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The CUYC Committee is organised in the standard yacht club structure of Flag Officers (Commodores), Officers, Skippers and Instructors. By the CUYC Regulations, CUYC Officers are elected for a maximum term of one year, and CUYC Skippers and Instructors sit on the CUYC Committee ex-officio. All CUYC Officers have a vote at meetings.

Click on any of the Officers, Skippers or Instructors to see the current person in that role and their job description.

We need you - Join the Committee!

CUYC elects new officers as needed, usually at the beginning of each term. And we are pretty much always in need of new Committee members! If you are interested in a position (either vacant or filled) in the CUYC Committee then please e-mail the Commodore. Getting involved will give you a chance to work within an enthusiastic and very well organised Committee of one of the most active clubs in Cambridge - and provide you with another excuse to go out regularly.

Officers

Commodore
Sarah Sandler
Vice-Commodore Sailing
Max Fryer
Vice-Commodore Training
Christina Boukouvala
Vice-Commodore Racing
Christopher Long
Vice-Commodore Operations
vacant
Cruising Officers
Rob Glew
Laura Hawrych
Practical Training Officer
vacant
Racing Officer
Laurence Cochrane
Pursers
Sylwia Dulczewska
John Morgan
Social Officer
Monty Dunn
Theory Training Officer
vacant
Secretary
vacant
Skipper Development Officer
Julija Maldutyte
Bosun
Victor Wainwright
Quartermaster
Andrew Milbourn
Publicity and Sponsorship Officer
Macey McCann
Website Admin
Philip Sargent
Chief Instructor
Jordan Billiald
Chief Theory Instructor
vacant
RYA Principal
Jordan Billiald
Senior Treasurer
Florian Urmetzer

Instructors

Oliver Beardon Jordan Billiald Douglas Byatt Greg Chadwick Alex Cowan Seb Falk
Paul Fox Igor Gotlibovych Chris Hawkesford Jonathan Holburn ST John Nina Marinsek
Angus McKnight Dan Murray Tom Playford Hywel Room Philip Sargent Matt Scott

Alumni Instructors

Florian Gruessing Imogen Whittam

Skippers

Povl Abrahamsen Arturo Abruzzini Damien Arnol Andreas Asheim Philip Ashworth Tim Beach
Oliver Beardon Jordan Billiald Sebastian Boehm Conor Bolas Richard Brooksby James Brown
Douglas Byatt Iona Campbell Greg Chadwick Tim Clunan Alex Cowan Michael Crisp
Tessa de Roo Jack Deung Dmitriy Dubovitskiy William Eustace Seb Falk Dave Farrow
Paul Fox Jannes Gladrow Rob Glew Igor Gotlibovych Alastair Gregory Chris Hawkesford
Tom Holbrook Jonathan Holburn Jessica Hunt James Hyde ST John Bethany Keith
Nikolaus Krall Fabre Lambeau Jean Maillard Nina Marinsek Angus McKnight Dan Murray
Francesca O'Hanlon Lucy Osborne Edward Pain Colin Palmer Charlotte Petter Felix Pinkert
Tom Playford Dan Roberts Hywel Room Steve Sansom Philip Sargent Matthias Schnellmann
Torben Schuettfort Matt Scott Anna Southall Adam Spargo Carlo Tarantini Giulia Tyzack
Otto von Helm Graham Webb Paul Wedrich Ben Winpenny

Alumni Skippers

Damien Boutillon Anatole Chessel Chris Cunningham Matt Deacon-Smith Nicolas d'Estais Adam Durant
Daniel Eves Nicholas Furnham Linda Gross Florian Gruessing Jonathan Hannah Thomas Hardcastle
Tim Houghton Gregory Hughes Andrew Jackson Christian Jeffery Matt Jess Jan-Niklas Keltsch
Chris Kemp Georg Klein Grant Kopec Klaus Kopper Robin Lees Marie Claire Lennon
Ed Lewis Chris Lowe Claire Nichols Annabelle Nicolas Jenny Omma Tom Quoroll
Felix Riede Hester Robertson Oliver Rooke Ali Shaw-Rockney Rachael Sprot Frieda van Belle
Imogen Whittam Johanna Wightman Richard Wood Tim Worrall

The Current Committee

Sarah Sandler

Commodore

Originally from the US, I grew up sailing on the Great South Bay on Long Island in New York. I started as a dinghy sailor and continued sailing 420s and lasers as part of the Clemson University Sailing team during my undergrad. Last year, I acted as bow for the Cambridge race team and am looking forward to doing more yacht sailing and racing over the next three years as I complete my PhD in physics.

