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Mr.Trond Severinsen

Høgaleitet 5, 4352 Kleppe, Norway

Mobile: +47 – 905 84 632

E-mail: [email protected]

Born: July 5, 1964

Training & General Sailing / Boating Experience

Except for Norwegian Boating License and Short Range VHF Radio Certificate, no formal training, but a lifetime

of boating and sailing experience (Norway, Canada, Sweden, Denmark, Pacific Ocean and Caribbean).

I grew up in the Fanafjord near Bergen on the west coast of Norway and lived there until age 23 (1987) when

I moved to Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. My main interest and hobbies growing up in Norway

were all linked to the sea and included: boating, cruising, fishing, scuba diving and the YMCA scouts. I had

unlimited access to my own skiff and outboard from age 8, cruised aboard various boats (16-27’) with family

and friends and at age 15 I skippered and cruised our family’s motor-sailer (heavy displacement “Viksund”

27’) on my own. I have basically spent every summer season growing up on and in the water cruising and

skippering power and sail boats from 12-50 feet, including skippering our dive club’s vintage 50’ fishing boat

from 1928 along the west coast of Norway. Most of my training I got from my father who was a Ship Master

(unlimited tonnage). The cruising area in Norway ranged between Bergen and Trondheim, which is a very

rough part of the North Sea coast at 60 degrees North.

At age 23 I was offered a General Manager position in Canada by my Norwegian employer, and moved to

Vancouver Island, British Columbia, with my family in 1987. This is where I got actively involved in dinghy

racing (Laser 1 and Flying Junior) and inshore/offshore keel boat racing (various boats from 20-40 feet). We

moved back to Norway in 2003 as I was offered an executive position at my employers head office near

Stavanger, Norway.

Charter Experience – Sail Boats (all as skipper)

Year Name, type and

size of boat

Charter Company Area cruised No. of

days

2009 “Emerald II”

Sun Odyssey 45’

Sailing in Blue, Athens,

Greece

Cyclades 14

2008 “Kerkyra”

Hanse 400e (40’)

Island Cruising, Sidney, BC,

Canada

Southeast coast Vancouver

Island, BC, Canada

14

2005 “Tripp Tease”

Tripp 40’

Private charter

Comox, BC, Canada

As above 14

2002 “Times Bold”

Hunter 340 (34’)

Sunsail, BVI Around British Virgin Islands,

Caribbean

15

1995 “Rouge”

Lexcen 40’

Desolation Yacht Charters,

Comox, BC, Canada


Island, BC, Canada

14

1992 C&C 29’ As above As above 12



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Boat Owner Experience – Sail Boats (racing & cruising)

Years Name, type and

size of boat

Yacht Club Area raced & cruised Days

sailed

1990-

1993

“Lightning Bolt” - Flying

Junior sailing dinghy (14’)

Comox Bay Sailing

Club, BC, Canada

Comox Bay, Vancouver Island,

BC, Canada

15-20

days/year

1993-

1997

Laser 1 Olympic sailing

dinghy (14’)

As above As above 15-20

days/year

1995-

2003

“Hagar” - San Juan 24'

(¼ - ton keel boat)

As above As above (racing and cruising) 30-45

days/year

2000-

2003

“Shifting Gears”

Martin 242 one-design

racing keel boat (24’)

Co-owned with 2 friends.

As above As above (racing only). Several

top 3 finishes in Martin 242

North American

Championships

20-30

days/year

2009-

Current

“Summertime” – Beneteau

First 44.7’ keel boat

Stavanger Sailing

Club, Norway

West and south coast Norway,

Sweden and Denmark

30-45

days/year

2012-

2019

“Foxy” Albin Express 26’

one-design racing keel boat

Stavanger Sailing

Club, Norway

Stavanger, Norway 20-26

days/year

Offshore Racing / Delivery Experience – Keel Boats & Multi Hulls (various positions: Skipper, First Mate, Navigator, Tactician, Helmsman,

Trimmer, Foredeck, Tech Responsible etc.)

Year Name, type and

size of boat

Race/Route Race/Route area (duration) Distance

/position

1999 “Mad Max”

Davidson 40’

VanIsle 360 Intl.

Yacht Race

Around Vancouver Island, BC, Canada

(14 days)

580nm /

5th place

2000 “Crossfire”

J33’

VanIsle 360 Intl.

Yacht Race


(14 days)

580nm /

3rd place

2003 “Crossfire”

J33’

VanIsle 360 Intl.

