Command & Seamanship

RYA/MCA Yachtmaster Offshore (~200gt) — Hamble School of Yachting

Surveying

Diploma in Small Craft Surveying with Merit — Lloyd's Maritime Academy / North Kent College

Specialism: Power Leisure & Sail Leisure Vessels

Technical

• ABYC Master Technician
• ABYC Marine Electrical Technician
• ABYC Marine Systems Technician
• ABYC Marine Corrosion Technician
• NMEA 0400 Basic NMEA 2000 Installer
• Victron Energy 2-Day Hands-on Training — Annapolis MD, March 2026
• Raymarine Certified Technician — certification in process

Boatyard Work

Senior Technician — Chesapeake Dockside Service, 2025–present, Annapolis MD

Electrical systems diagnosis and repair, electronic upgrade and repair, general vessel maintenance and repair

Marine Technician — Gibson Island Boat Works, 2021–2024, Gibson Island MD

Mast stepping and unstepping, sailing systems inspection and repair, electrical diagnosis and repair

Sea Time

30,000+ nautical miles — Mediterranean, Atlantic, Caribbean, Chesapeake Bay

Offshore & Coastal Racing

• Rolex Middle Sea Race, 2016–17
• Malta–Syracuse Race, 2013–14
• Great Chesapeake Bay Schooner Race, 2023–24 — schooner Farewell
• Grenada Sailing Week & Grenadines Sailing Week, 2025–26

Deliveries & Passages

• Las Palmas to Guadeloupe — Lagoon 560
• Las Palmas to Antigua — X-Yacht 73
• Annapolis to BVI — 46ft Catamaran

Instruction & Charter

RYA Cruising Instructor — Greece, Italy, France, 2017–2019

Classic & Square Rig

Deckhand — Mayflower II, 2020

Academic

Ph.D. Modern History — University of Catania / University College Dublin
Thesis: Cyprus and the British Empire

Bachelor in Political Science — University of Catania

Languages

Italian (native) · English (fluent) · Spanish