DOUGLAS A. BROOKES
As the head of Fortress Marine Ltd., Douglas Brookes has been involved in all facets of the Marine trade for over 33 years. He has peronally overseen the design and construction of over a dozen magnificent, hand crafted boats and yachts. His expertise also includes; hands-on construction through supervisory roles to upper level management and finally company ownership. Managed upwards of thirty staff and involved and experienced in payroll, scheduling, budgets, requisitions and training programs. Read full profile below.
PROFILE
DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION HISTORY
Eagle ------------------ 67 feet Day Charter / Racer / Live aboard
Falcon ----------------- 53 feet Racer
Caon a ----------------- 47 feet Day Charter
Spirit of St. Kitts ----- 78 feet Term & Day Charter
Indigo ------------------ 67 feet Luxury Cruiser (1.2 million)
Spirit of Barbados --- 60 feet Day Charter
Spirit of Malta -------- 65 feet Day Charter
Assegai ---------------- 75 feet Luxury Cruiser (1.4 million)
Swaliga ---------------- 65 feet Day Charter
St. Kitts St. Kitts ----- 34 ft International 6 mtr built to Lloyds specs
Swaliga 11 ------------- 54 feet Day Charter Power Cat
Dive Cat ---------------- 52 feet Dive Cat
Dive Boat (mono) ----- 48 feet Dive Boat
Glass Bottom Boat --- 35 feet
Dive Cat ---------------- 38 feet Dive Catamaran
Pleasure Power Boat - 36 feet
WRITE OFF REBUILDS
- German Freys design ‘ SYNERGY’ (See article in SAIL Magazine 2002)
- Cigarette 38 foot TOP GUN, NO FEAR
- Alethea, 50 foot cruising sailboat
- LAETI , Sunsail Odyssey 37
WORK HISTORY
- January 2007 to August 2007
- Rawlins Plantation Inn, St. Kitts
- Property & Assets Manager
- August 2005 to December 2006
- JMC Marina & Boatyard, Saint Martin
- Project Manager
- November 2004 to August 2005
- Spice Island Marina, Grenada
- Special Projects Director (Hurricane Ivan Recovery Program)
- December 1999 to September 2004
- Sint Maarten Shipyard, Sint Maarten
- General Manager
- January 1999 to November 1999
- Aikane Trinidad Ltd, Trinidad
- Construction and Training Manager
- July 1987 to June 1998
- Brookes Boats Co. Ltd, St. Kitts
- General Manager, Founder & Owner
- • Prior to 1987 worked in the Gulf of Mexico for Taylor Diving & Salvage as a Commercial Diver.
- • B.W.I.A. (Airline), Barbados, in Traffic, Cargo & Operations.
- • Chevron Oil Company in northern Alberta building a gas plant.
- • Qualified solo, P1, on the Cessna 172 and Cherokee 140 aircraft.
- • Sailed throughout the Caribbean and made one transatlantic crossing and into the Mediterranean as Master.
EDUCATION
St.Mary’s College, St. LuciaPresentation College, Grenada.
G.C.E. O level