Yacht Race


(14 days)

580nm /

2nd place


Tripp 40’

VanIsle 360 Intl.

Yacht Race


(14 days)

580nm /

5th place


Tripp 40’

Vic-Maui Intl.

Yacht Race

Victoria, BC, Canada to Hawaii,

North Pacific Ocean (17 days)

2300nm /

4th place

2016 “Summertime”

Beneteau First

44.7

Seilmakeren

Short Handed

Bergen – Haugesund – Bergen (overnight

double handed race)

140nm /

10th place

2018 “No Name”

Dragonfly 32

Triamaran

Bodø – Bergen

(Norway)

Non-stop sailboat delivery offshore and

inshore

545nm

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Inshore Racing Experience – Keel Boats (various positions: Skipper,

Navigator, Tactician, Helmsman, Trimmer, Foredeck, Tech Responsible etc.)

Year Name, type and

size of boat

Race Race area (duration) Distance

1990-

1993

“Celerite”

Hotfoot 27’

Various club and

Provincial races


Island, BC, Canada

3-150nm

1993-

2003

“Hagar”

San Juan 24’

As above As above 3–150nm

1993-

2019

Various crew positions

aboard other boats:

O’Day 22’, Martin 242

(24’), J24’, Laser 28’, J33’,

X-99 (33’), Davidson 40’,

X-99, X-35’, Melges 24’,

Dufour 40’ Performance,

Dragonfly 25 Sport

Triamaran, Albin Express

26’

As above + various

Provincial and North

American Championship

+ club racing in

Stavanger, Norway +

Norwegian National

Championship (Express

class).

As above + Stavanger,

Norway.

3–150nm

Seamanship and Navigational Experience

No. Description of experience (questionnaire) YES/NO

1 Do you understand aids to navigation and rules of the road? YES

2 Can you competently perform proper anchoring procedures in tidal waters? YES

3 Can you read and use charts properly? YES

4 Can you read and use tide and current tables? YES

5 Do you understand proper Man Over Board recovery procedures? YES

6 Do you have a VHF radio operators license? YES

7 Are you familiar with the use of a Gennaker or Spinnaker? YES

8 Are you experienced in reefing and sail changes? YES

9 Have you had ANY boating accidents?

Describe: One T-bone collision on race course. My boat on starboard tack and other

boat on port tack. Other boat unable to keep clear in heavy air and was judged at fault

(retired from race with hole in bow). My boat suffered minimal damage and continued

racing.

YES

10 Extensive experience with advanced GPS chart plotters, GPS PC software, Tidal Current

Animation Software, B&G racing instrumentation, Radar, Depth Sounders, Logs, Auto

Pilots, Hydrovane windvane steering systems, VHF Operation and some SSB Radio

experience.

YES

11 Extensive general seamanship experience such as: Single/shorthanded sailing, night

sailing/navigating, heavy weather sailing, hazardous tidal/current sailing, technical

boat/rigging trouble shooting/repairs/alterations, mechanical and fibreglass work, various

systems/electrical maintenance, line/rope splicing/knots, damage

control/emergency/improvising repairs (racing) etc.

YES


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References

Available on request

COMPETENCY – This is to certify that I, the Charterer and/or Master/Skipper, am

experienced and competent in all aspects of the operation of the yacht selected, including practical

knowledge of seamanship, piloting, Rules of the Road and boat handling and that the above is a true

representation of my boating background.

MASTER/SKIPPER: ____________________________

DATE: _________________________

SEE PHOTO ALBUM FURTHER DOWN…


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Photo Album

The following photos are from some of the highlights of my sailing career. I am either on the photos myself or I am

behind the camera (except aerial photos):


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“Summertime” (Beneteau First 44.7) at anchor in Southern Norway

Sailing “Summertime” in storm force thunder squall in Hardanger Fjord, Norway


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“Summertime” in Seilmakeren Shorthanded 2016


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Torstein sailing “Summertime” across Skagerak from Norway to Denmark

Trond sailing “Summertime” to Anholt in Denmark


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Preparing to race Dragonfly 25 Sport around Fyn in Denmark

Preparing to sail Dragonfly 32 non-stop from Bodø to Bergen, Norway


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Trond helming Dragonfly 32 from Bodø, Norway (in summer…)

Trond skippering “Foxy” (Albin Express 26’) in Stavangerseilasen (pursuit race)


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Father and son (Trond and Torstein) sailing “Summertime” home offshore North Sea from south Norway

(September 2018)

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