Chuck Shipman
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| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Industry | Internet |
| Occupation | Cofounder of Viata, VacationHosts, and ezRez in online travel services |
| Location | Todos Santos, BCS, Mexico |
| Introduction | I am an investor in early-stage green energy companies. I also advise select clients on targeted marketing, primarily for travel and real estate opportunities. I am a Certified General Appraiser, licensed and originally from Hawaii. Before my real estate career, I worked in travel as a pioneer in eco-tourism and served as the director of beaches and ocean recreation for the City and County of Honolulu. I am retired, but provide unpaid assistance to my wife, Patricia Echenique, who is the Director General of Planeacion en Marketing, S.A. de C.V. (PlanMarketing). For ten years, Patricia was the director of Mexico's international image campaign and co-op advertising programs for SECTUR and the Consejo de Promoción Turística de México. |
| Interests | Surfing, Sailboarding, Kiteboarding, Sailing, Snorkeling, SCUBA, Polynesian Navigation, Ecotourism, Environmental Education, Oceanic Survival Skills, Ocean Lifesaving, Coastal Zone Management, Community Organization, Coding and Software Development. |
| Favorite Movies | Shichinin no Samurai (Akira Kurosawa), The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (John Huston), The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (Sergio Leone), Rebel Without a Cause (Nicolas Ray), Eyes Wide Shut (Stanley Kubick), The Godfather (Francis Ford Coppola), Lawrence of Arabia (David Lean), Casablanca (Michael Curtiz), The Graduate (Mike Nichols), The Matrix (The Wachowskis), The Terminator (James Cameron), Conan The Barbarian (John Milius), The Sting (George Roy Hill), Some Like It Hot (Billy Wilder) |
| Favorite Music | Pancho And Lefty (Townes Van Zandt), Sound of Silence (Paul Simon), Dust In The Wind (Kerry Livgren), Waimanalo Blues (Liko Martin), City of New Orleans (Steve Goodman), Hallelujah (Leonard Cohen), I'll Remember You (Kui Lee), La Bamba (Richie Valens), Puff The Magic Dragon (Peter Yarrow), Take Me Home Country Roads (John Denver), Universal Soldier (Buffy Sainte-Marie), You Can't Always Get What You Want (The Rolling Stones), Up On The Roof (Carole King), The Rose (Bette Midler), Surfin' USA (The Beachboys), Sunny Afternoon (Ray Davies), Peaceful Easy Feelin' (The Eagles), Mr. Bojangles (Jerry Jeff Walker), Me and Bobby McGee (Kris Kristofferson), Margaritaville (Jimmy Buffet), Knocking On Heaven's Door (Bob Dylan), Imagine (John Lennon), He Aloha Mele (Iva Kinimaka), Down On The Corner (John Fogerty), Cheri (Phil Keat), Another Brick In The Wall (Pink Floyd) |
| Favorite Books | We The Navigators (David Lewis), East Is A Big Bird (Thomas Gladwin), The Silent War (John Pina Craven), Upheaval (John L. Casey), The Book of Satoshi (Satoshi Nakamoto), War Is A Racket (Smedley Butler), Barbarian Days (William Finnegan), Propaganda (Edward Bernays), Restoration Agriculture (Mark Shepard), The Secret Teaching Of All Ages (Manly P. Hall), State Of Fear (Michael Crichton), House of Thieves (Kaui Hart Hemmings), Shakespeare's Secret Messiah (Joseph Atwill), The Day After Roswell (Phillip Corso), Rules For Radicals (Saul Alinsky), The Collapse of Complex Societies (Joseph Tainter), A Book Of Five Rings (Miyamoto Musashi), The Pre-Nicene New Testament (Robert Price), Canoes of Oceania (Haddon & Hornell), The Material Culture of Kapingamarangi (Peter H. Buck), The Life of Jesus: Critically Examined (David Strauss) |
If you were a pirate, how would you avoid laughing when saying 'poop deck'?
Easy, anyone around boats knows that no one "poops" on the Poop Deck, all classic pirates "poop" at the bow and not over the stern (in Latin "puppis") and this deck is usually over the captain's quarters. Not a good idea to "poop" there.