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Click here to download Flagship's 2012 School Catalog! CAPTAIN
SKIP ANDERSON / Director, Head Instructor
A graduate of the United States Naval Academy
in Annapolis, Maryland, Skip earned his B.S. degree in Operations Analysis. He was also a letter-winner on the USNA
Varsity Sailing Team, and went on to compete in several national and North American championships, and one Olympic trials.
He earned his M.S. degree from the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California. His naval career spanned twenty-four
years, including service aboard three destroyers, one frigate, three aircraft carriers, and a battleship. His travels spanned
the globe, to all continents, through over thirty countries and countless harbors. He founded the Tacoma Tall Ships
Society and Tacoma Community Sailing. He is a certified sailing instructor and a certified US Sailing
Race Officer, conducting races and teaching race management seminars throughout the region. He is the past President of the
Tacoma Waterfront Association, and formerly served as dock master, harbormaster and yacht club commodore in a variety
of locales. JAN ANDERSON / Jan's Marine Photography
Jan is the brains behind Flagship's success, and she keeps Skip and the whole Flagship crew marching
in the right direction. While Skip may be a captain, there's no doubt who's Admiral! Jan is also one of the most gifted marine photographers in the Pacific Northwest region.
Her work documents all types, sizes, and activities of boats, from British Columbia to the Columbia River, and everywhere
in between. Most weekends she can be found on Puget Sound, shooting prestigious sailing regattas. The fruits of
her talent and labor can be found in 48 North magazine, Northwest Yachting magazine, Pacific Yachting
magazine, Sail magazine, Sailing World magazine, and online at Sailing Anarchy and Pressure
Drop web sites. Her work is in high demand by commercial marketing firms, marinas, yacht clubs, maritime industry
companies, and for sailmakers. Jan's son is a graduate of Western Washington University, and is currently serving in
the U.S. Navy, in nuclear power programs - little wonder where those smarts came from! CAPTAIN FRANK O. GILLIN / Instructor
Captain Gillin spent
the first ten years of his life along the shores of Puget Sound, before his parents dragged him to the wilderness of
Montana – too late to wipe the love of the sea from his soul. Fortunately, his family settled near Flathead Lake, the
closest thing Montana has to big water, where Captain Frank was able to indulge his love of boating and fishing.
During Captain Frank’s 22 year tenure in the Natural Resources Department of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai
Tribes, he operated boats for law enforcement operations, research, dive operations, fishing, pleasure and emergency disaster
response. He directed Search and Rescue operations and served as Dive Rescue Team Leader receiving advanced certifications
in law enforcement and dive rescue. Whenever he could, Captain Frank would escape the confines of his freshwater
captivity, and travel to Florida and the Pacific Northwest for boating, fishing, and diving adventures. Captain
Frank’s experience ranges from delivering a troller from Portland, Oregon to Puget Sound to cruising his personal tug
boat over 2100nm from Puget Sound up the Inside Passage to Juneau, Alaska and back. Captain Frank has also served as Captain
onboard the M/V Shadow, 65’, 150 passenger cruise boat on Flathead Lake in western Montana and as a salmon charter guide
in Ketchikan, Alaska. He has now relocated to Portland, Oregon where he plies the waters of the Columbia River, Willamette
River and other salt and fresh waters of the Pacific Northwest. Captain Frank currently holds Master Inland and OUPV
Near Coastal licenses with Towing Endorsements. CAPTAIN GARY COOPER / Marine Rescue Consultants
Captain Gary Cooper has been an instructor with Marine Rescue Consultants since 2004,
providing STCW Fast Rescue Boat and RHIB/Rescue Boat Training to various national and international clients. He
has also conducted STCW training for BST, Basic/Advanced Firefighting and Vessel Security Officer. He is a 28 year veteran
of the US Coast Guard, who began his career as a Surfman in the Pacific Northwest. His afloat assignments include four 378’ High Endurance Cutters, One Medium Endurance Cutter, a Point Class Patrol Boat, command of a 110 foot Island Class Patrol
Boat, and Deck Watch Officer on the square rig Coast Guard Barque EAGLE. Ashore assignments include Operations Center Controller,
Docking Pilot and Nautical Science Instructor for OCS at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy. He is a volunteer CPR/SFA/AED instructor
for the American Red Cross. CAPTAIN KEITH GRAHAM / Maritime Law
For the past 34 years, Captain Graham has been Adjunct Professor at the California Maritime Academy
(CMA) teaching international maritime law, admiralty law, environmental law, engineering ethics, and business law. He administers
CMA’s Law Minor Program and serves on the Academy’s Industry Advisory Board. In 1991, he was appointed a trustee
and assumed as well the State statutory office of Counsel to the CMA Foundation Board of Trustees during 1992, serving until
1996. He is presently the Deputy Manager, Site 300 experimental test facility for the Weapons and Complex Integration
Principal Directorate which supports the Laboratory’s main mission of overseeing the Nation’s nuclear arsenal
through the science-based Stockpile Stewardship Program. He has held appointments as Special Assistant U.S. Attorney
for 28 years for criminal, civil, and national security cases and assisted the Justice Department’s prosecution of Exxon
for environmental crimes associated with the EXXON VALDEZ incident. Having held an appointment as an adjunct professor
at the U.S. Naval Justice School, he was recalled for duty during Desert Storm for international environmental law training
of Navy judge advocates. He was assigned as Commanding Officer, Naval Reserve Legal Service Office San Francisco 120
from October 1991 to September 1993 and as Assistant Staff Judge Advocate at REDCOM XX until its closure in 1995. Captain
Graham retired from the Naval Reserve effective 1 September 1996. Captain Graham is a licensed Merchant Marine Staff Officer,
frequent lecturer, and author of several legal articles while maintaining an active pro bono legal practice involving
maritime matters as well as the relocation of refugees from Viet Nam. DAVID TAIT / First Aid, CPR and AED Trainer
Dave is regarded by many to be one of the top instructors working today. His training approach
is based on a personal commitment to prepare his students for success in actual emergencies. His classes are adult learner
centric and involve fun, lively lecture and class discussion, combined with drills and practical demonstration of student
skills. He is a 13-year veteran Firefighter/Paramedic currently working for the Bellevue Fire Department in King County,
State of Washington. Trained at the renowned University of Washington’s School of Medicine Paramedic Training
Program at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle, Dave brings a level of professional training and experiential insight rarely
found in most first aid instruction. A majority of Dave’s work in the last five years has been providing First
Aid, CPR, and AED training under the auspices of the American Heart Association to professional mariners as a part of Basic
Safety Training under STCW training requirements, as well as customized programs for major marine transportation companies.
Dave began his career in the fire service on a ladder rescue company performing search and rescue, vehicle extrication, high
angle rope rescue, confined space rescue, water rescue and fire suppression. He now works full time as a Medic One paramedic
on one of four medic units responding in a 301 square mile area covering both urban and remote mountain locations. Dave
has been witness many times to the positive outcomes of having the right training and equipment in place, and was inspired
in 2000 to become one of the top trainers in the field of emergency first aid and response. Dave serves as an instructor
of Advanced Cardiac Life Support for Harborview Medical Center including trauma instruction for their Paramedic program.
He is a Community Emergency Response Team Instructor for the Bellevue Fire Department and teaches and consults for businesses
across the country needing emergency preparedness and response training for large scale disasters such as fire, earthquakes,
tornadoes, hurricanes, hazardous materials, bomb threats and workplace violence. Dave’s professional development under
the renowned Harborview Medical Center Medic One program ensures that you experience the very best instruction possible.
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