Commodore

Job description: Head of the Club: Overall responsibility for all the activities of CUYC; authorises all activities, finances and external communication on behalf of the Club. Safety: Overall responsibility for ensuring the correct discharge of duty of care and Club safety policy implementation. Committee Chair: Chairs all meetings of CUYC Committee and General Meetings of the Club. Development: Organisation of long-term development plans for the Club.

Elected until: 18/01/2022

Email: commodore@cuyc.org.uk

College: Sidney Sussex

Christina Boukouvala

Vice-Commodore Training

I am a third year PhD student in Materials Science and apart from working with plasmonic nanoparticles I love practising sailing in any possible way. I have spent most of my summer vacations sailing with my familly's small yacht in Greece and have had lots of fun racing as well! I am thrilled to learn about sailing out of the Mediterranean - I am still in awe of how much effect tide has on navigating - and aim to provide as many opportunities as possible for everyone to train on shore and on board!

Vice-Commodore Training

Job description: Management and delegation of tasks to the Practical Training Officer and Theory Training Officer. Development and Evaluation of the CUYC Training Scheme and courses run within the scheme. Ensuring compliance with RYA and CUYC standards as set out in the training section of the CUYC Manual and in the RYA regulations. Liaises with Instructors to ensure effective implementation of the Training Programme.

Elected until: 18/01/22

Email: vc-training@cuyc.org.uk

College: Magdalene

Max Fryer

Vice-Commodore Sailing

I'm a first year engineer looking to spend as much time in a boat (or out the library) as possible. I've been sailing off the north Norfolk coast from Blakeney harbour for over a decade in both a Mirror and more recently a Deben Lugger. I'm looking forward to help organise this year's summer programme and assist cruising officers in day-to-day operations.

Vice-Commodore Sailing

Job description: Sailing Section Management: Authorises the activities of all Cruising Officers and ensures they have details of their responsibilities and that they are properly informed and supported in their positions. Management and delegation of tasks to the Cruising Officers.

Elected until: 18/01/22

Email: vc-sailing@cuyc.org.uk

College: Robinson

Christopher Long

Vice-Commodore Racing

Hi! I am the new VC for racing 2021-2022. I'm a very keen sailor, with extensive cruising experience on the east coast of England (big River Deben fan) and also on the south west of France.

I am working on improving our current racing campaign, with more training and racing opportunities on the way.

Vice-Commodore Racing

Job description: Organises all of the Club's Racing Activities; including team selection for BUSA/BUCS Yachting Nationals and Varsity matches; organises racing on Club Boats and promotes Racing through RORC and JOG participation.

Elected until: 18/01/22

Email: vc-racing@cuyc.org.uk

College: Trinity

Sylwia Dulczewska

Purser

Biography not yet supplied.

Purser

Job description: Financial management: Processing all payments and receipts for activities and permanent funds. Upon completion of events ensures expenses are collated in liaison with the Event Organiser. Preparing the Budget, Half Year Report and End of Year Summary of Accounts. Membership: Management of membership.

Elected until: 18/01/22

Email: purser@cuyc.org.uk

Rob Glew

Cruising Officer

Skipper

I'm a second year Engineer at Queens'. I've been sailing almost as long as I can remember, starting in dinghies and then moving up on to bigger things. I first got on a yacht during my gap year in 2014 when I was working at Deloitte in London, they have a fantastic sailing club and it really inspired me. Since then I've competed at Cowes week twice and sailed in Sardinia, Gibraltar, Brittany and the UK.
As Commodore I want to encourage more people who've never had a go to get on a yacht and try it out. I love teaching and sharing my enthusiasm for everything yachty - so if you want know all the details about the working of a sail, come on a trip with me!
I'm part of the CUYC Yacht Racing team, racing at Varisty and BUSA 2016 as Main Trimmer.

