Licences, passage record, references. Enough to form an honest view before any conversation begins.

Qualifications and licensing

Current, relevant maritime qualifications and licences. They sit behind the preparation, judgment and discipline applied to every yacht assignment.

Maritime qualifications

• SHS: Sporthochsee-Schifferschein (German Ocean Sailing Certificate)
• SSS: Sportsee-Schifferschein (German Offshore Sailing Certificate)
• SKS: Sportküstenschifferschein (German Coastal Sailing Certificate)
• SRC: Short Range Certificate
• STCW: Certificate of Personal Survival, Fire, First Aid and Safety
• STCW: Certificate of Security Awareness

Professional background

Daniel holds an Airline Transport Pilot Licence and has spent a long career as an airline captain in commercial aviation. That career sits behind every yacht assignment and shapes how the work is prepared and run.

SHS. Sporthochsee-Schifferschein

SSS. Sportsee-Schifferschein

Insurance and professional standing

Insured through Yacht-Pool for professional skipper liability and accident cover, with legal protection in place. Fuller documentation is available on request.

Yacht and passage experience

Selected passages, not a full logbook. Enough to show range, preparation and the kind of judgment buyers and owners are entitled to expect when readiness, a passage or a handover is on the line.

Seemeilennachweis. Bermuda to Troon, 2,962 NM

Aviation credential

Airline Transport Pilot Licence

Daniel holds an Airline Transport Pilot Licence and has spent a long career as an airline captain in commercial aviation. That career translates into yachting more directly than most people expect.

A long airline captain career is built on preparation, procedure, calm judgment and clear communication under responsibility. Flights are planned in detail, decisions are taken calmly when the cost of getting them wrong is real and follow through is consistent because half-finishing something is not an option.

Those are the same habits a yacht owner wants in the room when a purchase, a refit, a delivery or a handover stops being routine. In yachting they show up as honest preparation, calm decisions, clear communication and handovers that do not leave loose ends. The financial and practical consequences of poor yacht judgment are real, and that is precisely the part of the work the airline captain background is built for.

Recommendation and reference material

More detailed references and private materials are reserved for qualified conversations.