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 last update 30/3/10
 Delivery "Gallo" (Contest 48'cs) to Medemblik Holland and tour of the contest yard. (to be up dated further) 9/2009 - Take Contest 62' from Hamble to Southampton docks to be put on a ship for transportation. Pictures taken for Yachting World (to be updated further) 9/2009 - Southampton Boat Show (to be updated further) 9/2009 - Test sail for Yachting World on the new Contest 62' (which was the Contest 60' but has now been re-branded). See how we fare against the Swan in the December issue of Yachting World (to be updated further) 9/2009 - Pick up "Never Mind" from Torquay and bring her back to the Hamble after the owners holiday in the West Country. (to be updated further) 8/2009 - Deliver "Never Mind" (Wauquiez 48') to Plymouth, arrive there on the day of the finish of the Fastnet race. (to be updated further) 7/2009 - First mate on the deliver of the new "Phoebe" 30 metre from Southampton to La Carona Spain. Two years ago I helped take this owners 23 metre Prinses to be sold in the med so that he could start to building this new incarnation of Phoebe. The new Phoebe is a 30 metre semi displacment motor boat built by MOONEN in Holland, capable of 25 knots and crouses at 18 knots. I was asked to join the boat just after the owner had tacken delivery of her and we set off on her maiden voyage which was ment to be to myorca, but with every other new boat I have been on, there were some teething troubles on root. I was very inpressed with the ship yards response and even though I had to leave the boat in La Carona, the ship yard were there dealing with the problems. Within a couple more days the owner was on his way.   7/2009 - Deliver "Gallo" (Contest 48' cs) to Falmouth. The owner wanted to start his hoilday in the west country and come back with the provaling south westerly winds (sensible if youask me!). No point in strugerling in head winds when you can get someone eals to do it for you, and we did have F5-6 winds on the nose to begine with which eased off to F3-4. this ment we could motor sail to Falmouth. 6/2009 - Take part in the Cumberland Cup (part of the Royal Thames Yacht Club) on "Matterhorn" Mystic 60' management boat. I was privileged to be asked to take part in this club event by the owner of Matterhorn who acted as navigator and tactition during the racing and allowed me to be the helmsman throughout the weekend of sailing. 25 yachts from the Cumberland fleet took part and 140 members of the Cumberland Sailing Society (founded 1775 and believed to be the longest continually run yachting society in the world!) met in Cowes and took over the Royal Yacht Squadron as a base for its social and committee requirments with the kind permission of the Rear Commodore of course! We took part in three races and completed all, but with the Cumberland Numbered handicapping system in use (which no one can explain!) we didn't win anything. We did have a bit of a cock up on the start of the first race and were a little late over the line. The second race that day started much better and we got a good start with a respectable second over the line. On the Sunday there was just a pursuit race run with staggered starts according to the renowned numbering system! This is where it really showed how much time we had to make up on the other boats. Anyhow, we did overhaul quite a few of the smaller boats and didn't disgrace ourselves. Here's some pic's.     6/2009 - Skipper Contest 55' "Wind Dancer" from Hamble to St Peter Port and back again. This is a boat that was under my care and being sold through Charles Watson Marine. It was brought into the country and put into a customs warehouse scheme (as it did not have the VAT paid on it) then it was bought by a South African who only had a short amount of time to stay in the EU before he had to pay the tax on the boat. To slightly extend this amount of time (to complete work being carried out on the boat before he left for good) we had to take the boat out of the country under the old ownership and bring it back in under the new. Anyway, it was a very good excuse for a very good reach across the channel to St Peter Port, but the next day the wind dropped and we had a bit of a motor back! Well you can't have everything can you!  4/2009 - Skipper for Rick Tomlinson on Photo shoot for Dauntsey's School and their 1913 pilot cutter the "Jolie Brise". The pictures can be seen on the web site Jolie Brise Home and you can follow their progress or charter the boat. The Jolie Brise is owned, maintained and sailed by the pupils of Dauntsey's School. Dauntsey's is a leading independent co-educational day and boarding school in the heart of Wiltshire. Unusually for a land-locked school, Dauntsey's has a long association and passion for sailing. The School Sailing Club was founded in 1970 and its association with the Jolie Brise began in 1977. The world famous gaff pilot cutter was the last boat to carry the Royal Mail under sail and has won the Fastnet Race three times, including the first race in 1925. She has twice been the overall winner of Tall Ships Races, including the Transatlantic Races to the USA and Canada in 2000. This year, sailed by Dauntsey's pupils, the Jolie Brise is taking part in the Tall Ships Atlantic Challenge. Some of my pic's
 
 It was a bit of an overcast day, I thing Rick did a better job with the photos than me. 3/2009 - Refurbishment of the teak decks on "Gallo" (Contest 48'cs) and "Matterhorn" (Mystic 60') 
 Winter 2008-9 Manage the refit of "Never Mind" Work undertaken by us includes - Refurbishment of the teak deck - Stripping the mast for painting - Reassembling mast with some new stainless steel fittings - Overseeing painting of mast and topsides - Sanding and fareing the bottom - New leathers for the mast Painting carried out by Desty's  
    Winter 2008-9 Enlarge the aft bunk and add extra storage on the Management boat "Matterhorn" Mystic 60'   
 and refurb the bottom of the
boat by stripping, faring and gel shielding.