Cruising Officer

Job description: Assists the Vice-Commodore Sailing in the organisation of cruising trips

Elected until: 18/01/22

Email: cruising@cuyc.org.uk

College: Queens'

Laura Hawrych

Cruising Officer

I am a second year Geography student at Emma. I have been yacht sailing with my family since I was 6 weeks old and have sailed mainly around the Solent, Channel Islands and Northern France. I joined the club at the end of 2019 and am excited to help organise some amazing cruising trips!

Cruising Officer

Job description: Assists the Vice-Commodore Sailing in the organisation of cruising trips

Elected until: 18/01/22

Email: cruising@cuyc.org.uk

College: Emmanuel

John Morgan

Purser

I'm a postdoc in the chemistry department. I spent a few weeks cruising in the Hebrides and then joined the club to get a more varied experience and meet other sailors.

Purser

Job description: Financial management: Processing all payments and receipts for activities and permanent funds. Upon completion of events ensures expenses are collated in liaison with the Event Organiser. Preparing the Budget, Half Year Report and End of Year Summary of Accounts. Membership: Management of membership.

Elected until: 18/01/22

Email: purser@cuyc.org.uk

College: Downing

Monty Dunn

Social Officer

Hello! I'm a second year medic at Emma. I've been sailing for about 6 years now, and love a good race! Last year, I enthusiastically became 'pit boy' in the CUYC racing team. I want to increase newcomer numbers, especially those that haven't sailed before.

Social Officer

Job description: Social programme: submission of dates for socials to the Vice-Commodore Operations, and planning of socials, including end of term dinner. New & potential members introduction: acting at socials to welcome new & potential members and inform them about Club activities.

Elected until: 18/01/22

Email: social@cuyc.org.uk

College: Emmanuel

Julija Maldutyte

Skipper Development Officer

Hi! My name is Julija and I am your Skipper Development Officer this year. I am a 2nd year PhD student in Molecular Biology and sailing has been my passion since I was 10 years old. I've sailed on Optimist and Laser 4.7 and competed on national and international levels until I started my studies and took a break. I am very keen on making the transition from dinghy to yacht sailing and I hope I can help you with that too!

Skipper Development Officer

Job description: Advises Club skippers and anyone interested in skippering in the future in their personal development. Coordinates with Sailing and Training sections.

Elected until: 18/01/22

Email: development@cuyc.org.uk

College: St Edmund's

Andrew Milbourn

Quartermaster

I have been sailing for 50 years. This has included working as a dinghy sailing instructor on the West Coast of Scotland and crewing on yachts on the East Coast for many years. I have also been skippered on
sailing trips with my family in Croatia. I joined the club last year and have been working towards my Yachtmaster. I recently retired from a job as a senior manager at one of the university exam boards.

Quartermaster

Job description: In charge of spares and gear on Kestrel and the club's garage in Cambridge.

Elected until: 18/01/22

Email: quartermaster@cuyc.org.uk

College: None

Victor Wainwright

Bosun

As you can see from my profile photo I have years of experience, with some of it under sail. Hopefully my accumulated years of wisdom and a flair for a good night out will stand me in good stead to become a reliable and dependable member of the committee. Oh yes and I have a car which I'm told is a bonus!

Bosun

Job description: Boat maintenance. Preparation of CUYC yachts so that they are ready to be safely sailed when required for CUYC trips. Providing Skippers of CUYC yachts with information to allow them to make safe decisions about sailing. Long-term management of CUYC yachts so that they continue to be safe to sail and retain their value.

Elected until: 18/01/22

Email: bosun@cuyc.org.uk

College: Homerton

Jordan Billiald

RYA Principal

Chief Instructor

Instructor

Skipper

I am a PhD student in Semiconductor Physics. I joined the club in 2013 and became involved in the Club's committee as a Practical Training Officer. I have been actively involved in the Club ever since. My favourite places to sail are in the Mediterranean and of course the east coast of the UK!

