John Garfitt, P.Eng., ISPA IE, YM Ocean

Flying Bulldog Sailing School Ltd., Vancouver, BC, Canada

Owner/Chief Instructor

⦁ ISPA Ocean Master – Sail

⦁ ISPA Offshore Master – Power

⦁ ISPA Instructor Evaluator (IE)

⦁ Flying Bulldog Sailing School is a Transport Canada approved RBS (Recreational Boating School) 

⦁ Teaching focus: ISPA International Certificates of Competency Program

⦁ Single-handed sailing program

⦁ Purchased and refit Warlock, a 1982 Baltic 51 centre-board cutter for sail training – Warlock is a Inspected Vessel under the Transport Canada Small Vessel Compliance Program (SVCP)

⦁ Certified and evaluated instructors in accordance with ISPA guidelines

⦁ Past President of ISPA (1997 – 1999)

⦁ ISPA BOD (1996 – 2002)

Pacific Adventure Sailing

Owner/Chief Instructor

⦁ Teaching and Certifying ISPA International Certificates of Competency

Crusader Sailing School

Owner/Chief Instructor

⦁ Teaching and Certifying ISPA International Certificates of Competency 

Professional Career

Sr Engineer at Catamaran Ferries International, VP at Queenship Yacht Works, Sr Engineer at Elliot Bay Design Group, Sr Engineer at OceanWorks, VP at Zodiac-Hurricane Technologies, Engineering Manager at Northern Marine, VP at Whitewater West Industries

Boats Owned

⦁ O’Day 25 sloop “Dove”, 1992 – 1993

⦁ Ontario 32 sloop “Crusader”, 1993 – 2002

⦁ Nautor’s  Swan 41 sloop “Pleiades”, 2005 – 2012

⦁ Baltic 51 center-board cutter “Warlock”, 2018 - present

Sailing Credentials

⦁ ISPA Ocean Master – Sail

⦁ ISPA Offshore Master  – Power

⦁ ISPA IE (Instructor Evaluator) (CAD97003)

⦁ Personal Survival at Sea – BC Sailing – 2020

⦁ Vic-Maui Preparation Seminar – 2020

⦁ Weather Routing – 2020

⦁ First-Aid/CPR 2019

⦁ Restricted Marine Radio Operator Licence VHF ROC (M) DSC, 1992

⦁ PCOC (Pleasure Craft Operator Card) 2002

Sea Miles

⦁ Total: 65000 nm since 1993, mostly single-handed in the coastal waters of BC on my own boats including 8000 nm aboard Warlock in 2019 & 2020

⦁ Total: 10,000 nm offshore passages as skipper

⦁ Circumnavigation of Vancouver Island – Skipper, Swan 41 - Professional Instructor Teaching YM Offshore – 2009, 2010 

⦁ Swiftsure - deck crew aboard Neptune’s Car, Santa Cruz 70, 

⦁ Jakarta to Ujung Panjang to Manado – Skipper, Swan 50 – 1650 nm and return 1996

⦁ Jakarta to Mataram – Skipper, Swan 50 – 750 nm and return 1996 

⦁ Jakarta to Singapore – Skipper, Swan 50 – 750 nm and return 1995

⦁ Perth to Jakarta – Skipper, Swan 50 – 1800 nm and return 1996

⦁ Motorcycling

⦁ Painting https://john-garfitt.pixels.com

⦁ Fluent English, conversational French and Mandarin

⦁ Widely read in science, art and the history of the 20th century