Marine Technical Team

OAR Northwest works with extraordinarily skilled personnel in the Canal Boat Yard.  The Marine Technical Team has delivered, pure and simple, and OAR Northwest is honored to work with them and deeply appreciate the time, effort, and skills that they all bring to the OAR Northwest organization.  This list is not representative of all the people with whom OAR Northwest works and who volunteer their time and resources.  (Alphabetically)

Dan Heyl
Dan Heyl designed the systems and installed them aboard the James Robert Hanssen.  He is an ABYC certified electrician and Senior Project Manager with Emerald Harbor Marine.  He leads the team’s efforts concerning is energy management.  He brings his global experience as a hotdog systems designer and offshore sailing captain to the team, bridging complicated challenges with clear solutions.
Emerald Harbor Marine, Inc.
2601 W. Marina Place, Suite T
Seattle WA 98199
206-285-3632

Matt Netting
Petrel Marine
76 Cedar St., Unit 602
Seattle, WA 98121
206-327-0676

Larry Schildwachter
Larry Schildwachter is the General Manager of Emerald Harbor Marine and leads the OAR Northwest’s Marine Technical Team.  In 2006 Larry, his crew and ours worked tirelessly together to ensure the ocean rowboat was prepared for the crossing of the North Atlantic.  Today, he again chairs the team in creating the world’s most technologically advanced ocean rowboat.  Larry brings cultivated relationships to OAR Northwest’s attention for everyone’s benefit, and our team is grateful for the personal support that he and Lynn, his wife, provide us in our own lives.
Emerald Harbor Marine, Inc.
2601 W. Marina Place, Suite T
Seattle WA 98199
206-285-3632

Mark Stamm
Pacific Fiberglass
4300 11th Ave NW
Seattle, WA 98107
206.789.4690

Matt Thompson
Port Meteorological Officer – Seattle
National Weather Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
7600 Sand Point Way NE
Seattle, WA USA 98115
206.526.6100

Paul Williams
Friends call him “Ducatipaul” for his love of MotoGp, Paul Williams was raised in Michigan and worked for ten years as an aerospace production control planner, building “stuff” for submarine warfare and also LCR radars for destroyers.  With the heart and skill of a trained chef and master gardener, Paul uses his technical skills to install electronics, A/V, and D/C and A/C power systems for Emerald Harbor Marine.
Emerald Harbor Marine, Inc.
2601 W. Marina Place, Suite T
Seattle WA 98199
206-285-3632

Matthew Wood
Sales Manager
Furuno USA, Inc.
4400 NW Pacific Rim Blvd.
Camas, WA 98607-9408
360-834-9300