The Committee
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
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Commodore Sarah Sandler |
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Vice-Commodore Sailing
Max Fryer |
Vice-Commodore Training
Christina Boukouvala |
Vice-Commodore Racing
Christopher Long |
Vice-Commodore Operations
Callum Henderson |
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Cruising Officers
Rob Glew Laura Hawrych |
Practical Training Officer
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Racing Officer
Laurence Cochrane |
Pursers
Sylwia Dulczewska Hanna Hawa John Morgan |
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Social Officer
Monty Dunn |
Theory Training Officer
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Secretary
Tara Collins |
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Skipper Development Officer
Julija Maldutyte |
Bosun
Victor Wainwright |
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Quartermasters
Andrew Milbourn Alexander Peattie |
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Publicity and Sponsorship Officer
Macey McCann |
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Website Admins
Luke Bligh William Eustace Aleks Koralewski William Martin |
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Chief Instructor Jordan Billiald |
RYA Principal Jordan Billiald |
Senior Treasurer Florian Urmetzer |
Instructors
Alumni Instructors
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Skippers
Alumni Skippers
The Current Committee
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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. The past two years, 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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Architecture student with a bug for adventure. Can be found searching through the IMOCA sales listings or with my head in Skylark's engine. Likes climbing mountains, dreaming about the Vendee Globe and fixing things. At dangerous risk of seriously underperforming in studies. Vice-Commodore Operations Job description: Operations Section Management: Authorises the activities of all Operations Officers and ensures they have details of their responsibilities and that they are properly informed and supported in their positions. Legal: Ensures CUYC obtains and sustains insurance policies appropriate to Club activities. Monitors details of charter agreements. Manages contractual disputes with charterers. Liaises with Club legal contacts. Documentation: Ensures CUYC Regulations, CUYC Crew Register, Safety Policy, Skipper Manual, Agenda and Minutes of Committee Meetings and any other key Club documentation stay up-to-date. Elected until: 18/01/22 Email: vc-operations@cuyc.org.uk |
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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. 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 |
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I’m a ridiculously keen sailor & spend 99% of my time wishing I was on the water rather than sitting in the library acknowledging the existence of my degree! I’ve got a solid knowledge of cruising the East Coast, particularly the Crouch/Blackwater areas. I’m really excited to be getting involved in the heart of CUYC in my role as the Committee Secretary. Secretary Job description: Takes minutes at meeting and handles paperwork and our archives. Elected until: 18/10/2022 Email: secretary@cuyc.org.uk |
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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 |
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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. 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 |
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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: 31/01/23 Email: purser@cuyc.org.uk |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 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 |
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Ahoy there! My name is Alex. I have been sailing since the age of 11 or so. I started out in dinghies (i.e. oppies, toppers, 420s, fireflies, Hobie cats) at school and my undergrad degree at Edinburgh. Alongside this I have tried sailing yachts (i.e. sunsail, malo34, beneteau) and really got introduced to it by my neurobiology professor at Edinburgh and then have got more involved with the CUYC and other clubs that are willing to put up with me. I'm looking to sailing more as I finish my phd and I think sailing is a good way to procrastinate! Peace & Love Quartermaster Job description: In charge of spares and gear on Kestrel and the club's garage in Cambridge. Elected until: 18/10/2021 Email: quartermaster@cuyc.org.uk |
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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 |
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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! 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 |
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Biography not yet supplied. 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: 2022-01-01 Email: webmaster@cuyc.org.uk |
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I'm a Physics PhD student at Pembroke and joined the club as an undergrad in 2015, having never stepped on a yacht before. Since then, I've made the most of everything the club has to offer, from adventurous cruising to racing in Varisty and Yachtmaster training, and have been helping out on the committee with a variety of roles, including stints as VC Racing and VC Training. 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 |
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Engineering undergraduate, radio amateur, keen sailor. Mostly a cruising character, occasionally to be found in a dinghy. 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: 2021-06-15 Email: webmaster@cuyc.org.uk |
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Assisting Will E with webmaster duties 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: 2022-01-01 Email: webmaster@cuyc.org.uk |
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Biography not yet supplied. 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: 2022-01-01 Email: webmaster@cuyc.org.uk |
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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 |
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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. Senior Treasurer Job description: Senior Treasurer of CUYC. Email: sentreasurer@cuyc.org.uk |
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I've been sailing dinghy for 20 years and yachts for 20 if you take out the gaps. Did the passage on Skylark from Cadiz to Southampton and then spent 2 months sailing the Atlantic and have over 30,000 miles to my log book. |
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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! |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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I learned to sail in Northern Ireland in dinghys and on a 28 foot yacht in Lough Erne. |
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4th Year Mathmo and scoundrel from Caius. |
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VC Sailing 2010 |
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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 |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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! |
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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! |
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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! |
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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! |
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Architect, living in Cambridge. Queens' Alumni. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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). |
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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 :) |
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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 |
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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. |
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While at Cambridge I did computational linguistics. I have been with the club since 2016, and look forward to organising more trips! |
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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! |
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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) |
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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 and co-skippered two trips in Finland in 2019. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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?? |
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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! |
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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! |
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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). |
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RYA Yachtmaster Offshore and Kite surfer. |
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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). |
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Committee member and skipper with the club for a few years, started the club’s racing programme. |
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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. |
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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). |
