Captain Joseph Bettis
Sundown Shipping Company
300 Geneste Street
Friday Harbor , WA 98250
Telephone (360) 378-2663 / Cellular (360) 317-8673
e-mail: joseph@northwestcaptain.com

CERTIFICATION

U. S. Merchant Marine Master's License--100 Tons, License No. 753242

Commercial Assistance Towing Addendum

International Open Water Diver--PADI

 

EXPERIENCE

 

• Twenty years experience on the waters of Washington , British Columbia , and Alaska as captain and owner of M/V Elsa, M/V Raven, M/V Sundown, M/V Eagle, and M/V Shadow.

 

• Captain one year commercial fishing in SE Alaska .

 

• Owner and Captain, Sundown Shipping Company, an Eco-Adventure Charter Company. See Sierra Magazine, Mar/Apr, 1999 and The Amicus Journal, Winter 1999.

 

• Captain for San Juan Excursions out of Friday Harbor and Charter Captain for Anacortes Yacht Charters out of Anacortes.

 

• Three trips to British Columbia with biological research groups, surveying B.C. Marine Parks and Orca whale populations.

 

• Observation boat for the re-introduction of "Springer" to her pod in 2002. See Nor'westing Magazine, Nov. and Dec. 2002 and Jan. 2003.

 

• Author: "Inside the Inside Passage : From Seattle to Glacier Bay . Nor-westing Magazine, May-December, 2006.

 

• Knowledge of Northwest marine life and Northwest Native Cultures.

 

• University Professor 1963-1993.

 

 

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