Meet Captain Steve Kennedy, our new Vice President! Born and raised on the west coast, as a young boy, he lived in the Queen Charlotte Islands before relocating to Victoria BC. His father worked as a commercial fisher and logger, which gave Steve an early desire to work on the water. Captain Kennedy’s first job as a teen was working on a commercial fishing boat. After graduation, he went to sea on the Parizeau, an offshore research ship. In 1992 he completed his Watchkeeping Mate Certificate and moved to the Department of Fisheries and worked as Mate and eventually Skipper, running patrol boats from Victoria to West Coast Haida Gwaii. In the late 1990s, he started sailing on Coast Guard ships working Navigational Aids from Victoria to the Western Arctic. In 2011, Captain Kennedy joined the BC Coast Pilots. With a total of 33 years of seagoing experience, he has served a term on the BCCPS’ Benefits Committee and is now proudly serving as the Vice President.