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Yacht Deliveries Captain David C. Mathews
RYA/MCA 200 ton Yachtmaster Offshore International Certificate |
| Tao, the 56' Trimaran built by David Mathews in the 70's. |
CERTIFICATES & LICENCES
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| Captain Mathews owns an extensive collection of charts, both paper and electronic, to navigate your vessel anywhere from the Caribbean up the East Coast or the Mississippi routes all the way to Canada, the Trent Canal system and all of the Great Lakes. |
SOME RECENT EXPERIENCE
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| 72 foot Kong-Halvorsen Motor Yacht New York City to St. Augustine, Florida |
Crew Andy & Dave, plus Cap’t Dave. |
| 50 foot trimaran. Good-time delivery voyage thru Bahamas, Turks & Caicos to Ft. Pierce Florida. Jaws liked our nice tuna. |
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| 42 foot trawler, Trent Canal trip from Lake Simcoe via Trenton to Whitby Harbour on Lake Ontario. |
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| Dave & the boat | Mate Ernie at the Peterborough Lift Locks. |
| Summer 2010, Jeanneau 452 from Tortola, British Virgin Islands to West Palm Beach via Turks & Caicos, Bahamas & Gulf Stream. |
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| Captain Dave at the wheel. | Sistership Photo |
| Summer 2010, 40 foot power catamaran, Charleston South Carolina to New Hampshire. | |
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| Underway! | Doug, Andy and Capt.Dave |
| Late fall 2009 trip, 32 PDQ powercat, Beaufort N.C. to Toronto, 12 days via east coast and New York State Canal. |
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| August 09, took ex-military RIB-type 46 foot patrol boat from Toronto to Newport R.I. where it is to be loaded onto a ship to go to the U.K.. |
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Trip was through the New York State Barge Canal, Hudson River, and Long Island Sound. An interesting vessel, it had twin large Cat diesels with Hamilton jet drives, very fast. It had been purchased from Canadian Crown Assets auction. |
| June 09. Delivered 37 foot power catamaran from Ft. Lauderdale to Tortola, British Virgin Islands. The boat under Paradise Island Bridge. |
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Dave with crew Doug & Andy with their MahiMahi |
| November 2008 - Delivery 38 foot Island Packet from Maine to New Bern, North Carolina. |  |
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June 08. Delivered "simba", a 41 ft. power PDQ cat from New Bern North Carolina to New Hampshire/Maine border, 5 days. |
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Spring 2008 Delivered 64 foot new custom gaff rigged schooner catamaran, Key West to Turks & Caicos Islands via Bahamas. Then stayed to give instruction on local pilotage, docking/boat handling and charter operations, total duration 3 months. |
| Catching a Mahimahi for the table. |  |
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Off watch. |
| Arrival at Turks & Caicos. |  |
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December 2007 delivered 44 foot catamaran offshore from North Carolina, out east to near Bermuda, then south to St. Barths in French West Indies, 11-day passage. |
| Captain Dave with mates Andy and Barbara" |  |
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Delivered Beneteau 49 from Cape Cod to Miami Beach, Nov/Dec 07. |
| Delivered new PDQ Antares44 catamaran Tarrytown, NY to Thunderbolt, Georgia, Aug 07. |  |
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Delivered new Beneteau 423 from Toronto, Canada to Freeport, Bahamas in Nov/Dec 06. |
| A shot of Dave on the Beneteau 423 on arrival in Freeport, Bahamas. |  |
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Delivery 50 ft. trimaran Savanna, Ft. Pierce Florida to Turks & Caicos |
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David as a guest captain aboard a 103 foot Broward Motor Yacht
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| Captain Dave delivering Caicos Cat, Martinique to Turks & Caicos, 1000 miles.. |  |
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Delivery 40 ft. steel trawler to haulout, Port Huron, MI, via Lake Erie, Detroit River, Lake St. Clair, owner Michael as first mate. |
| Captain Dave and first mate Ernie reaching Oswego, NY with Buccaneer 33 go-fast trimaran after wet ride in Lake Ontario. |  |
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Catalina 30 tall rig, Whitby Ontario to Rochester New York, and prepared same for shipping by truck to points south. |
| 54 foot power dive catamaran, Ft. Lauderdale to Provo, Turks & Caicos Islands for Caicos Adventures. |  |
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52' Arielle catamaran from Ft. Pierce Florida to the Turks & Caicos Islands. Provo. |
| 50' Cruisers Motor Yacht Charlston, North Carolina to Fort Lauderdale, Florida. |  |
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52' Monk designed steel trawler; assisted owner with refit and delivery of vessel from Toronto through the Welland Canal and Lake Erie to Detroit. |
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Delivery of new 43' Silverton from a fall boat show in Toronto to Lake Simcoe Delivery 42 Marine Trader Miami to Lake Simcoe, Ontario |
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Delivery 32 ft vessel to Gulf of Mexico. Delivery PDQ power catamaran trawler, Whitby Canada to Ft. Myers, west coast Florida. |
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Relief captain 97 net ton power yacht, family tour of Bahamas, 1 month. |
| Catalina 30 from Key Largo to Nassau. | 
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Return of Capt. Dave’s own 60 ft trimaran "TAO" Turks & Caicos to Toronto. Operation Tao Charters Ltd, day charter & one week sail-dive groups. |
| Captain Dave's previous vessel Tao. |
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Copyright © 2003/2011 David C. Mathews, captaindavemathews@yahoo.com
(Installed March 30, 2003, Last Revised December 19, 2011
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