EDWARD A. SCOTT

13 Snyder Road

Eastport, Me. 04631

207-853-0639

 

ed@baysidedesignservices.com

 

 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

 

 

Fall 2007 - Present  

Eastport Boat School - Husson College 

Adjunct Instructor

I teach marine electrical systems design and installation as well as mechanical systems

 

 

Sept. 2005 – Present

Principal Partner, Moose Island Design Eastport, Maine

Small Craft and Marine Electrical System Designer

 

Moose Island Design is a full service yacht design firm where I do yacht design including styling, structural design and small craft naval architecture. I am also responsible for all marine electrical and electronic system design for our boats as well as boatyards. I have developed a design packages for amateur builders to help that special class of builder install sound electrical systems. I am thoroughly experienced in manual drafting, AutoCad, TurboCad, Rhino 3D and MultiSurf. I am also very familiar with ABYC specifications regarding all boat structures and particularly electrical systems as well as Coast Guard electrical specifications for gasoline powered boats. Other standards worked with are American Bureau of Shipping and Canadian Specifications for boats up to 20 feet in length.

 

 

Sept. 2000 – Present     Washington County Technical College Calais Maine

Adjunct Instructor

Taught Computer Technology subjects to both credit and non-credit students. Classes taught include Windows 2000, Microsoft Office applications, computer networking, and computer hardware. Recent classes have been Marine Heavy Duty Electrical and Marine Wiring.

 

 

 

Sept. 2000 - Present

US Coast Guard Auxiliary

Unit electronics communication officer and vessel inspector. I also teach boating classes to the general public.

 

 

 

January 2001 – December 2004MacNaughton Yacht Designs Eastport Maine

 

Marine Designer

I was responsible for marine drafting and design of power and sail boats. I worked on boats from 30 feet to 134 feet in length. I used ABYC specifications as well as American Bureau of Shipping standards in design work. I learned the advanced modeling program known as MultiSurf and became adept at a software program called Rhino 3D. Manual drafting was the common drawing method used at the time. I also did electrical system design and consulted with clients on electrical and electronic system issues with exiting boats

 

 

June 1988 – Jan 2000 Self- Employed Scott Marine Electrical Perkasie, Pennsylvania

 

A part- time business where I installed marine electronic equipment such as radios, radar, depth and fish finders, as well as radio direction finders. Also re-wired, troubleshot and repaired boat electrical systems. I also repaired marine electronic equipment down to the component level inside the equipment. All work was done to US Coast Guard specifications.

Also did some outboard engine repair for some of my customers. Closed business to move to Maine and do yacht design.

 

 

June 1977 - May 2000 Electronic and Computer Network Engineer- Various Employers

 

I was an electrical design engineer for fifteen years involved in computer and industrial instrumentation design for oil and chemical companies. I was involved in all capacities of engineering from electronic systems to AC-DC power systems for instrumentation systems including marine applications involving oil barges. I then moved into business computer systems and did large scale multi-platform system design and programming. I left this field to concentrate on yacht design.

 

 

 

EDUCATION

 

 

Lincoln Technical Institute, Allentown, PA. Two-year diploma in Electronics Technology, 1978

 

National Radio Institute Computer Technology Diploma 1974

 

Electronics Technical Institute, New Jersey, Diploma in advanced electronic system design 1974

 

Marine Outboard Engine repair Certificate - Upper Bucks County Vocational Technical School- Pennsylvania 1999

 

Wooden Boat School- 45 Hour course in Marine Surveying- 2000 A theory and extensive hands on class covering structural and electrical inspection of boats

 

Navtech- Master course in recreational and commercial marine surveying

 

Westlawn School of Yacht Design, Distance Learning affiliate of ABYC - Premier school to learn yacht design. Currently halfway through program. Program is 4 years long.

 

Yacht Design School, Eastport- Completed one third of program then dropped to enroll in Weastlawn

 

American Boat and Yacht Council (ABYC) 2006 - Marine Electrical Certification Review Class- Covered E2, E4, E11, A 24 and A28 sections of the ABYC standards collection dealing with marine electrical specifications.. Have not taken test yet.

 

ABYC - review class in Corrosion and Marine Systems

 

 

 

CERTIFICATIONS

 

 

FCC General Radiotelephone Commercial License-Required to work on marine electronic systems. It covers electronics including marine radio, radar and battery systems

 

General Class Amateur radio license- Requires knowledge of radio usage and electronics.

 

Various network engineering certifications form Microsoft, Novell, IBM, and Cisco Systems

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