Committee positions held:

Practical Training Officer 2013 - 2015,
VC Training 2015 - 06/2015,
Commodore 07/2015 - 11/2016

RYA Principal

Job description: Management and delegation of tasks to the Practical Training Officer and Theory Training Officer. Development and Evaluation of the CUY Training Scheme and courses run within the scheme. Ensuring compliance with RYA and CUY standards as set out in the training section of the CUY Manual. Training Programme; ensuring submission of dates to the Vice-Commodore Sailing for all training activities, with regard to the advice given in the Training section of the CUY Manual. Overseeing the editing and expanding the website training section. Management of the RYA Practical and Shorebased training centres.

Email: rya-principal@cuyc.org.uk

Chief Instructor

Job description: The head instructor.

Email: chiefinstructor@cuyc.org.uk

College: Homerton

Laurence Cochrane

First mate

Racing Officer

Fourth year engineering student at Pembroke, been sailing with the club since 2015. Practical Training Officer 2016, VC Training 2017, Theory Training Officer 2018

Racing Officer

Job description: CUYC Racing Squad training and development: improving racing knowledge and skills. Race selection & entry management. Varsity Yacht Race: organising an annual race with Oxford as part of a RORC/JOG or similar offshore/coastal/inshore race. BUSA Student Yachting Nationals: selecting teams and organising the Club's involvement in the event.

Elected until: 18/01/22

Email: racing@cuyc.org.uk

College: Pembroke

Macey McCann

Publicity and Sponsorship Officer

I am a Master's student and joined the yacht club in 2020. I grew up sailing dinghies (optimist, laser, I420s), keelboats (Etchells, Sonars) and cruising on my family's catamaran. I sailed competitively on national and international teams, but most recently on the varsity team at my undergraduate University where I was a captain for 2 years. I am very excited about CUYC and eager to get out on the water!

Publicity and Sponsorship Officer

Job description: Organises publicity articles & campaigns: Organising Freshers' Fair and Squash as well as ongoing publicity throughout the year. Collation of photos from events. Manages relations with alumni.

Elected until: 18/01/22

Email: publicity@cuyc.org.uk

College: Hughes Hall

Philip Sargent

Website Admin

Instructor

Skipper

Having just come along for the theory course, Philip found himself welcomed in to the club and subjected to intense training whereupon he was rather surprised to discover himself a club skipper. It was probably just so that the white hair did not give rise to any mistaken impression that he was actually competent, that it was safer for all concerned that he did acquire a modicum of expertise.

Website Admin

Job description: Database, Website and e-mail lists development and administration. Control and maintenance of style, scripts and code validity. Liaison with SRCF host: ensuring compliance with data regulations and other regulations and maintenance of filespace.

Elected until: 28-02-2021

Email: webmaster@cuyc.org.uk

Email: philip

Florian Urmetzer

Senior Treasurer

Is working in the Institute for Manufacturing, Dept. Engineering. Being close to the water is in my family’s blood. My family has been in shipping and managing harbours. I actually came to sailing by a need rather than anything else. A local fire brigade needed additional people to fill in a spot to do a sailing licence. So a friend and I have been happy to help out. By friend as a result bought a yacht and we sailed together for years in the Baltic Sea.
For CUYC I am acting in two ways. One is a club member and one is a senior treasure being the link between the club and the university.

Senior Treasurer

Job description: Senior Treasurer of CUYC.

Email: sentreasurer@cuyc.org.uk

College: St Edmund's

Oliver Beardon

Instructor

Skipper

Oliver is hopelessly addicted to sailing, even (and against his better judgement) when it's cold and wet. However he particularly enjoys sailing to remote islands in the summertime and, best of all, playing with helicopters!

Oliver is a Club Skipper and Instructor, and founded Sail Britain, a sailing and ocean research organisation based on his experience with CUYC.

