Captain Bill Neunzig

U.S.C.G. Licensed 100 ton master
Assoc. Degree in Marine Engineering
Certified Dive Master
Certified Emergency Medical Technician
Licensed Firefighter

Personal

Has owned small vessels for the last 30 years.
Has worked on Motor Vessels up to 265 foot.
Worked with the U.S. Government (NOAA) as a navigator and a loran technician.
Worked on vessels from Newfoundland (north) to Haiti (south).
Worked at the Hallandale Fire Dept. 20 years, (retired).

Area of Cruising

East coast of Canada and the United States, Gulf of Mexico, all the Bahamas, Haiti.

Work Experience

1998 - Worked on 105 foot Research Vessel, M/V Ocean Window, first mate and dive master in the Bahamas

1997 - Worked on 265 foot ocean tug vessel, M/V Mersk Master, hired on to run R.O.V. (Remote Operated Vessel) operator and mechanic

1996 - Delivered 36 foot commercial fishing vessel to Salt Cay in the Turks and Caicos

1995 - Looking for historic vessels off Key West, M/V Ocean Window, diver and rigger

1993 - Captain of 42 foot M/V Flying Tiger (motor sailor)

1992 - Captain of 55 foot M/V Helen C (sport fishing)

1990 - Worked off a 60 foot M/V in Tybee Island, Georgia, working as a navigator and diver doing exploration of confederate wrecks

1985 - 1987 - Cargo deliveries in the Southern Caribbean on 117 foot M/V Seeker, first mate and engineering duties

1984 - First mate and dive master in charge of all operations on 110 foot M/V Mistal, for purpose of Marine archeological studies

1983 - Magnetometer and side scan operations on 58 foot M/V off Key West, for historical vessels

1981 - 1982 - First mate and dive master for Promethean Adventures in the Florida Keys working off of 65 foot Hatteras M/V

1981 - Dive operations for Hamerex Corporation in Haiti as salvage master

1979 - 1983 - Caribbean Ventures, master diver and first mate with captain duties and rigger on two vessels, M/V Juniper 185 foot ex-Coast Guard Buoy tender and M/V Seeker, 117 foot commercial salvage, cargo vessel, (33 foot beam - 4.5 foot draft)

1977 - Sailing and navigation experience throughout the Caribbean aboard a 65 foot schooner sailing vessel

1976 - Dive Master and crew member on 125 foot M/V Venture off West Palm Beach to raise 65 foot steel tug boat in the inlet

1972 - 1976 - Marine dive and salvage operations, first mate, navigator, (loran A and loran C), on U.S. Government contracts for the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) aboard M/V Venture, 125 foot ex-Coast Guard Buoy tender

1970 - 1972 - College degree in marine engineering, further information available on request.