Introducing Justin Taylor, senior skipper for No Drama, our First 40.7....

"…sets himself high standards that were recognised by all connected with him" *

Our senior skipper, Justin Taylor, is a qualified RYA Yacht Master Ocean, RYA Cruising Instructor and Spanish Captain with vast cruising and racing experience, having covered over 100,000 sea miles during his career.

Justin has had a very successful sailing career to date, from training race crews to cruising and as a race skipper. He has sailed round the world, crossed the Atlantic several times and the North Pacific twice.

Achievements...

Most recently he was the winning skipper of the yacht ‘Me To You’ taking part in the inaugural 2006 Round Ireland Race.  This race was organised by Sir Chay Blyth’s Challenge Business and competed for by five identical 72ft ocean racing yachts.

Challenge Business....

Several years before this race he was employed by Challenge Business who organise the ‘world’s toughest yacht race,’ as part of their training team and also as a corporate and adventure sailing skipper.

He has also skippered ‘Hong Kong Clipper’ in the Clipper Ventures round the World Race. This race is the longest of all yacht races where a professional skipper leads an amateur crew on sixteen legs around the world.

During this round the world race, Justin and his crew won four of the sixteen legs including the first and last.

Cruised extensively...

In addition to this he has cruised extensively in the waters of the UK, Ireland and France. Toured many of the Scandinavian countries of the Baltic Sea. Taken part in the ARC (Atlantic Rally for Cruisers) and sailed much of the Caribbean and Florida.