Email: oliver
College: Queens'

Douglas Byatt

Instructor

Skipper

Cruising Officer 2010-11
VC Sailing 2011-12

Email: doug
College: Magdalene

Greg Chadwick

Instructor

Skipper

VC Operations 2010-2012

Email: gregc
College: Fitzwilliam

Alex Cowan

Instructor

Skipper

Did all of my early sailing with CUYC before becoming a skipper and instructor. I ran a lot of cruising trips, trained a lot of skippers for their exams, did a lot of maintenance on Kestrel and did a short stint as VC Training.

I've worked as a skipper and instructor abroad in the past and now work leading ship-based expeditions to the Arctic and Antarctic.

Email: alex
College: Gonville and Caius

Seb Falk

Instructor

Skipper

I first sailed in the Tall Ships Race in the late '90s. Since then I've crewed a concrete ketch across the Atlantic, taught teenagers in Canada, dodged superyachts in the Med, and (my favourite) mucked about on the wonderful East Coast. 20 years on, I'm still loving it and learning something new every time.

College: Girton

Paul Fox

Instructor

Skipper

VC Finance 2010-11
VC Training 2011-12
Commodore 2012-13
Webmaster 2013

Email: paul
College: Jesus

Igor Gotlibovych

Instructor

Skipper

Biography not yet supplied.

Email: igor
College: Churchill

Chris Hawkesford

Instructor

Skipper

Biography not yet supplied.

Email: chrish
College: Sidney Sussex

Jonathan Holburn

Instructor

Skipper

Biography not yet supplied.

Email: jonathan
College: None

ST John

Instructor

Skipper

Sailing with the club on and off since 2009. Still can't quite believe to actually have become a skipper now, and is looking forward to running more trips. Is also looking after the behind-the-scenes parts of running the club, as VC Ops and Webadmin. Has mixed feelings about pronouns.

Email: st
College: Peterhouse

Nina Marinsek

Instructor

Skipper

Biography not yet supplied.

Email: nina
College: St John's

Angus McKnight

Instructor

Skipper

I learned to sail in Northern Ireland in dinghys and on a 28 foot yacht in Lough Erne.
I joined the club as an undergraduate and completed the day skipper / yachtmaster scheme before becoming an instructor.
I love sailing to remote parts of the world, visiting places that are only accessible by sea, and anchoring in deserted bays under the night sky.

Email: angus
College: Sidney Sussex

Dan Murray

Instructor

Skipper

4th Year Mathmo and scoundrel from Caius.

Learnt to sail in cheap dinghies without heaters on the River Tyne when I was young and progressed to yachts when over the past few years. I enjoy keeping my crews in the cold, and eating humbugs. Bah!

Practical Training Officer (2011-12)
VC Training (2012-13)
Commodore (2013-14)

Email: danm
College: Gonville and Caius

Tom Playford

Instructor

Skipper

VC Sailing 2010
Commodore 2010-11
Webmaster 2011-12 & built this website

Email: tomp
College: Robinson

Hywel Room

Instructor

Skipper

I did most of my sailing as a teenager and undergraduate, crossing the channel, then Biscay, the Indian Ocean, North Sea and Atlantic. I did my Yachtmaster Ocean at 18 and then arrived at Cambridge and started organising for everyone else to go sailing! Since then I've collected all the instructor tickets and am now more on the sidelines with training, having seen numerous instructors and skippers come after me... So my main job these days is fixing Kestrel and Puffin when all you guys break them.... Perhaps in a few years the boats will finally be up the scratch and I'll have nothing left to do... :-S

Email: hywel
College: Downing

Matt Scott

Instructor

Skipper

While being in the final battle with his PhD, Matt was selflessly heading the club and looked after everything. Together with Giulia and Igor he got and fixed up his own boat (http://yachtauriga.blogspot.co.uk/), crossing the Atlantic and leaving us all for sunnier and warmer shores. He also has a rather strained relationship with pork pies.

College: Fitzwilliam

Povl Abrahamsen

Skipper

My day job includes doing research in very cold places on large ships - but I also enjoy slightly warmer sailing in the UK. I finally completed my Yachtmaster Coastal in 2015 and Offshore in 2018, and hope to do a bit more skippering in the future.


