Richard Kastelein Marine Industry Resume

Allen Brown
objective
	To open up my own company building top quality sail and power boats using technology to obtain freedom from high fuel costs, using solar cells, DC motors, Hybrid diesel systems etc. I am also interested in hydraulic drives, pods, jet drives and the exploration of hydrogen fuel systems. I have restored and built 17 different boats over the past 20 years, which included setting forms, building molds, welding, fiberglassing, mechanical work, electrical work, hyrdraulics, ordering supplies, hiring people and launching vessels.
Experience
	1967 - Texas Boatbuilder Restoration of a 27 foot lapstrake Ravin. Sistered up bad ribs, replaced boards. Rebuilt Chrysler Motor.
	1975 Texas Boatbuilder Supervised and built 47-foot Ferro cement Junk. Laid up rebar, cement, and built boat interior Set engines, electrics, drive shaft, rudder etc.
	1976-77 - Texas Boatbuilder Built three 65 foot shrimp boats – plywood and fiberglass Built frames, set plywood and fiberglassed. Aligned engines, hydraulics, downriggers, set shafts, steering etc. 1980 - Texas Boatbuilder Built 75-foot steel ketch rig yacht. Welded the hull, deck and fittings. Installed engines, set shafts, electrics etc. 1984 - Texas Boatbuilder Restored wood 36 foot Owens Powerboat Replaced planks, put in new deck. Installed new engines, props, rudders etc. 1985 - Texas Boatbuilder (Palmer Power Products) Helped build fibreglass Picklefork racing powerboat Welded aluminum hull and installed J37 Alison jet engine 1985 - Texas Boatbuilder(Palmer Power Products) Helped build mold for 25 foot dayboat (power) Laid up glass, built five hulls. Installed new engines, props, rudders etc. 1986 - Egypt Boatbuilder Built classic Arab wooden dhow boat Built frames, ribs, and planked vessel. Installed Atlas 220 diesel engine, shaft, rudder and props. 1988 - Texas Boatbuilder Built 50-foot fibreglass over wood oyster boat. Built frames, set plywood and fiberglassed. Aligned engines, hydraulics, downriggers, set shafts, steering, refrigeration system. etc. 1990-91 - Mexico Boatbuilder Built two 32-foot Wharram Catamarans. Built frames, set plywood and fiberglassed. Installed steering, put up mast, rigging etc. 1993 - Texas/Florida Boatbuilder Rebuilt my wood 80-foot former Navy ship. Replace boards and glassed below waterline. Installed two Detroit 871’s. 1995 - Florida Boatbuilder Restored a Fiberglass 41 foot Morgan Replaced port side of vessel with foam and fiberglass. Hurricane reconstruction. 1999-00 - Florida Boatbuilder Built mold for a Number One Hull. Build forms, laid fibreglass, and made mold, then built hull foam and fiberglass 2001 - Puerto Rico Boatbuilder Built and supervised fibreglass Morelli & Melvin 51 (sail) Built strongback, set forms, laid up foam, ordered all supplies etc. Installed two Perkins engines, steering, put up mast, rigging etc. 2004 - Brazil Boatbuilder Building Malcolm Tennant New Yorker 51 Powercat Built strongback, setting forms, laying up foam, etc
Education
	1969-71 Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Student) Massachusetts - Metallurgy Lab - Mechanical Drafting - Electric Motors Theory - Millwright Technology - Hydraulic Systems Lab - Mechanical Engineering - Hydraulic Engineering - Telemetry Gathering Systems Lab - Theory of Solids, Liquids and Gases - Electrical Drafting Lab - Hydraulic Drafting Lad 1980-84 San Jacinto College (Instructor) Texas - Taught Underwater Welding - Taught Diving - Taught Chamber Operations - Taught Diving Safety 1980-84 University of Houston (Student) Texas - BA in Human Behavioral Science - Studied English Literature 1980-84 Texas A&M (Student) Texas - Studied Ichthyology (Aquaculture)
Interests
	Family, Diving, Boating
Additional History
	1971-75 Vietnam /California US Marine Core Wing Natops INS instructor (physiology) of flight crews. Survival techniques, water crashes, altitude chambers, ejection seat procedures, etc. 1975-80 - Worldwide Freelance Diver and Underwater Welder Freelance diver for diving and salvage companies, building docks, offshore structures, and raising sunken ships and equipment. Underwater and surface welding. 1985-90 - Worldwide Freelance Diver and Underwater Welder Freelance diver for diving and salvage companies, building docks, offshore structures, and raising sunken ships and equipment. Underwater and surface welding. 1993-99 Texas Business Owner Bought land and built Hideaway Harbor Marina, boat store, restaurant, motel, boat ramps, docks, bar etc. 1999-03 Caribbean Freelance Diver and Underwater Welder Operated my 80-foot powerboat “Roamdeep” as a floating dive and salvage company in the Caribbean islands.