Nigel Studdart, male, 65

Ref 22473

Nationality: United Kingdom
Currently based in: Whangarei, New Zealand
Looking for: Worldwide opportunities
Experience: 250000 ocean miles / 50000 coastal miles
Relaxed but organised, ex professional skipper & circumnavigator on very large yachts cruising the world and hitting some favourite haunts now on my own sailboat. Master 3000GRT, Ships Captain Medical, Yacht master Ocean. My ideal fellow crew is easy to get on with low maintenance and positive. Note ;-Have just updated my location to Arrecife where I will be until early December. I Also have a base in NZ in Northland but am something of a digital nomad...and sea gypsy for at least Half the year 2020 , BVI , Columbia and Panama to Marquesas . This will be my second time around this route finishing this leg at the pink sands of Fakarava . Male circumnavigator ex professional sailor, with a sense of humour enjoys good food and good company fit and healthy, Happy and self reliant. I have a very well equiped, Oyster 435 in NW Spain at present leaving across this year in the fall, I sail six months of the year and work as a consultant the rest. Prefer the company of a few ,too many and not a party animal but I do enjoy good company. I love sailing and new ports but I am a cautious sailor having spent many years and miles at sea always taking good care of my crew. I have dual citizenship both NZ and UK and have lived in the USA, ( My grown up daughter is in Washington) the Caribbean, Europe and Australasia. Currently I have a house in NZ and my boat as my sailing home. I enjoy the passage but also the ports and anchorages and I am in no rush from place to place. Many I am revisiting and some will be new off the beaten track. I will leave NW Spain next year unless I am really enjoying it and head to Portugal and then Morocco, heading slowly towards the Coast of Central America via The Caribbean and ABC Islands. My Kids are grown up and live in the USA and NZ. I am fit but not a fitness freak, I love to walk but not torture myself in the process and my favourite exercise is a leisurely snorkel to a glorious reef surrounded beach. ( Followed by an ice cold drink) I love cooking and do a pretty fair job but I also enjoy cooking together and being cooked for.I am pretty organised and keep myself, my boat and my home ship shape. This year I will pick up Azura in NW Spain in the Ria's and Sail down the Portuguese coast. Update now in Arrecife Canaries and heading Transatlatic in January. Sailing Experience: 250,000 miles plus Small and very Large sailing yachts and Motor Yachts Atlantic many times east west and west east Pacific Central and South America Indian Ocean 3 crossings and cruising Malaysia, Maldives, Thailand, Andaman Islands, Sri Lanka, Burma, Mauritius, Reunion and South Africa. Sailing Qualfications: Master 3000GRT, Ocean Yacht master, Ships Captain Medical Cert, Engineer. Scientist and Professional Writer and Consultant in Education and Business.Justice of the Peace for NZ
Smoking: non-smoker
Relationship status: married
Dietary requirements: None
Languages: English;
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Nigel’s Sailing Experience

Number of years sailing: 10+
Sea miles sailed: Ocean: 250000 / Coastal: 50000
Nights at sea: 50+
I have experience as: Instructor (Ocean Sailing)
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Steer a compass course x
Keep lookout/watch-keeping x
Trimming sails – mainsail and foresail/jib x
Reefing x
Working the foredeck – setting sails including spinnakers and cruising chutes x
Navigating with GPS and paper charts at sea x
Anchoring and handling anchors x
Cooking at sea x
Using dinghies with outboard motors x
Heaving-to and other heavy weather tactics x

Other nautical or cruising skills

Using a sextant for astro-navigationx
Using VHF radiox
Diesel engine maintenancex
Outboard engine maintenancex
Repairing or making sailsx
Using radarx

Other nautical or relevant qualifications

Qualification Awarding Level Year
Master 3000 GRT MCA Unlimited any Ocean 2000
Yachtmaster Ocean RYA/MCA Ocean 1998
Ships Captains Medical Certificate MCA 0
Stability and Construction MCA 0
Navigation and Seamanship MCA 0
ARPA Radar MCA 0
Business and Law MCA 0
International Safety Management Auditor Lloyds of London 0

Voyage History

Date Boat From/To Miles Role # Crew Rally
January 0 50M Motoryacht Palma Majorca/Antigua 0 Captain 16
January 0 Sailing Yachts (40-130ft) Gibraltar/Antigua & return 0 Captain 2
January 0 Motoryacht Panama/Sydney 0 Captain 12
January 0 Motoryacht Burma/South Africa 0 Captain 12
January 0 Sailing Yachts ( Many Trips) Charter Captain BVI/South America 0 Captain 0
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