Warning: I am easily distracted by biscuits!

Email: povl
College: None

Arturo Abruzzini

Skipper

Started dinghy sailing in Sardinia when i was 16, moved on to bigger boats and now the Yacht Club. 3rd year engineer, avid baker and foodie.

Email: arturo
College: Robinson

Damien Arnol

Skipper

I've sailed on the coast of Brittany since I was a little kid, was a dinghy sailing instructor there, and then I raced along the atlantic coast of France on several types of yachts before coming to Cambridge in 2013, where I joined the yacht racing team.

College: Queens'

Andreas Asheim

Skipper

Currently sailing in Norway.

College: None

Philip Ashworth

Skipper

Biography not yet supplied.

Email: phil
College: Darwin

Tim Beach

Skipper

Hi, I'm Tim! I've been a member of CUYC for about 4 years. I've been on some absolutely amazing trips with the Club, sailing around Scotland, Norway and crossing the Biscay! I had very limited sailing experience before coming to Cambridge but have learnt a huge amount through the Club and from each trip I have been on! I am currently a Vice-Commodore of Sailing on the Committee helping to organise our weekend trips and the illustrious Summer Programme!

College: Peterhouse

Sebastian Boehm

Skipper

Hi there, I am a former Post-Doc of the Cambridge University and worked there as Virologist/Immunologist. The time with CUYC was of course the best time in Cambridge, and I still try to be active in the CUYC, and help out on week-trips as good as possible even though I am back in Germany now. It always has been, always is and always will be great fun with you guys!

College: Clare Hall

Conor Bolas

Skipper

Yo. I joined the club in December 2015 on their chilly Christmas and New Year trip. I jumped through all the RYA and CUYC hoops and am now a CUYC skipper, getting to take Skylark out whenever I like! That's awesome! Really looking forward to running more trips and doing some exciting things! The type of sailing I like is adventurous - going to crazy places and doing big passages. I really like crazy weather. I was the Commodore of CUYC in 2018 and now help the club out with trips and maintenance. I'm a recent graduate of atmospheric science at King's and I now work as an environmental consultant in the shipping industry - so I sometimes have to travel to pollution incidents without much notice. Grew up on boats and I bloody love the sea!

College: King's

Richard Brooksby

Skipper

I've been sailing and skippering with CUYC since 2002. I enjoy sailing with beginners and experienced crew. Unfortunately, I'm now disabled and have been unable to skipper any trips since 2016, but I'm recovering and I'll be back!

Email: richard
College: Clare

James Brown

Skipper

Biography not yet supplied.

College: Homerton

Iona Campbell

Skipper

Architect, living in Cambridge. Queens' Alumni.

Been sailing with CUYC since 2010. Obtained Yachtmaster in 2018, after training with the club.

Was brought up sailing a Mirror 16, mostly along West Coast of Scotland, the Norfolk Broads, and on the Thames.

College: Queens'

Tim Clunan

Skipper

Biography not yet supplied.

Email: timc
College: St John's

Michael Crisp

Skipper

Biography not yet supplied.

College: Downing

Tessa de Roo

Skipper

Biography not yet supplied.

College: St Edmund's

Jack Deung

Skipper



College: None

Dmitriy Dubovitskiy

Skipper

I have invented new algorithms in digital image processing, decision making and artificial intelligence. I have originated and applied for two patents as inventor. The inspiration for sailing came from CUYC introductory trip in 2010 and love sailing ever since.

College: None

William Eustace

Skipper

Engineering undergraduate, radio amateur, keen sailor. Mostly a cruising character, occasionally to be found in a dinghy.

College: Emmanuel

Dave Farrow

Skipper

I've been sailing for a few years, and started on the committee to help with the summer programme. Ever since I've found myself more and more involved with the club both on the committee and as a sailor/skipper. It's amazing.

Email: dave
College: Emmanuel

Jannes Gladrow

Skipper

Grew up in Brunswick (Braunschweig), Germany, went on to study physics in Goettingen, Pennsylvania and later Paris, before I moved to Cambridge for my PhD (physics).

