DOUGLAS A. BROOKES


PROFILE
Involved in all facets of the Marine trade for over 33 years, including hands-on construction through supervisory roles to upper level management and finally company ownership. Managed upwards of thirty staff and involved and experienced in payroll, scheduling, budgets, requisitions and training programs. Basic computer skills.

DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION HISTORY

Eagle -------------------- 67 feet Day Charter / Racer / Live aboard
Falcon ------------------- 53 feet Racer
Caon a------------------- 47 feet Day Charter
Spirit of St. Kitts ------ 78 feet Term & Day Charter
Indigo ------------------- 67 feet Luxury Cruiser (1.2 million)
Spirit of Barbado s----- 60 feet Day Charter
Spirit of Malta ---------- 65 feet Day Charter
Assegai ----------------- 75 feet Luxury Cruiser ( 1.4 million)
Swaliga ----------------- 65 feet Day Charter
St. Kitts St. Kitts ------ 34 feet International 6 meter built to Lloyds specs
Swaliga 11 ------------- 54 feet Day Charter Power Cat
Dive Cat ---------------- 52 feet Dive Cat
Dive Boat(mono) ------ 48 feet Dive Boat
Glass Bottom Boat ---- 35 feet
Dive Cat ---------------- 38 feet Dive Catamaran
Pleasure Power Boat -- 36 feet

WRITE OFF REBUILDS

German Freys design ‘ SYNERGY’ (See article in SAIL Magazine 2002)
Cigarette 38 foot TOP GUN, NO FEAR
Alethea, 50 foot cruising sailboat
LAETI , Sunsail Odyssey 37 (Presently ongoing)

WORK HISTORY
January 2007 to August 2007
Rawlins Plantation Inn, St. Kitts
Property & Assets Manager

August 2005 to December 2006
JMC Marina & Boatyard, Saint Martin
Project Manager

November 2004 to August 2005
Spice Island Marina, Grenada
Special Projects Director (Hurricane Ivan Recovery Program)

December 1999 to September 2004
Sint Maarten Shipyard, Sint Maarten
General Manager

January 1999 to November 1999
Aikane Trinidad Ltd, Trinidad
Construction and Training Manager

July 1987 to June 1998
Brookes Boats Co. Ltd, St. Kitts
General Manager, Founder & Owner

Prior to 1987 worked in the Gulf of Mexico for Taylor Diving & Salvage as a Commercial Diver.
B.W.I.A. (Airline), Barbados, in Traffic, Cargo & Operations.
Chevron Oil Company in northern Alberta building a gas plant.
Qualified solo, P1, on the Cessna 172 and Cherokee 140 aircraft.
Sailed throughout the Caribbean and made one transatlantic crossing and into the Mediterranean as Master.

EDUCATION
St.Mary’s College, St. Lucia
Presentation College, Grenada.
G.C.E. O level