Known better as CSM in the press, Chris got his first experience of life afloat when at the age of 18 he became a volunteer for the Hong Kong Outward Bound School on board the school’s 144ft Brigatine Sail Training Vessel ‘ Ji Fung’. Since then Chris has been an officer in the British Royal Naval Reserve, has returned to Outward Bound as a Senior Instructor and Head of Sailing, has skippered 120′ multi-million dollar super yachts in the Med, USA and HK and has successfully completed the most difficult task possible in sail training – preparing a team of 21 amateur sailors to handle a 68′ racing yacht as part of the Clipper Yacht Race. Chris lead his team around the world venturing deep into the Southern Ocean between Africa and Austrailia and later sailed out across the high latitudes of the North Pacific through a hurricane mid-ocean without incident. Qingdao took 5 podium places and both vessel and crew returned home safe and sound 9 months later in 7th place overall.