Although I did some sailing in Germany, I really started to learn about it in CUYC.

College: Corpus Christi

Alastair Gregory

Skipper

I've been sailing with the club since I joined the university in 2010. I did an undergraduate course in Engineering and have now started my PhD. I've been to the Canaries, Scotland, Norway, the Baltic and Ipswich and have loved all of it :)

Email: alastair
College: Magdalene

Florian Gruessing

Alumni Instructor

Alumni Skipper

Biography not yet supplied.

Email: florian
College: Trinity

Tom Holbrook

Skipper

I joined CUYC for the theory course, to distract me from finishing my PhD. Now I keep a Wayfarer dinghy at Orford & sail with the club whenever I can. I'm an architect - you can see what sort of things I do at www.5thstudio.co.uk

College: Clare Hall

Jessica Hunt

Skipper

Biography not yet supplied.

College: None

James Hyde

Skipper

Began sailing in later years of Uni and continued sailing with the club, taking part in the previous 2 summer trips and completing Yachtmaster Coastal in early 2013.

College: Queens'

Bethany Keith

Skipper

Biography not yet supplied.

College: Peterhouse

Nikolaus Krall

Skipper

Biography not yet supplied.

Email: nikolaus
College: St John's

Fabre Lambeau

Skipper

Biography not yet supplied.

Email: fabre
College: St Edmund's

Jean Maillard

Skipper

While at Cambridge I did computational linguistics. I have been with the club since 2016, and look forward to organising more trips!

College: St John's

Francesca O'Hanlon

Skipper

Biography not yet supplied.

College: Darwin

Lucy Osborne

Skipper

Having grown up on the South Coast and later the Channel Islands I spent a lot of time dinghy sailing when I was younger. I joined in 2013 after arriving in Cambridge and have enjoyed many trips and training courses with the club. In the small amount of time I'm not at sea you'll find me studying for an undergraduate engineering degree, hoping to find a career in the marine engineering sector once I graduate!

College: Newnham

Edward Pain

Skipper

Biography not yet supplied.

Email: edward
College: Pembroke

Colin Palmer

Skipper

Enjoyed sailing with CUYC, then gradually got involved with running the club and was on the committee for a while (Purser 2011-2013, VC Operations 2012-13)

Now living away from Cambridge but still occasionally sailing on club trips or turning up at the pub!

Email: colin
College: Clare

Charlotte Petter

Skipper

Biography not yet supplied.

College: Murray Edwards

Felix Pinkert

Skipper

Ahoi! I caught the sailing bug during my studies at St Andrews, when I cruised a Hobie 17 cat and a 420 dinghy up and down (a small stretch of) the East coast of Scotland. I've got into bigger boats when I moved away from living right at the beach, and joined the club in 2016. I've since been on plenty of trips, e.g. as first mate on the Stavanger-Ipswich return trip of the 2017 summer programme, and qualified as Yachtmaster Coastal in 2018.

Dan Roberts

Skipper

Biography not yet supplied.

Email: dan
College: Corpus Christi

Steve Sansom

Skipper

Biography not yet supplied.

Email: steve
College: None

Matthias Schnellmann

Skipper

Biography not yet supplied.

College: Selwyn

Torben Schuettfort

Skipper

After Punting around the Baltics for many years I properly learned to sail in the tidal waters of the east coast with the CUYC and have been thoroughly enjoying it.

Publicity and Sponsorship Officer 2012-13

College: King's

Anna Southall

Skipper

https://ore.catapult.org.uk/people/anna-southall/

Email: anna
College: Sidney Sussex

Adam Spargo

Skipper

Cornish fisherman / Cambridge bioinformatician. Lots of experience sailing from Falmouth to Brittany and Ireland, looking forward to getting to know the east coast and Normandy/Belgium/Holland with the club. Recently co-opted as bosun and looking forward to getting Puffin looking her best.

College: None

Carlo Tarantini

Skipper

I came across the happy CUYC gang during the 1st year of my PhD and ended up doing most of my yachting with them - just because they’re awesome! :) As a proper lazy Italian I truly enjoy cruising trips although when the weather gets rough it can be fun…some say??

