CV

Brian Caldwell CV:

50-ton USCG Licensed Master/Mate
Captain for French CGG Veritas geo-science vessel in Alaska (June-Sept)

CV Summary:

6-years South Pacific cruising - (click for summary)
Youngest Solo Circumnavigator - (click for summary),
4 X Mini Fastnet Race, 4 X Sydney Hobart Race, 2 X TransPac Race, Cape Town – Rio de Janero Race, 40-transPacific yacht deliveries

Racing:

6th ’12 Mini Fastnet (UK) – Manuard Series # 545
4th ’11 Sydney Hobart  - C&C 40 “Nemesis”
5th ’11 TransPac – 1D35 “Alpha Puppy”
4th ’11 Cape Town to Rio de Janero – S&S 39 “Perie Banou 2″
4th ’09 Sydney Hobart – S&S 39 “Perie Banou 2″
21st ’08 Mini Fastnet (FR) Series # 728
4th ’05 TransPac – Cal 40 “Seafire”
5th ’04 Mini Fastnet (FR) – Magnen Proto #348
5th ’03 Mini Fastnet (FR)  - Magnen Proto #348
5th ’02 Sydney Hobart – Swan 86 “Dreamland”
5th 2000 Sydney Mooloolaba “Phillip’s Foote” (Dixie Chicken)
1st 1999 Sydney Hobart – Elliot 36 “Phillip’s Foote (Dixie Chicken)

Sydney Hobart 1999:  
Youngest team and first female skipper to win:
1st Woman Skipper to Win - (Click for summary)

1996 Hawaii Yachtsman of the Year Award
1996 Hawaii Cruising Sailor of the Year Award

6th ’07 Open Demi-Cle proto #433
12th ’07 Open Sail-Simrad proto #433
27th ’07 Trophee Marie-Agnes Peron proto #433
2nd ’06 Newport Ensenada Race Cal 35-2 “Coeur d’ Or”
5th King Harbor Race TP-52 ‘Yassou’
3rd ’94 ARC Transat Race Lidgard 60 ‘Final Approach’
21st ’04 Select 650 Race proto Magnen #348
11th ’03 Open Demi-Cle Race proto Magnen #348
Odyssey Ulysses Race ’03 (abandoned) proto Magnen #348
Mini Transat 1,000-mile Solo Qualification proto Magnen #348 ’04
1st ’91 Oahu Molokai RaceX-119 ‘Perestroika’

Yacht Deliveries 1991 – 2011:

Adelaide – Perth Beneateau 40.7 “As Good As It Gets” ex-”Fruit Machine”  2011
Hawaii – Australia DuFour 45 “Froia 2″ 2011
Hawaii – Seattle Cape George 36 “Kalayaan”  2011
Hawaii – Seattle Catalina 47 “Tillikum”  2011
Hawaii – Los Angeles Columbia 50 Les Forces Contraire 2010
Tasmania – Port Lincoln Farr 40 “Jubilation” 2010
Tasmania – Perth S&S 39 “Perie Banou 2″ 2010
Fiji – New Zealand Whiting 47 “Shanachie” 2009
Fiji – Australia Vega 27 “ISIS” 2009   (Fiji – Vanuatu – New Caledonia – Australia)
Hawaii – Los Angeles Santa Cruz 70 “Orient Express” 2009
New Zealand – LA Spencer 65 “Ragtime” 2009   (NZ – Tonga – Hawaii – LA)
San Diego – Hawaii Hunter 450 “Lady Jane” 2008
Hawaii – San Diego Swan 47 “Aeolus” 2008
Puerto Vallarta, Mexico – LA Santa Cruz 70 “OEX”  2008
Hawaii – Los Angeles Andrews 45 “LocoMotion”  2007
Hawaii – Los Angeles Andrews 50 “It’s Ok”
Cabo – Ensenada Andrews 45 “LocoMotion”  2007
San Diego – Hawaii Hunter 450 “Vegan”  2007
Hawaii – San Francisco Morgan 38 “Sonata”  2006
Hawaii – Los Angeles Norseman 447 “Aquila”  2006
Cabo – Los Angeles ”Ragtime”  2006
Hawaii – Los Angeles Spencer 68 “Ragtime”  2005
Hawaii – Los Angeles Cal 40 “Seafire”  2005
Lorient- “Brest Week 2004″ Bruno Peyron’s”Orange 2″  2004
Hawaii – Los Angeles Swan 431 ‘The Dream’  2004
Hawaii – Mexico Custom 55 ‘Ocean Adventure’  2004

1991-2004:

Hawaii -Tahiti Bruno Peyron’s ‘Commodore Explorer’
Hawaii – Los Angeles J-35 “Urban Renewal”
Hawaii – San Francisco Macgregor 65 ‘Viking 2′
San Francisco – Hawaii Formosa 51 “Caitlan B. Jones”
Hawaii – Kwajalein Hawkfarm 28 ‘Bellwether’
Hawaii – Los Angeles X-119 ‘Perestroika’
Hawaii – San Francisco Passport 40 ‘Mandorla’
Hawaii – Los Angeles Andrews 70 ‘Magnitude’
Hawaii – San Diego Swan 58 ‘Zuno’
Hawaii – Los Angeles Beneateau 47 ‘Whisper Jet’
Hawaii – San Francisco Gemini 32 ‘Alley Cat’
Hawaii – Los Angeles TP-52 ‘Yassou
Los Angeles – Hawaii 82 ‘Sorcery’
Los Angeles – San Francisco Farr 40 ‘Orient Express’
Tahiti – Hawaii 86 schooner ‘Kaiulani’
Australia-Tonga – American Samoa-HawaiiS&S34 ‘Stray Bit’
Portugal – Madeira Alliage 38 ‘Vai’
Tasmania – Sydney Swan 86 ‘Dreamland’
Southport’Coffs Harbor Farr 40 ‘Buon Giorno’

1985-1991:

6-years South Pacific Cruising:
Honolulu – Nuku Hiva, Ua Pou – Ahe Rangiroa – Tahiti – Moorea – Raiatea -Huahini – Bora Bora Mopelia – American Samoa Tonga – Wallis – Western Samoa – Fiji – New Caledonia – Vanuatu – Palmyra – Kona - Ericson 32, ‘Foxy Lady 2′

Olympic Racing Certification Fiji: Director Harold Bennet

 

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