Richard Ash

This is my 30th season cruising on sailing yachts and I have cruised the South and East coasts of the UK, Belgium, France, The Netherlands and the Baltic.  I have also enjoyed warmer cruising in the Mediterranean, Canaries, and Caribbean.  I am qualified to RYA Yachtmaster Offshore level and have done the theory for Ocean too, but so far have not made Ocean passages.  My wife Judith Hankey shares my enthusiasm for sailing, and we shared ownership of two yachts before moving to the South coast and joined a yacht club which owns two yachts in the Solent in 2008.   I was quickly identified as bosun material so now wander around with keys to “my” three yachts (including Brighton Belle).