College: Hughes Hall

Giulia Tyzack

Skipper

Giulia is always up for an adventure and currently repairing her own boat together with Matt and Igor, preparing to go on an expedition all the way across the Atlantic. Likes Puffins!

College: Hughes Hall

Otto von Helm

Skipper

Love guru and veteran Puffin fancier, joining the club to offer help in steering members in the right direction. Tireless service to Puffin has led to perfect course satisfaction every time. Like every responsible helmsman you'll never catch him out of his gent tent, and with unbeatable stamina, he'll keep going even once you've fallen asleep!

Graham Webb

Skipper

Biography not yet supplied.

Email: graham
College: Trinity Hall

Paul Wedrich

Skipper

I've joined the club in 2012 and the committee in 2013 as a cruising officer. In 2014 I became a club skipper and took over the role of VC sailing. I've also competed with the racing team in the BUSA Yachting Nationals in 2014 and 2015 (4th and 3rd places), in the Varsity Race 2015 (won) and in the Student Yachting World Cup 2015 (4th place).

Email: paul.wedrich
College: Churchill

Imogen Whittam

Alumni Instructor

Alumni Skipper

RC/VC House 2007-10
Social Officer 2010-11
Racing Officer 2010-13

Email: imogen
College: Trinity Hall

Ben Winpenny

Skipper

Practical Training Officer 2010-11

Email: ben
College: Clare

Chris Cunningham

Alumni Skipper

Biography not yet supplied.

Email: chrisc
College: Selwyn

Matt Deacon-Smith

Alumni Skipper

Biography not yet supplied.

Email: mattds
College: Girton

Nicolas d'Estais

Alumni Skipper

Racing Officer 2011-12

Email: nick
College: Girton

Adam Durant

Alumni Skipper

RYA Yachtmaster Offshore and Kite surfer.

From Poole, UK; started sailing before I could walk!

Regular charter skipper, sailed in UK waters; Great Lakes and California, USA; numerous channel crossings to France; Norway; Gibraltar to Canaries; Greece; Italy/Sicily.

Crew on IMX40 2010-2011, competed in Solent races including Cowes Week.

Crew on TS Royalist (tall ship) age 12.

Email: adam
College: Clare

Linda Gross

Alumni Skipper

Learnt to sail with CUYC in 2005-6. Got totally hooked and carried on to become Coastal Skipper, defecting to racing with OUYC in the process (oops).
These days, out in the real world, not getting to sail an awful lot, but I don't think that's a permanent situation.

Email: linda
College: Clare Hall

Tim Houghton

Alumni Skipper

Committee member and skipper with the club for a few years, started the club’s racing programme.

Email: tim
College: Clare

Gregory Hughes

Alumni Skipper

Biography not yet supplied.

Email: greg
College: St Edmund's

Andrew Jackson

Alumni Skipper

http://www.srcf.ucam.org/~amj35/sailing.shtml

Email: andrew
College: Gonville and Caius

Jan-Niklas Keltsch

Alumni Skipper

Biography not yet supplied.

Email: jan-niklas
College: Darwin

Grant Kopec

Alumni Skipper

Biography not yet supplied.

College: Darwin

Robin Lees

Alumni Skipper

VC Training 2010-11

Email: robin
College: Fitzwilliam

Ali Shaw-Rockney

Alumni Skipper

Biography not yet supplied.

Email: ali

Rachael Sprot

Alumni Skipper

Vice Commodore for a bit, back in 2007. After graduating in 2009 I went on to instruct for UKSA and Clipper before moving to the work boat sector and working on Offshore Wind farm support boats.

Now run Rubicon 3, a sailing expedition company.

Email: rachael
College: Trinity Hall

Frieda van Belle

Alumni Skipper

Finally had to hand in the thesis and submit to working life in 2007 after stretching it as long as possible since the beginnings of CUY. Currently based in Amsterdam, sailing and racing as much as possible, inshore and offshore, when not kitesurfing (which admittedly the Dutch coast is much more suitable for than sailing).

Email: frieda
College: St John's College
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