BACKGROUND

When Mats was old enough to hold onto a piece of sandpaper, he became his 

father's crew member.  Early sailing experience was competitive and recreational, primarily in the Baltic Sea and the lakes of Sweden. In August of 1982, he left

Sweden in his 40' classic Swedish sloop for a six-month, round-trip cruise to the

West Indies.  Before returning home, Mats was asked to deliver a Mariner 38' from

St. Croix to Annapolis, and he has been self-employed as a full-time delivery

captain ever since.

EXPERIENCE

Mats spends about 200 days a year offshore and has accumulated well over half a million miles as a professional delivery captain.  Most of his deliveries are in the

area between Nova Scotia and the Caribbean, along the western Atlantic seaboard.  Numerous exceptions include trips from Jacksonville, Florida to Budapest, Hungary; Toulon, France to Houston, Texas; Seattle to San Francisco; Chesapeake Bay to

Lake Champlain and Green Bay, Wisconsin; Panama to Tahiti to New Zealand to Australia.

TYPES OF BOATS

Boats delivered are typically 40 to 75 feet in length -- sloop, ketch, yawl, cat, catamaran, power, etc.

NAVIGATION EQUIPMENT AND EXPERTISE

GPS, DR, celestial, electronic charting, satnav, loran, radar and communications systems.

EDUCATION/MILITARY

Degree in economics from Celsius College, Uppsala, Sweden.  Two years in the Swedish Navy.  Honorably discharged as a lieutenent in the Green Berets.  

Excellent diving education (also NAUI certified).

LANGUAGES

English, Swedish, German

OTHER SKILLS

Ability to do maintenance and make most minor repairs while underway.  Owners

enjoy sailing with Mats and are welcome aboard for deliveries.

PERSONAL

Single with two children, living in Florida.

REFERENCES

Please click on Home and see links to broker references..  Additional references

are available upon request.