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- Royal Yachting Association (RYA) – Yachtmaster Offshore 200 GRT
- Society of Accredited Marine Surveyors (SAMS) – Accredited Marine Surveyor
- American Boat and Yacht Council (ABYC)
– Master Technician (Standards, Electrical and Marine Systems Certifications)
- Chapman School Surveying Course Graduate
Françoise grew up in Brittany, France, has an education in geology and an engineer degree in geophysics, and worked in oil exploration in Africa and South America.
Françoise has 20 years experience in cruising, racing, boat deliveries, and maintenance work on yachts.
2004-Current |
WEDLOCK, RAMSAY & WHITING
Surveying yachts, commercial vessels, and floating homes in the San Francisco Bay Area |
2002-2003 |
JOHN OWENS, Mechanical Contractor (Fairfax, California)
Assistant Technician |
1997-2002 |
PRO-TECH WATERPROOFING, Inc. (Fairfax, California)
Office Manager/Bookkeeper |
1990-1991 |
TORNO INTERNATIONAL (Montreal, Canada)
Subcontract Manager on tunnel project |
1983-1985 |
B.E.I.C.I.P.
(Bureau d’Etudes et de Cooperation de l’Industrie du Petrole - Rueil-Malmaison, France)
Geophysicist for an oil exploration consulting agency |
1981-1982 |
TOTAL C.F.P.
(Compagnie Française des Petroles), Paris, France
Field geophysicist |
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Marine Experience |
1995 |
SAILING CONNECTION (Point Richmond, California)
Part time maintenance on sailing school fleet |
1993 |
65' GAFF-RIGGED BALTIC TRADER “TANGAROA” (Southampton, England)
Part-time crew on vintage charter boat, corporate training |
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Recreational Marine Experience |
1985-1997 |
CRUISING ABOARD MY SWING 36' ALUMINUM SLOOP
Atlantic circumnavigation from France via Canary Islands, Cape Verde, West Africa, Ascension Island, South America, Caribbean, Florida and Bahamas including a single-handed ocean passage from Bermuda to France via Azores |
1989-2000 |
RACING ABOARD A VARIETY OF SAILBOATS SUCH AS:
My Cross 32' trimaran – San Francisco Bay races and Windjammer
Trintella 53' – Pacific Cup 2000 (San Francisco to Hawaii)
Serendipity 43' – Bay Area races |
1988-2002 |
DELIVERIES OF VARIOUS SAILING BOATS AS FIRST MATE:
Trisbal 37' from Japan to San Francisco – Spring 1988
“Warbaby” 60' Sparkman & Stephens from Rhode Island to Cowes – July 2002 |
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