The Management Team

CHAIRMAN - DAVID RIDOUT

David started sailing dinghies in his pre teens.  While  a long haul British Airways pilot he, his wife Annette and their two sons cruised the waters of Northern Europe for thirty years in a variety of yachts.  On retirement he and Annette completed a nine year, 54,000nm circumnavigation in their Swan 47 Nordlys.  In the 80s and early 90s David was on the PF committee and was also a trustee for some years.  He says he sees his mission as 'to successfully steer the Pilotage Foundation into the presently uncharted waters of  making the yachtsman's job easier by use of  books/epilot/website and not just by book production as in the past.  Exciting times are in front of us as navigation methods and information dissemination techniques change at a great rate'.

TREASURER - ANTONY WELLS

Antony is a former Rear Commodore of the RCC. He is part owner of a Van de Stadt Caribbean 40 based in the West Country and has cruised extensively, principally in UK home waters and Atlantic coasts of Europe. His responsibilities at the Pilotage Foundation cover all aspects of financial management.

MARKETING - GRAHAM ADAM

Graham Adam has a background in marketing and has cruised extensively in UK waters, the North Sea, Biscay, Mediterranean, Adriatic and transatlantic to the West Indies. He and his wife own a Contest 45 in which they cruise together.

SECRETARY - CHARLES LAMBRICK

Charles Lambrick has sailed principally in the waters of the British Isles, the Atlantic coasts of France and the Iberian Peninsula, and the Mediterranean. He is a member of a successful syndicate, established in 1984, that formerly owned a She 36 and now owns a Van de Stadt 40. Over the years he has spent many happy family holidays cruising in both familiar and unfamiliar areas. He became a Trustee and was appointed Hon. Secretary of the RCC Pilotage Foundation in 2008.

DIRECTOR - MARTIN WALKER

From a dinghy racing background to the Observer TWOSTAR Plymouth to Newport Transatlantic, and a Round Britain and Ireland Race, his cruising range has covered from the Baltic to the Mediterranean and Black Sea, and a circumnavigation and then Atlantic Circuit. Current boat Oyster 435 based in Eastern Mediterranean. As Director since April 2004 he has concentrated on restructuring the books, to make them easy to use and relevant in the electronic age, and on expanding and modernizing the web site with the introduction of Book Support Files, Web Pilots and world wide linkage of Passage Planning Guides.

WEBMASTER - RICHARD MARSH

Details to follow

SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE CO-ORDINATOR - RICHARD WATERS

Sailing started at the age of 12 in a home made pram, through racing dinghies and on to yachts. While serving in the RAF and when duties allowed, Richard skippered yachts from the Joint Service Sailing Centre at Gosport taking young service personnel on training cruises. Various overseas postings have given a wide range of sailing experiences and different cruising areas including the Shetlands, the Falklands, the Far East, the Mediterranean and through the French Canals. Richard and his wife Christabel now enjoy sailing their Rustler 36 'Galliard' from their home port of Lymington. Since retiring they have sailed to Southern Ireland, Brittany and the west coast of France and returned from a two season cruise of the Baltic in 2010.

FEEDBACK & WEBSITE SEARCH CAMPAIGNS - NICK COLEMAN

Nick Coleman has sailed for 30 years principally in NW Europe incl. Scotland, Ireland, the N. Sea and the Baltic. With his wife Liz he owns Swan 43 Trouper – with a shallow keel that comes in handy for creek crawling (accompanied these days by their two ex-racing greyhounds Jasmine and Arrow). As feedback co-ordinator, Nick looks after the portal through which pilotage information flows back to the Foundation and onwards to the authors.

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR - ROS HOGBIN

Ros Hogbin has sailed since childhood and completed a circumnaviagation with her husband on their Nicholson 43. She co-authored the book The Mind of the Sailor (ACN) and edited the current edition of the Pacific Crossing Guide. She spends her spare time exploring UK and adjacent waters on her UFO 34 with her family of 3 small boys.