G. Andy Chase

Captain Andy Chase is a Professor of Marine Transportation at Maine Maritime Academy, in Castine, Maine. He began his professional sea-going career at the age of 16 as deckboy aboard a Norwegian bulkcarrier.

He is a graduate of Maine Maritime Academy (’79), and holds a U.S. license as Master, unlimited, for power vessels, and Master of auxiliary sail vessels of up to 1600 tons. He has sailed aboard many types of merchant vessels, including tankers, container ships, Ro-Ro's, ITB's, tugs, barges, break-bulk freighters, and LASH. He has sailed as deckboy, AB, Bosun, Third, Second, and Chief Mate.

Captain Chase’s professional sailing career has primarily been aboard large, traditional sailing vessels, and has included Marconi, gaff, and square rigs. He has sailed as deckhand, mate, and master under sail. As master of the Schooner Bowdoin, he led a group of Maine Maritime Academy students on the Bowdoin's first return trip to the Arctic since Admiral MacMillan’s last voyage in 1954, reaching 70° north latitude.

He was the subject of a book about the U.S. Merchant Marine by author John McPhee, entitled Looking for a Ship, and is the author of a book by Cornell Maritime Press entitled Auxiliary Sail Vessel Operations--a textbook for professional sailing, now in its second edition.