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: 75000 nm since 1993, mostly single-handed in the coastal waters of BC on my own boats including 8000 nm aboard Warlock 2019 to present

⦁ 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

PROGRAM CREATOR, DEVELOPER OF INTERNATIONAL SAFETY STANDARDS FOR PLEASURE CRAFT BOATING

International Certificate Of Competence for Pleasure Craft Boating

ISPA international certification sail program. Beginner to ocean Yachtmaster

ISPA international certification power program. Beginner to ocean Yachtmaster

International Sail & Power Association. (Instructors and Schools Association) contracted program provider for the complete curriculum. 

Performance objectives and certification standards: 

• ISPA Personal Logbook, 
• Methods of Instruction Manual for Instructors; 
• Instructor Course Program:
• Instructor Code of Ethics; Instructor Certification and Upgrading Courses.
• Recommended ISPA Sailing School Requirements and Code of Ethics.   

Accepted by: Canada | USA | Japan | Europe | Caribbean | Australia

Practical Training course curriculum for 

Competent Crew Sail; Competent Crew Power; Day Skipper Sail; Day Skipper Power; Coastal Skipper Advanced Sail; Coastal Skipper Advanced Power; Yachtmaster Offshore; Coastal Navigator and Yachtmaster Ocean. 

The ISPA Program is used by Sailing Power boating schools and instructors Internationally, Canadian Navy and N.O.L.S. 

ISPA Competent Crew course gained accreditation by the National Association of State Boating Law Administrators. the Canadian Coast Guard. and Transport Canada   

Boating Accident Investigator.

AUTHOR OF THE FOLLOWING PLEASURE CRAFT BOATING PUBLICATIONS AND STANDARDS

Pleasure Craft Operator Card pleasure craft boating

Student Course Manuals and exams for Transport Canada.Accredited Course Provider  ISPA Pleasure Craft Operator license, ISPA Safe Boating Workbook

International Certificate of Competence SAIL Manuals   

• ISPA Competent Crew Sail
• ISPA Day Skipper Sail ISPA 
• Coastal Skipper Advanced Sail
• ISPA Yachtmaster Offshore
• ISPA Yachtmaster Ocean Certificate of Competence Sail

International Certificate of Competence Power boat Manuals

• ISPA Competent Crew Power 
• ISPA Day Skipper Power
• ISPA Coastal Skipper Advanced Power
• ISPA Yachtmaster Offshore Power
• ISPA Yachtmaster Ocean Certificate of Competence Power

OTHER International Certificate of Competence 

• ISPA Coastal Navigation
• ISPA Complete Guide to Docking, Anchoring, and Mooring
• ISPA Practical Sailing Skills from Beginner to Offshore
• ISPA Weatherwise on the Water Coastal Yachtmaster Multi-hull Sail And Power
• ISPA Personal Logbook

PERSONAL AWARDS FOR CONTRUBUTION TO NATIONAL BOATING SAFETY

2001 Recognition Award for Volunteer service to the Canadian Coast Guard from the Prime Minister of Canada for work on the reform of Canada Shipping Act. 

Fisheries and Oceans Award from Marine Services and Commissioner, Canadian Coast Guard for Fisheries and Oceans Canada. 

Transport Canada recognizes the contribution of Kevin Wilson of ISPA, author of the ISPA pleasure craft boating Workbooks and Manuals Program and training system developer, in support of recreational boating safety in Canada and for allowing ISPA material to be used as the basis for this industry-wide standard for the training of recreational pleasure craft boaters. Instigator and original author of   TP 15136 - Standard for Recreational Boating Schools Canada 

https://candac-accident-reconstruction.com/

A lifetime of pleasure craft boating practical operational experience on the water.

Started sailing dinghies on UK lakes and the North Sea. 

Teaching Dinghy Sailing throughout teens. 

Crewing racing sailboats in UK and Europe. Progressed to navigator and skipper. 

Skippered various sail and power boats during army career military missions and recreation in Europe and Middle East. Trained operational boating crews. 

Captain Skipper Navigator Delivery Captain and Instructor, instructing all levels of students, qualifying instructors and instructor Evaluators in BC Inland & Coastal Waters Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, the Mediterranean Sea, the North Sea, the East Coast of the United States, the waters off Mexico, and extensively in the Caribbean, US and the British Virgin Islands

INSTRUCTOR TRAINER PLEASURE CRAFT BOATING

Decades of Training pleasure craft boating crews, navigators, skippers, captains, and yacht masters 

• CYA / Sail Canada.Offshore Yachtmaster/Instructor. Teaching: Sailing and Power-boating Basic Cruising, Coastal Navigation, Intermediate Cruising, Advanced Sailing, Offshore Yachtmaster.
• International Sail & Power Academy (ISPA) Founder.
•  Instructor Evaluator Ocean, Offshore Yachtmaster, Sailing and Powerboat Instructor All levels, Instructor Trainer and Instructor Evaluator 

 CYA (now Sail Canada) Provincial pleasure craft boating Learn to Cruise Committee BC Sail 

CYA National Learn to Cruise Committee  Sail Canada.  

Founder of ISPAssociation and Board of Directors. Co-FounderISPA Japan and Board of Directors 

President International Sail and Power Academy Inc; 

Program, course and exam development for the Canadian Coast Guard Pleasure Craft Operator Card;

EX-Canada Shipping Act Reform-Canadian Coast Guard Advisory Committee;  

Member of the EX-Canadian Marine Advisory Council to Transport Canada;    

Director of the EX-Canadian Safe Boating Council 

EX- Member of the Education Committee of the National Association of State Boating Law Administrators  

American Boat Yacht Council ABYC