Sea staff

Sea staff profiles

This page has profiles of our full-time professional sea staff. See here for a selection of the volunteer and relief staff.

Staff skipper, James Boyce



Age: The young fresh face of the future
Height: Tall enough to see over wheel and the new chart plotter!
Nickname: Cake Face
Catchphrase: “Don’t throw my coffee away! It’s meant to be cold.”
Favourite band: Proclaimers, Deacon Blue, Big Country, Travis and the Bay City Rollers
Ambition: To live long enough to see Scotland beat England at rugby... or anything...
Best sailing moment: Close to nature in the Sound of Mull
Biggest talent: Caber tossing
Biggest weakness: Small talk
Where do you see yourself in ten years' time? In the mirror
How would you like to die? In a Ben & Jerry's Cookie Dough vat
If you were going to be reincarnated, who would you come back as? Paris Hilton, or a new cast member in Glee
Favourite part of the boat: The Power Shower
If the boat was sinking and you could rescue one thing, what would it be? My iPhone
Who or what is the love of your life? See previous answer...

Staff bosun, Kirsten Mackay

Kirsten joined us at the start of 2010 after almost a year doing a training course with and then working for Square Sail in Cornwall, as well as volunteering as Bosun’s Mate with the Jubilee Sailing Trust. Before that she was an education administrator, running orchestral outreach projects for schools. She is also a musician and music teacher who plays the violin and viola.

Click here to see some of our current volunteer and relief sea staff.