH, Janina Marketing & Charter GmbH) and private charter-clients/ship owners and as principal of a sailing school in South of Germany (Seasportschool Vogt).

      since 2003: project development (sozical market), see Sinn-Macher.Net





    ...SPECIAL COURSES

    marketing-mix, motivation-training, personnel-management, rethoric for negotiations, forms of discussion, successfull negotiations, ... 





    ...LANGUAGES

    English in spoken and written form. I have started Spanish classes and I intend to learn this third language well, so that I can converse more individual with foreign owners, charter guests, etc. ... 






    DON'T HESITATE TO CONTACT ME EASILY VIA EMAIL:

    p r o f i s k i p - i n t @ f r e e n e t . d e



    !! If you have some interesting suggestions or links, please let me know !!





    ...SOME LINKS
    THE (VIRTUA)L WORLD OF SAILING ...  


    ++ Regatta-Events - Cruising / Semi-Professionals +  America's Cup (2000, 2003) +
    +
    Offshore-Racing - Professionals +  Crew-Procurement ++




    Regatta-Events - Cruising / Semi-Professionals

    Antarctica Cup 2004 <- !! NEW !!

    Antigua Sailing Week
    ARC - Atlantic Rally for Cruisers - World Cruising Ltd.
    Bol d'or (Genève - Suisse)

    BT Global Challenge - The Official Web Site
    Cowes Week
    DaimlerChrysler North Atlantic Challenge 2003 / Norddeutscher Regatta-Verein
    Dubai ISAF World Sailing Championship 1998
    Europe 1 Single Handed Transatlantic Race
    EXPO 98 Round The World Rally - World Cruising Ltd.
    Fastnet Race
    Formula 1 Events
    Hong Kong Challenge - World Cruising Ltd.
    Kieler Woche 2003
    Millennium Odyssey- World Cruising Ltd.
    MiniTransat (Le site officiel de la Transat 6,50 Charente-Maritime Bahia) / Class Mini (Official Site), MiniTransat 1999, MiniTransat 2003 (DE)
    Sydney to Hobart yacht race 1997
    Transat Jacques Vabre

    Tour de France à la voile - A Fleet-Race alonge the French Coast
    Millennium Round The World Yacht Race 1999-2000
    .
    America's Cup 2000 Projects
    America's Cup 2000 - The Official Website
    Americas Cup 2000 in NZ
    America's Cup - Global Information Service
    America's Cup Swissteam
    AmericaOne Challenge for America's Cup XXX
    PACT2000 - The New York Yacht Club America's Cup Challenge
    .
    America's Cup 2003 (NewZealand)
    Alinghi - !! The Winner overall !! -> Owner of the America's Cup Campaign 2005-2006

    www.americascup.ch - German Langauge Site for the XXXI America's Cup
    Illbruck Challenge (The winner overall of the Volvo Ocean Race 2001-2002 as the 1st German Competitor for the America's Cup ...  The campaign has been cancelled in 2002 -> America's Cup Competition 2005-2006)
    Oracle Racing
    Team Germany
    Team NewZewaland / Royl NewZealand Yacht Sqadron
    Team Prada
    Swiss Challenge
    .
    America's Cup 2007 (Valencia / Spain)

    www.americascup.com - 32nd Official America's Cup Website

    www.alinghi.com - Alinghi (Cup owner)

    www.united-internet-team-germany.de - United Internet Team Germany

    www.teamshosholoza.com

    www.bmworacleracing.com



    Offshore-Racing - Professionals
    Adecco Worldchampionship 1999 - Offical Website of the One-design-Maxi-Fleet
    Around Alone 1998-1999
    BOC Challenge
    CHAMPIONNAT MULTICOQUES 60' ORMA
    Jules Verne Trophy
    Goss Challenge Ltd. - Pete Goss's Project for THE RACE 2000
    Kingfisher Challenges (e.g. Around Allone, Route de Rhum 2002, Jules Verne Trophy
    Primagaz97 Racing Season - Round Europe Race 1997

    Round Europe Yacht Race
    Route de Rhum

    The Race 2000 - La Course du millénaire ... No Limits Round The World -> The Race 2004
    Vendee Globe
    VOLVO Ocean Race 2001-2002- The Volvo Event Management (Sweden)
    WHITBREAD-round-the-World-Race for the Volvo Trophy - The Official Website


    Crew-Procurement - (Non-)Professional Skippers, Crew Volunteers, Racing Teams, ...
    Australian yachting and sailing charters (The Sailing Information Centre)
    CCYC Crew needed (Chicago Chorintian Yacht Club)
    Crew Seekers (U.K.)
    Fred Dovaston SL - International Yacht Crew Agency
    Floatplan
    Hawaii Sailing and Yacht Racing
    New York Area Racing Crew List
    New York Yacht Racing
    Royal Ocean Racing Club (RORC)
    Sports Websites Directory (Sportszine.co.uk) - Sailing Crew
    Superyachts, yacht chefs, yacht crew, cyber crew
    The Marine Web... Yacht Crew Register
    The Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club (Australia)
    Yacht Crew and Dinghy Crew Database
    Yacht Crew Jobs
    Yacht Crew Agency
    Yacht Crew Message Board (Luxury Yacht Crew, U.K.)
    Yacht Crew Inc.
    Yacht Management and Crew Staffing





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    Sootboern 7 - D-22453 Hamburg / Germany.

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