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Director: Robert Perkins
Mr. Perkins has been involved with the Marine Education and Training Center for the past 13 years, and
Director for the past 10 years.
Prior to this, Mr. Perkins owned his own vessel fabrication and repair business
in Honolulu.
Prior to coming to Hawaii
over 20-years ago, Mr. Perkins founded and ran California Custom Yachts and
Marine Hardware, Inc., a yacht construction and marine hardware supply company
located in Redondo Beach, California.
This business catered to construction of high-performance multihulls and
(at the time) state-of-the-art rotating wing masts, as well as distribution of
marine adhesives, coatings and hardware.
Mr. Perkins received his degrees in Psychology and Behavioral
Sciences from the California University System.
He and his family sailed extensively for a number of years on yachts he
built. Additionally, Mr. Perkins
holds a United States Coast Guard Captains License, is ACMA (American Composites
Manufacturers Association) certified, held membership in SNAME (Society of Naval
Architects and Marine Engineers), and has become involved in integrating
curriculum from the ABYC (American Boat and Yacht Council) into the vessel
program in order to meet National standards for marine technicians and to offer
ABYC training and certificates.
Mr. Perkins is also active with the Polynesian Voyaging
Society in helping to train individuals, Captain on Hokule’a and certify crew
members for the upcoming World Wide Voyage, aboard the Hokule’a, which is to
begin in 2013.
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Instructor: Mark Keala Kimura
Mr. Kimura has been
in or around the ocean all of his life. He grew up along the waterfront in
Hawaii Kai marina and was operating power boats for fishing, surfing and free
boarding by the age of 11. Mr. Kimura completed 30+ Hawaiian channel
crossings, all before the age of 24. Some were for fishing and some served
as escort for paddlers in bluewater competitions. Mr. Kimura has held a
USCG captain's license since 1995.
After completing Kaiser High
School in 1977, Mr. Kimura enrolled in the automotive program at Windward
Community College. Following this program, he worked for 3 major boat
dealerships in Hawaii repairing Johnson, Evinrude and Volvo engines. He
specialized in rigging and putting boats together, including everything from
radios to bilge pumps.
In 1996, Mr. Kimura joined the Marine Education
Training Center at Honolulu Community College, where he currently teaches the
Introduction to Marine Propulsion course in addition to his duties maintaining
all school vessels, equipment and machinery. He is a veritable jack of all
trades.
In addition to his work at METC, Mr. Kimura also produces
informative segments on fishing tackle and proper boat maintenance for a local
television show called "Hawai'i Goes
Fishing". He is well known and respected among the Hawaii marine and
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Instructor: Red Griffiths-Seewerker
Mr.
Griffiths-Seewerker first worked as a stage carpenter for live theatre and
television, where he learned to be a grip on film and television productions.
After 15 years in the entertainment industry he moved to the Pacific coast to
work with boats. He worked for a salmon fishing lodge on sport fishing boats and
realized he needed to learn more on proper repair and maintenance of small
vessels. In the fall of 2000 Seewerker enrolled as a student in the Small Vessel
Fabrication and Repair program at the METC in Honolulu, Hawai'i. Upon graduating
from METC, he worked in the marine industry in Hawaii until in the fall of 2006
when he was then invited to return to Honolulu Community College as an
instructor. Mr. Seewerker is a Certified Composite Technician and CCT Instructor
through the ACMA. Mr. Seewerker has helped construct the plugs, molds and
hulls for a 46 ft and 57 ft Hawaiian Double Hull Voyaging Canoe and a 22' Hawaiian outrigger surf canoe.
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Instructor: Rich McCreedy
Mr. McCreedy has been a part time instructor at the Marine
Education and Training
Center since 1999. His
other work is running his own yacht rigging and commissioning business in Hawaii.
He first came to Hawaii
in 1974 by sailing from
California.
Mr. McCreedy has sailed thousands of blue water miles and continues to be
very active in racing and sailing. He has been the paid
captain of private monohull
cruising and racing yachts.
Mr. McCreedy
attended college at Eckerd College in
St. Petersburg, Florida,
Moorpark
College in
Moorpark, CA, and Leeward Community
College in
Pearl City, HI.
He has been a U.S Sailing Instructor, ASA Sailing Instructor, and a U.S.
Coast Guard 100 Ton Aux Sail Licensed Captain.
Mr. McCreedy
enjoys working with students at METC to pass on some of his knowledge and
experience. He also enjoys being
associated with METC and the environment of continuing learning and advancement.
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