Pat at the historic Charlestown Naval Yard in Boston, MA watching the launching of the pilot gig August Glory by the US Navy that was built by his students at that Great Lakes Boat Building School to compliment the USS Constitution.

PROFESSIONAL RESUME

1974- 75 Apprentice boat builder. Tough Bros. Boat Builders, Teddington, Middlesex, England

1975-86 Boat Builder
Hodgdon Brothers, East Boothbay, ME
Penobscot Boat Works, Rockport, ME 
Morse Boat Builders, Thomaston, ME
Lee’s Boat Shop, Rockland, ME
            Lead shipwright 1982-86

1987-90 Admiral Marine, Port Townsend, WA
            Lead Interior Joiner 1988-90

1990-95 Owner/Operator, Rainshadow Marine, Port Townsend, WA

1995-2007 Instructor, Northwest School of Wooden Boat Building, Port Townsend, WA.

2007-17 Director of Education/Instructor, Great Lakes Boat Building School, Cedarville MI
Development of curriculum for full time vocational school

2003 to present, Marine Surveyor 

2018-present, Instructor- WoodenBoat School, Brooklin Maine, 
Summer class instructor- One and two week classes
Subjects taught include:

SURVEY OF WOODEN BOATS

LOFTING

FUNDAMENTALS OF BOAT BUILDING

SPAR MAKING

PLANKING WOOD BOATS

AFFILATIONS AND CERTIFICATIONS

Member ABYC since 2003
ABYC Standards Certified since 2005

Certificate- Havorn Marine Survey and Shipwright School, 

Member Society of Accredited Marine Surveyors
Surveyor Associate, 2003-2008

Member Association of Certified Marine Surveyors
Certified Marine Surveyor 2008-Present

Member Port Townsend Marine Trades Association
Past President 2020-2022, Current Vice President. 

Published Author: 
Wooden Boat Magazine
Learning Curves, A Wooden Boat Building Textbook