Engineer Software
Resume:
Deborah D. O'Connor
Bellingham, WA
Woman-owned Sailboat --
My Boat Blog / Rant Space
Webmaster for: B'ham Sail
& Power
SquadronMember: South
Georgia Island Association
Stage manager and dancer, Halau Hula O Na Mauna Komohana
Colorado Irish Set Dancers Performer
David Taylor Dance Theatre (ballet)
Spouse:
Gawain O'Connor
General information
How'd I get boating into my blood? Dad was a
marine engineer for Morse Controls and Chris Craft; we boated on Lake
Erie. My first job was at Morse Controls.
Off to Colorado,
where
I got a
Master s in Mathematics and taught Calculus. I moved up to the
mountains where I remodeled my dome home in my spare time and enjoyed
living with critters large and small.
In 2001, I retired
early from my career as a NOAA senior software engineer, having
specialized in
computer graphics,
GIS, and data management. I relocated to Washington State in 2005.
In 2006, I took the Women s Sailing Intensive
week-long
course at Port Townsend s Maritime Center.
I looked for the right "first boat" and found S/V Pinga in
October of
that year. She's a 1974 Ranger 29 sloop with her original Atomic-4
gasoline engine. Homeport: Bellingham, WA.
Boating Education
Bellingham Power and Sail Squadron courses:
Junior Navigation and NavigationOn-the-water drills, MOB, flare
shoots
I completed the last of the Power Squadron courses in 2011, receiving
my Senior Navigation certification.
Rigging Workshop at Brian Toss
Sail Repair Workshop at Port Townsend Sail (Carol Hasse)
Seminars: Women s
Boat Conference in Seattle and Olympia, and the Seattle
Boat
Show.
4-month boating course by Canadian Power and
Sail Squadron. I have my Canadian Operator s Card.
DIY maintenance and project work on my boat -- I love "boat projects".
Member of Bellingham
Corinthian
Yacht
Club
and
the
Bellingham
Sail
&
Power
Squadron.
Boating Experience
My sailing area is the San Juan Islands and North
Puget Sound. I've taken Pinga on 1 day
to 3-week excursions around the San Juan and Gulf
Islands, and from Tacoma to Princess Louisa. So next I guess I'll have
to go west to the ocean.
More...
Commodore of the Corinthian Yacht Club of Bellingham for 2012
Chair of Boating for Women by Women Seminar, 2011 and 2012
I am a savvy traveler and have appeared on all 7 continents. Didn't get
sick crossing the Drake Passage!
I
prepare some yummy food in a small space. I don't clean fish,
but I make a nice vegetarian paella. Strictly N/D, N/S, and I always
wear a PFD.
I do just
about anything on a computer, such as use voyage planning
software and discover good on-line resources. I've planned
routes using SeaClear or Cap'n software, and can read a Pilot Chart,
weather report, and more. I can use a sextant, tie a turk's head, and
sew
canvas.
I'm organized, compact, very tidy, and I love learning new things.
Favorite Place: Grytviken, South
Georgia Island
Updated 2011 D.
D.
O'Connor
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