  
 11/2008 - Charter to see the final sailing of the QE2 from her home berth of Southampton. Lead skipper for ma marine.com of a three boat Night charter. This has had to be one of the most difficult and emotional charters I have had the pleasure of being involved with. The difficulty came with it being at night - combine that with the amount of other boats that were there to see the QE2 off and there's a whole possible melting pot of trouble! It's bad enough at Cowes Week with the amount of boats around - if you've been there - think of that at night! The emotional side came from our guests - all fans and/or previous passengers on that majestic liner. One guest was the aunt of the First Officer on board that night! We watched the fireworks display and followed the QE2 out of the Solent. The other followers started to dwindle as we headed for Cowes and as we neared Portsmouth, we found we were the only ones left to say goodbye by the time we had reached the forts. There were tears from the guests as we watched her sail slowly off into the distance for the last time.  The Southampton Boat Show Working for Charles Watson Marine, cleaning and selling Contest, Wauquiez, and Latitude 46 yachts. This year we had the New Contest 60', which was well received and up for Yacht of the Year 2008-9 and the New Wauquiez 55' pilot saloon, a contrasting boat to the Contest. And from Latitude 46 we presented, for the first time, the Tofinou 9.5 and the Tofinou 7. Both were constantly admired for their modern classical looks, and the 9.5 can shift as I had the opportunity to sail it before the show (8-9 knots reaching in 15-20 knots of wind). 
 8/2008 - Skipper "Gallo" Contest 48'cs management boat from Brighton to Southampton. After holidaying on his yacht, the owner was fed up with battling head winds to get the boat home in time, so he called on us to finish the job, leaving him time to enjoy the rest of his holiday before going back to work. 
 8/2008 - Skipper
for Rick Tomlinson
and
the Cowes Combined Clubs for the Cowes week regatta. See Rick's Pic's at
  
 7/2008 - Head Skipper for multiple boat charter in the Solent. Under the banner of mamarine.com two Azimuts and a rib were hired for a company day out, which included sight seeing in the Solent, water skiing and shopping in Cowes. 7/2008 - More on the Feeling 55 The Owner of Rum Truffle has made his mind up over which boat to buy. The Feeling 55 came out on top (even though the original test sail did not go as well as originally hoped) and this month I was asked to go with him back to Les Sables d'Olonne (home of the Vendee Globe single handed yacht race around the world) to look at his boat in production (hull No.3), to assist him and his family on hull No.1,( which he was being loaned while all the French took their annual holidays), and to bring the boat up to England for the Southampton Boat Show. Now that I have had more of a chance to sail the boat, I can give a better verdict on her. I originally complained about the hydraulic streering on the boat, and with more time this did not become such an issue but if you do lose concentration (say, playing with chart plotters), then the boat will wander without any indication from the helm. I am a total advocate of the sail plan on this model (we had fully battened in-boom furling main sail, self tacking Solent jib and a big furling gennaker on the retractable bow sprit) - for cruising it is great - the Solent gives excellent performance to wind and does not disturb the crew when short tacking. Come off the wind more and release the gennaker and she shows her true potential. In 15ks of wind we were doing 6-7ks through the water at 40' off the wind - come another 20' off the wind with the gennaker and we were making 9-10ks 
 7/2008 The INTEL Regatta. Hired by Intel to capture the event for those that took part. Rick Tomlinson and I took to the water again. As in the previous year, Intel host this event to bring together an abundance of corporate computer companies to race each other on the high seas (well - southampton water and the Solent). Each company had their own SunSail 37' and the fleet was bigger this year, with 32 boats in total, all competing on the same level even though most had never sailed before     6/2008 Two day charter on the 30' rib for Volvo Cars, acting as press and support boat for the six J80's and the TP52 that they had going around the Isle of Wight on the JP Morgan Round the Island Race. This year had to be one of the most eventful Round the Island races of the last couple of years! Force 5-6's and wind over tide around St Catherine's point made it very busy for the coast guards and all the competitors, as there were lots of mayday calls and a lot of people helping each other out (if there is one time to fall overboard then do it when there are 1,500 other boats around). We did our bit by removing some guests from a J80 (after a knock down and sea sickness) and helping to relocate someone who had gone overboard from one boat and been picked up by another. Mark LLoyd (lloydimages.com) was the stills photographer on board for the day and there was also video being shot. Mark ended up with 4/5 shots in the national Sunday papers (Telegraph and the Times), inc. full centre spread in the Daily Mail.   
