The Crew

Oliver Beardon

Sail Britain Founder and Skipper

Emma Harry

Artist & Creative Expedition Leader

Samuel Pearce

First Mate & Conservation Project Leader

Rebecca Steele

Microplastics Expert

Elsa Hammond

Ocean Rower and Literary Guru


We are very grateful to everyone who volunteers their time in support of Sail Britain’s activities as First Mate onboard, and as trip leaders bringing their specialist knowledge and expertise to our crews. Thank you to you all!

Sailing Crew

Thea Radford – Neil Evensen – Jonathan Holburn – Igor Gotlibovich – Povl Abrahamsen – Samuel Pearce – Leanne Fischler – Ben Wilde – Ces O’Hanlon – Antoine Bertin – Alastair Gregory – Colin Palmer – Julius Koschnick – Greg Vernaz – Douglas Byatt – Giulia Tyzack – Matt Scott – Charlotte De Mille – Tanya Gunnarsdottir – John Morgan – Liane Fredericks

Trip Leaders

Emma Harry – RCA Isle of Mull residency 2018, RCA Isle of Rum residency 2019, & The Wild Islands residency 2019 & 2020
Holly Griffin – Ocean Literacy 2020
Daniel Moore – Ocean Conservation 2020
Julius Koschnick – Marine Social Science 2020
Ellis O’Connor – Drawing North
Marte Klemetsdal – Our Living Ocean
Samuel Pearce – Ocean Conservation 2019 & Foraging 2020
Laura Copsey – RCA Isle of Mull residency 2018, & The Life of Islands residency 2019
Louise Beer – The Fragile Ocean 2019
Jenny Kinnear – Sound and Song 2019
Rebecca Steele – Exploring Marine Plastic Pollution 2019
Arzucan Askin – LSE Marine Society Expedition 2019
Sophia Dietrich – LSE Marine Society Expedition 2019
Rose Martin – Singing on the Sea 2019
Alice Kettle – Ocean Plastic Pollution 2018, & Sustainable Design for Ocean Health 2019
Jazz Austin – Art & Conservation 2018 & 2019
Eleni Wood – NW Scotland Geology Expedition 2018
Jon MacLeod – Muir is Tir 2017 & 2018
Kate Baker – Norfolk and Cornwall Microplastics programmes
Nick Scott – Norfolk and Cornwall Microplastics programmes
Anna Dakin – RCA Norfolk Residency 2017
Hannah Evans – RCA Norfolk Residency 2017