MAKE MONEY W/CAPTAINS LICENS

Erscheinungsjahr 2007
ISBN: 978-0-07-147523-5
Verlag: McGraw-Hill Education

Buch, Englisch, 240 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 529 g

A practical guide to turning your love forboating into money in the bankYou may dream of making your passion forthe sport a means for a livelihood. Whetheryou are looking for new employmentpossibilities or wanting to remain active inyour golden years, Captain Brown can help turn yourdreams of making money afloat into a reality.Brown describes how to get a job on a boat or run apractical boat-based business, including fishing charters,excursions, dinner cruises, and water taxis. He alsocovers business issues, safety, marketing, liability, andCoast Guard licensing requirements. The author detailsthe possible ups and downs and risks about running aboat-based business.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Brown

Brown, David

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Sport | Tourismus | Freizeit Sport Wassersport

Über Autor(innen)

Brown, David
David G. Brown holds a U.S. Coast Guard Master's License, 100 Gross Tons, with Commercial Assistance Towing and Auxiliary Sail endorsements. He has served as the captain of a high-speed ferry serving the Lake Erie islands from Port Clinton, Ohio. Brown is an instructor for North Coast Marine Services, a firm specializing in safety risk assessment, crew training and license instruction. He has also been employed as a boatbuilder and repairer, and for 17 years was a television news producer, writing and producing more than 1,500 hours of news/documentary scripts and receiving an Emmy award for his coverage of the Agent Orange story in 1979.

David G. Brown, coauthor ofBoatbuilding with Baltek DuraKore, The Last Log of the Titanic, andWhite Hurricane, holds a 100-ton Master’s license, and has runcommercial boats for 16 years. He owns and operates awater taxi and excursion boat on the Maumee River inToledo, Ohio.