COLTON JOSEPH

 

Mollyhawk Colton Joseph Ferrel was born in Pennsylvania, USA, on 30 August 1914, and now lives in Molokai, Hawaï.

Nautical career 1930-1945 : Seaman, officer & Master in 19 merchant sail (fore-and-aft & square -rig) / steam vessels of six nations : Australia, Cuba, Finland, Mexico, New -Zealand and United States of America, (among them full-rigged ship DANMARK and 4-masted barque MOSHULU and PASSAT).

Some commands were schooners LIBERTY (N. Atlantic coast), MARISMO (N.Atlantic -West Indies -South America), KINKAJOU (Pacific) and 6- masted TANGO (largest in world, Pacific Coast).

Career from 1945 : Finance, general agent, maritime affairs, publishing, travel, etc.

Assistant superintendant Maine Shipyards Corporation, South Portland, Maine ; managed Carso Realty Co, Santa Barbara, California ; Director of J.F. Colton & Co, Inc. & International Maritime Exchange (clearing house of maritime information), Santa Barbara & Wilmington, California, & Flagstaff, Arizona. Sailing Master 4- masted barque NIPPON MARU (Japan).

Master m v ADVENTYR (Mexico), Consultant, Venturer, etc.

Literary contributions : 25 or so addresses, editorials, etc, on government & world affairs.

Over 100 articles and papers on marine history & oceanography, published in Australia, England & the U.S.A..Three books on marine history. First hand experience re new information on the regions of Cape Horn & the Cape of Good Hope / Originator of the Sun Spot-Sea Ice theory.

Miscellaneous : Architect (house & marine), inventor - C/W winch, cargo boom -cargo net method of protecting merchant vessels from torpedo attack (used troughout World War II), lecturer on marine history, shipping, travel, etc, marine surveyor, model maker, sculptor (portrait busts in Ålands Sjöfartmuseum, Mariehamn, Institute for Sea Training, Tokyo, and Museum of Northern Arizona).

License for Master Ocean- Going Vessels (over 700 gross tons).

Nationality : United States of America, Date of Issue : 12 February 1941, Place of Issue : Los Angeles, USA.

Nationality : The Mexican United States, Date of Issue : 30 July 1963, Place of Issue Guyamas, Sonora, Mexico.

Captain J.F. Colton passed Cape Horn Eastbound as an apprentice in the s v PASSAT of Mariehamn on 39.3.1936.