Chipping Norton Yacht Club Current Committee
PAUL WALKER
Commodore & Secretary
Sailing
- Started sailing aged 10 and continued ever since, predominantly dinghy racing – Scorpion, Fireballs, 5o5s & RS400s. Big boat racing helming Swans.
- Owned a 24’ Broads racer circa 1906, Cornish Shrimper, Feeling 306, a Red Fox and currently a Sun Odyssey 349 based in Plymouth.
- Committee member of AYC and DWSC.
- Coastal Skipper/Yachtmaster
Non-Sailing life
- Automotive Engineering for 43 years.
- Now semi-retired but started a picture framing business.
BARNABY SCOTT
Rear Commodore (Speakers Organiser)
Sailing
- Enjoy navigating the waters of the Solway Firth, and Greece when I yearn for more sun and less mud
- Own a 16′ Willow Bay Shilling and a 32′ gaff-rigged trehantiri (τρεχαντήρι), a traditional Greek type)
- Have finally finished building and launched an Iain Oughtred Haiku
Non-Sailing life
- Designer/maker of furniture (see Waywood)
PETER MILLER
Rear Commodore (Treasurer)
Sailing
- Mostly on Lake Ontario, Canada with a few cruises in the Caribbean
- Owned a CS 30 which I raced in club races at Ashbridge’s Bay Yacht Club and in open races on Lake Ontario until 15 years ago
- Happily, CNYC now provides me surrogate sailing experience
Non-Sailing Life
- 10 years a GP in the UK and Canada
- Followed this with career as medical director at several life and health insurance companies in Canada, US, Switzerland and the UK
ROGER BACKHAUS
Rear Commodore
Sailing
- East Coast, Caribbean, Portugal, latterly mostly Netherlands (belong to Dutch club and keep boat there);
- Owned a Macwester, a Fairey Atalanta, a Winkle Brig gaffer a composite (strip-plank epoxy) Selway Fisher Beaumaris 24 lug yawl, and now a Yarmouth 23 gaffer;
- Interested in traditional rigs and their tweaking and handling;
- Coastal Skipper/Yachtmaster
Non-Sailing Life
- Engineering, IT and finance
- Escaped corporate life with retirement from Shell International, after several public and private sector jobs.
CLIVE KEEBLE
Rear Commodore (Marketing)
Sailing
- Started sailing in my teens crewing on a GP14, then moved on to lasers.
- Took a year off work to sail from Rainham in Kent to Malta via the French canal system in a 21’ Van der Stat sloop called Spurn.
- Took part in a Fastnet Challenge sailing the race course in October. Gales on the way out and a storm on the way back made for interesting sailing! Raised over £6,000 for a local hospice in the process.
- Now chartering when we can in the Med and BVI.
Non-sailing Life
- Retired Business and Marketing consultant.
- Currently serving as a school governor.
- Keen golfer.
PAUL CLARK
Rear Commodore (Webmaster)
Sailing
- Started sailing as a young man crewing for a friend on their racing yacht tearing around Sydney Harbour.
- Returned to UK but didn't sail again for 30 years. Crewed for another friend a few times and caught the bug again. Bought a third share in a 37' Bavaria.
- Been sailing around Europe and mainly UK south coast since.
Non-Sailing life
- Retired Graphic Designer.
- Rarely stop drawing or painting.