From 2000-2003 I sailed one-handed on PASEO (11.5m custom made catamaran) from Kiel/Germany to Brisbane/Australia.
Since 1991 I’m running an engineering office. Amongst others I’m working in the product development for BAVARIA Yachtbau GmbH.
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From 2008 until 2012 I have manufactured my 18m by 10m cruising catamaran WaveScalpel according my own design.
History:
Grace to my father’s boat business I started sailing at the age of 10. I did some competitions on different boats. My favorite was the DART catamaran. To improve my pocket money, I helped my father after school.
working on a MERCURY 40hp in the old days
I did services and repairs on outboard motors
monoski on the river Weser in Germany
The water testing of the motor boats was great fun, due to the water skiing side effect.
Other common tasks were:
equipping small crafts according the customer demands with instruments, engines, …..
rigging and setting the sails of small sailing boats and yachts.
Later I finished my apprenticeship as car mechanic with special award. In my job and in the army I learned welding and did several welding trainings for the different welding techniques. Therefore I’m familiar with: point welding, gas welding, WIG and MAG. I studied precision mechanics in Kiel/Germany, where I got in contact with several very good ship building engineers. As an engineer I had been involved in a great variety of projects and got therefore practical and theoretical knowledge of nearly all topics related to industrial projects and products. I have 17 years intensive 3D CAD experience especially with the CAD system SolidWorks (certified SolidWorks associate and professional, certified SolidWorks sheet metal specialist).