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PricingExperienced luxury yacht Captain/Engineer Bryan Blaze Berc originally from South Florida with extensive Bahamas, Caribbean, Central America, South Pacific, Australia & Indonesia cruising and charter experience. A service orientated captain with preventative maintenance and a safety conscience mindset, who leads by example and is hands on with diesel motor, electrical, mechanical and rigging servicing & repairs. A captain who will get his hands dirty, crawl through engine room spaces, climb a mast & dive under your yacht for inspections, cleaning & servicing systems. Bryan enjoys water sports: surf/kite/dive/SUP/spearfish/fishing and yoga Captain Bryan always has an eye on the weather to ensure the best daily cruising destinations, activities and comfort & safety for passage windows. Noteworthy, Captain Bryan owns a 52 foot charter catamaran based in Panama (currently in “long term” storage since 2020 after 6 years seasonal chartering.) Captain Bryan has diverse yachting /cruising experience & a keen understanding of what’s needed aboard any yacht to maintain her in ship shape/ready to go condition. Can team with mate, deck/stew, or chef; hire additional crew as needed and manage all aspects of the yacht for owners.
Sailing, Surfing , Kitesurfing, SUP, Scuba Diving, spear fishing, Fishing, hiking,, biking , yoga, art music and travel.
10+ years professional yachting experience
2 - 5 years professional chef experience
5+ years professional sales & marketing experience
6 months - 1 year professional sales broker (yachts) experience
5+ years professional charter broker (yachts) experience
5+ years professional project management (new build & refits) experience
1 - 2 years professional marine salvage & investigation experience
Captain Engineer of multi boat program, 68’ Sirena yacht, 29’ Chris Craft CC, 20’ Brig RHIB CC manage 1-2 additional crew cook stew and mate, Based in Sag Harbor NY & Stamford CT. Cruising Long Island Sound destinations. Safe Navigation and logistics of boat movement to around Long Island Sound, systems maintenance, CAT diesel & generator servicing, Manage 1-2 additional crew. 2 separate Deliveries of Sirena Yacht and Chris Craft CC NYC to Charleston SC , Delivery of Sirena Yacht Charleston to Ft. Lauderdale FL
Captain/ Engineer manage 2-3 additional crew, delivery Miami Beach to Kings Point Long Island NY, Long Island Sound cruising Greenwich CT, Huntington NY, NYC day/ night cruises weekends in Sag Harbor NY. MTU diesel motors, Cummings/Onan generator servicing, jet tender and Sea Doo personal watercraft operations, service & repairs.
Captain/ Engineer manage 2 additional crew, safe navigation weather routing for island cruising, US Virgin Islands, St .Martin, St. Barths, Antigua, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic Cap Cana , Caso De Campo. MTU diesel servicing, Koehler generators, Jet tender operations. Assist chef with provisioning, marina reservations, customs & immigration and Port clearances. Parts and warranty repair management. Systems servicing entire yacht. Water sports : guide & instruction snorkeling, Water ski/ Tubeing, and kite surfing.
Captain teamed with “chef” / stew 1 week owners trip tonFL Keys Ocean Reef with 2 couples aboard . Safe Navigation Miami Beach to Ocean Reef, snorkel trip to Cart’sfort Lighthouse Reef. Systems maintenance and repairs windlass, Mann diesel servicing boat washing.
Captain 4 month rotation contract, manage 2 additional crew live aboard owner. Catipilar Diesel servicing & maintenance, kohler generator maintenance, RHIB Tender servicing, Cruising Great Barrier Reef Australia cruising Whit Sundays, Carins, Cook Town, Lizard Island, Thursday Island Wessex Islands to Darwin. Guiding water safety Fishing scuba diving & kite surfing.
Owner/Operator charter Catamaran cruising Panama’s Caribbean archipelagos of Bocas del Toro and San Blas Islands. Manage day to day necessities of charter operation: sales, marketing, bookings, yacht maintenance, crew management, guest relations. Business dealings with local government officials in foreign country. Complete yacht systems maintenance & servicing, refit & painting work, boat yard 2X haul outs 30-60 day yard periods experience