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 As a 100 ton master with sailing and towing endorsements, Captain Ken Pier is fully licensed, including CPR and first aid training.

 

He is the proud owner of the Bluebird, a Force 18 fishing vessel with twin engines, and also a co-owner of the Rubicon, a Pacific Seacraft Crealock 34 sailing vessel. Ken was born and raised on the beautiful island of Guam, and has spent a large part of his life in the water (swimming, sailing, fishing, diving, surfing, you name it!)
His father, a former captain in the Navy and an expert navigator, began imparting his sailing and navigational knowledge to Ken when he was only 8 years old. At the age of 16, Ken sailed with his father on a 31′ Cheoy Lee called the Pixie, through Hong Kong, Manila, Palau, Guam, and neighboring islands. Two years later, his father passed away.
Ken and his wife Libby sold the Pixie and went to California, where they bought their first sailboat, a beautiful 45′ Ketch called the Illahee. Over the next 2 1/2 years, they sailed up and down the coasts of California and Mexico, and eventually to and through the Hawaiian islands. They sold the Illahee, and spent some time traveling.

In 1976, Ken started his business, Arrow, making surfboards in Australia. 

Ken Surfing

Ken Surfing

Three years later they moved back to Guam, where Ken started the company Da Kine, selling surfing gear. They moved to Hawaii, where Ken continued to make Arrow surfboards and later sold Da Kine. In 1981, they settled back on Guam. Ken began fishing on a regular basis in 1984 and was fishing full time by 1987. He was won or placed in many local fishing derbys and has gained extensive wisdom and knowledge of Guam’s coastlines, under water topography, fishing spots and weather conditions. He has been fishing full time for over 20 years now.

Some of Captain Ken Pier’s accomplishments are:

    • Team Gold Medal Spearfishing Micronesian Games 1998 in Palau
    • Team 4th Place Spearfishing South Pacific Games 1999 in Guam
    • Team Silver Medal Spearfishing Micronesian Games in Ponape
    • 3rd Place Guahan Napu Rick’s Reef Surfing Competition 2008
    • 4th Place 31st Annual Guam Rota Race 2008 sailing the Rubicon
    • 1st Place Guahan Napu Rick’s Reef Surfing Competition (long board) 2012
    • 4th Place 2012 Annual Guam-Rota Race sailing the Rubicon
    • 3rd Place 2013 Annual Guam-Rota Race sailing the Rubicon
    • 1st Place 2013 Ricks Reef Classic Surfing Competition (longboard)
    • Thousands of miles long distance sailing in the Pacific Ocean, South China Sea, and the Phillipine Sea
    • 2nd Place 2014 Surf the Basin 6 Men’s Longboard Open
    • 3rd Place 2015 Rick’s Reef Classic Surf Contest, Open Longboard
    • 1st Place 2015 Rick’s Reef Classic Surf Contest, Men’s Short Board Master’s