Charles has had a passion for the sea for many years. He is known as a "ketch man"; sailed in the UK and has almost circumnavigated Australia by tall ship!
He has Master <24m (Master 5) and Marine Engine Driver 3 certificates.
He has crewed on tall ships The Lady Nelson, Duyfken, Windeward Bound, as their Marine Engineer and is now part owner of SV Rhona H.
Charles still sails on STV Windeward Bound to help out; just to kep his hand in on a bigger marine engine and as Mate when Sarah asks for back up crew.
When not on classic boats, he will be looking at classic cars!
Originally from Upper Hutt, NZ, Julie trained as a Registered Nurse at Christchurch Polytechnic and then completed degrees in Management, Mental Health, Tropical Medicine, Adult Education and Training and is now working towards a PhD combining her interests of mental health, education, and rural health.
Julie is a self confessed tall ship tragic. Her first experience of the life on he ocean wave was with the Spirit of Adventure in 1982. This was an experience not to be forgotten, especially sailing across Cook Strait under the command of Captain Nick Hylton. Then followed Outward Bound Anakiwa, the tall ship Tradewind all before heading to Australia.
Julie relocated from rural North Queensland with 3 cats and dog to Tasmania in 2010 and loves the Tasmanian lifestyle: but especially the chance to act as a volunteer crew member on Hobart's Tall Ships; the highlight being the Tall Ship Review in Sydney during 2013 and now part owner of SV Rhona H.
All these roles, even volunteering, has enabled linkages with Mental Health Nurses, the wider community and the contact provides opportunities to promote the ACMHN and the mental health agenda.
Julie is now studying towards master <24metres.
Myra was appointed Junior Ambassador in 2015.
She is an incredible and valued crew member. She s a favourite with all our crew and passengers and loves to entertain young and young at heart alike!
So proud of you Myra!
Matt has sailed as skipper on SV Rhona H since January 2014. He is a born sailor, with Master 5 and MED2; we miss him as he has left to join "Europa" but hope to keep up with his adventures on another incredible tall ship.
Dylan is another one of the crew with a Coxswain (Restricted) qualification. He has been ships photographer and ihas assisted Charles with some of the maintenance jobs.
He has sailed on oher tall ships including STV Windeward Bound and has been a Navy Cadet.
His ropework is suberb and when not taking photo's will be trying to figure out a new knotting problem and noow with Sydney Tall Ships!!
One of our skippers. Paul has enormous sailing experience on yachts, tall ships and other vessels.
Come onboard and have a chat to Paul to hear about his incredible adventures.
Will (known as mini-Matt) as he is so much like Matt Morris came to Hobart in 2007. We met Will on Windeward Bound and asked him to help out as crew on Rhona H as his sailing skills are suberb.
Will hopes to work towards Master <24m and MED3; we hope sailing wih the Rhona H crew will provide some different experiences. He was one of the Kettering Storm (February 2014) heroes when he helped the overturned catamaran come alongside and looked after the lines on Rhona H during the storm
Sally is another tall ship tragic! Her background as a nurse with lots of tall ship experience, especailly Lady Nelson is extremely valuable. She is also one of the health crew with mental health nursing qualifications
Sally has the BEST sense of humour and it's always fun sailing with her.