 6/2008 Skipper of Azimut 42' for mamarine.com for the start of the Round Britain Power Boat Race that started off Portsmouth. The pic is of the start of the first group to go, we followed them for a bit, but even at 30kts they were soon out of sight. We carried on and let the next wave over take us at the Needles, then in to Yarmouth for a spot of lunch at Saltys restaurant.  6/2008 Skipper 30' rib to pick up guests at Cowes and take them to dinner up the Beaulieu River at the hotel The Master Builders. 6/2008 Skipper for photo shoot of the KUEHNE +NAGEL regatta, Rick as always was behind the lens. 10 Beneteau 40.7's were out on the water for what turned out to be a series of four races that day. Companies likeVirgin Cargo, British Airways Cargo and a host of other freight and shipping companies took to the water to pit their wits against each other. 
 5/2008 Skipper for Rick Tomlinson on his 30' rib (as seen on my banner). This time we were out for the Sweden Yacht regatta in Cowes I.O.W. Over twenty yachts took to the water and all got snapped! With a presentation that evening (by Rick) they all got Schnapped again!!! 04/2008 Test sail on New Moody 45' with owner of Rum Truffle. Then on to France to test sail the new Feeling 55'. The pictures are in Yachting World. I had the chance to helm both boats and for the type of boats they are, I was very pleased with the performance they both achieved. The only let down for me was the hydraulic steering on the Feeling - there was no feedback and it was not very responsive, but this was hull No.1 
 03/2008 - Start of new Management on Moody 44' "Rum Truffle". 02/2008 - Skipper of 23 metre Princess from Torquay to Southampton, and then on to a ship for Croatia. 1-2/2008 - Skipper of Princesses 3x P58', P62' and P54' from Plymouth to Southampton, then on to a ship for Croatia. 01/2008 - Crewed on Nordhavn 47' for "Nordhavn UK" from Southampton to Rotterdam 01/2008 - Skipper of Princess V70' Hamble to Southampton docks and then loaded on to a ship for Croatia. 12/2007 - Skipper Princess V58' from Plymouth to Southampton, then on to a ship for Croatia.        09/2007 - Southampton Boat Show for Charles Watson Marine, maintenance and sales of Contest and Wauquiez Yachts. 08/2007 - Skipper Azimut 42' for MA Marine, as private launch for heads of P1, Cowes power boat racing 08/2007 - Skipper Azimut 42' for MA Marine, chase boat for Alfa Romeo on the start of the Fastnet Race.  08/2007 - Skipper Najad 30' rib for Cowes Week media team with Rick Tomlinson. 
 07/2007 - Skipper Najad 30' rib for INTEL regatta photo shoot with Rick Tomlinson. 06/2007 - First Mate on 23 metre Princess "Phoebe", Southampton to the Med (Best trip I have ever done!! (so far!)).  06/2007 - Skipper Najad 30' "Truant" for the Round the Island Race, photo and support boat for Volvo UK Winter/2006 - Mini refit on management boat "Matterhorn", change all inlet and outlet toilet housing, remove rig, new forestay wire, replace diagonals, renew deck chain plates and inner stay deck fitting, remove and have serviced all hydraulic systems. 09/2006 - Southampton Boat Show with Charles Watson Marine, maintenance and sales of Contest and Wauquiez yachts. 08/2006 - Skipper Azimut 42' for MA Marine at the P1 power boat race weekend. 2006 - Management of Contest 48' "Gallo" was started 08/2006 - Skipper Najad 30' rib BMW regatta race, photo shoot with Rick Tomlinson. 06/2006 - Skipper Najad 30' rib for the Round The Island Race for the Isle of Wight school projects, Photo and support boat. 5-6/2006 - Skipper Najad 30' for the British leg of the Volvo Ocean Race, Working for Sony Ericsson inc. in port races and restart.  2005 - Management of Mystic 60' "Matterhorn" was started. 05/2005 - Skipper Najad 30' rib round the Island Race for the Isle of Wight school projects, photo and support boat, with Rick Tomlinson. 05/2004 - Skippered Azimut 42' for IDEC as chase boat for the Round the Island Race (this is the boat that Francis Joyon ran onto the rocks - he then went on to build a 97' trimaran and broke Ellen's record by two weeks sailing around the world in 2008).    2004 - Started to skipper Azimut 42' "Zoe Due" Solent charter boat for MA Marine.com 2003 to 2006 - Skipper/Managed Azimut 46' Solent charter boat "Carouse", set up the boat from new inc. coding to linen. 04/2003 - Skippered a Broom 45' from Lymington to Shepperton London, third time up the Thames, first as skipper. 2002 to 2003 - Worked and raced on two 8 metre classic yachts "Siris" and "Amel Veta"  08/2002 - Skippered BMB 34' "Carouse" from Hamble to Southern Ireland and back again 06/2002 - Shoot Co-ordinator for Rick Tomlinson in Dubai 09/2001 - Skipper Najad 30' rib "Truant" for the start of the Volvo Ocean Race, main press boat and only boat in the cordon area for the start, followed the boat to mid channel with TV and stills photographers on board 08/2001 - Skipper Najad 30' rib "Truant" as photo chase boat for Rolex Fastnet Race, followed from the Solent to Plymouth and then met them on the way back at the Scilly Isles  08/2001 - Skipper Najad 30' rib "Truant" at Cowes Week for United Airlines, support boat and media team 07/2001 - Skipper Najad 30' rib "Truant" for the Classic Jubilee Regatta Cowes. (Photos to come later!) 09/2000 - Skipper Najad 30' rib "Truant" Hamble to Dartmouth for photo shoot with Team Philips (Pete Goss's giant cat that broke up just after this on test sail) for Rick Tomlinson. Was able to go on board this awesome boat!!  08/2000 - Skipper Najad 30' rib "Truant" at Cowes Week for United Airlines, support and chase boat, media team 2000 to 2002 - First Mate on Princess 51' "Geoco" Solent charter boat 1998 to 2000 - Worked for "Northwoods" merchant navy dredging aggregates. 10/1997 - Skipper with owner Princess 48' "Geoco" Kinsale to Plymouth. 1997 - First mate on Princess 48' "Geoco" Solent charter boat 09/1997 - First Mate on "P.K.Boo" 87' Cutter sailing vessel Southampton to Monaco. Winter /1997 - Refit on P.K.Boo with Roger Pimm Yacht Management 08/1997 - Skippered Nicholson 50' "Navy Blue III" Dartmouth to Hamble. 09/1996 - Skippered Beneteau 45' "Sound Decision" Torquay to Lymington. 08/1996 - Skippered first sailing boat a Westerly 35' "Southern Spirit" Eastbourne to Hamble. 1995 - Gained Day Skippers and Yachtmaster Offshore sailing vessel with commercial endorsement. 1994 - through to 1998 - worked for Roger Pimm Yacht Management. 1993 - Crewed on "Nirvana" 75' Maxi sailing yacht, joined the boat in Newport Rhode Island where she was based in the summer, with regular trips to Boston. For the winter we delivered the boat to Fort Lauderdale via New York, Chesapeake and Delaware. 1992 - Crewed on "Athena" 80' Maxi sailing boat, ex NCB Ireland round the world yacht, delivered the boat from the UK to Greece. We lost the rig in the bay of Biscay and had to put into La Rochelle to wait for a new one! 1990 - Winter to 1992 - spring worked for Roger Pimm yacht management, looking after a variety of vessels. 1990 - Crewed on "Shere Kahn" 70' sailing boat, summer season. 1990 - Crewed on MY "Ile Fladente" a 130' motor boat (mainly day work in Palma) 1989 - Winter - Crewed on "Maid of Unst II" 44' Swan sailing boat. Transatlantic crossing from Cherbourg to Antigua encountering three force 10 gales on the way!! 1989 - Crewed on MY "Blue Chip Star" a 98' motor boat chartering in the Med for one season (employed by the same owners and the same skipper as Karlmasse). 1988 - Crewed on MY "Karlmasse" a 68' motor boat chartering in the Med for one season. |
