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Charter Skipper & SAILING INSTRUCTOR

Sailing Resume Elmar Teeuwen

Hello, my name is Elmar Teeuwen. I am Dutch, living in Italy. I have been working in yachting for more than two decades. I am fluent in Dutch and English and speak Italian and German on Intermediate level. I have over two decades of experience at sea in Northwestern Europe, the Mediterranean and Caribbean, as charter skipper, sailing instructor and capain, mostly on sailing yachts up to 21 meter, as well as several catamarans and twin screw motor yachts. I am an RYA/MCA Yachtmaster® Offshore with commercial endorsement.

CERTIFICATE YEAR ISSUED VALID UNTIL COMMENTS
Klein Vaarbewijs II, International Certificate of Competence (ICC, coastal) 1999 non-expiring Licence for boats > 15 meter or 20 km/h
Knotting course 1999 non-expiring Shipping School Rotterdam
Coastal Navigator Theory (TKN) 1999 non-expiring Navigation, Regulation, Meteorology, Safety
Nautical Communication course 1999 non-expiring Shipping School Rotterdam
KNWV certified instructor Coastal Navigation 2000 non-expiring  
Astronomical navigation course 2000 non-expiring Shipping School Rotterdam
Restricted Operator’s
Certificate (Marcom-B)
1999 non-expiring VHF, GMDSS
Reisvoorbereiding, Routering &
Planning
2002 non-expiring Passage planning, Pilotage, Routing
MCA/RYA Yachtmaster®
Offshore commercial
endorsement
2007 03/2027  
STCW 2010 03/2022 03/2027 Basic Safety Training
YEAR AREA POSITION BOAT DAYS NM
1988 – 1998 Dutch Inland Waters Dinghy sailor, Sailing instructor Dinghies NA NA
1998 North Sea, Scheveningen, (NL) Racing crew 31′ s/y 10 300
1999 North Sea, Scheveningen (NL), Netherlands – Channel Islands, IJsselmeer (NL) Racing crew, (co-)skipper, instructor 27′- 34′ s/y 55 1880
2000 Friesian Islands, North Sea (NL), Southwold (UK), London (UK), IJmuiden – Cuxhaven (GER) Instructor, Racing instructor, delivery crew 31′- 41′ s/y 84 3.775
2001 IJsselmeer, North Sea (Scheveningen, NL) Training instructors, regatta trainer, instructor 31′- 32′ s/y 53 2440
2002 Martinique, St. Lucia, St. Vincent, Grenadines, Greece, North Sea (NL), La Rochelle, (FR), IJsselmeer (NL) Instructor, Charter Skipper, co-regatta skipper, instructor trainer 36′ – 44′ s/y 99 3695
2003 North Sea (NL), IJmuiden – UK, Turkey, Croatia Instructor, Charter Skipper 36′ – 45′ s/y 21 1875
2004 Croatia, North Sea (NL) Charter Skipper, Instructor 36′- 42′ s/y 25 1125
2005 North Sea, Zeeland (NL) Instructor 25′ – 44′ s/y 30 900
2006 Belgium (BE) – Pin Mill (UK), Greece, IJsselmeer, North Sea, Zeeland Instructor, charter skipper 25′ – 44′ s/y 107 3070
2007 IJsselmeer (NL), North Sea, Channel Islands, France, Corsica Instructor 25′ – 38′ s/y 40 1740
2008 IJsselmeer (NL), North Sea Instructor, racing skipper, Regatta crew 25′ – 37′ s/y 34 1020
2009 IJsselmeer (NL), North Sea, English Channel Instructor, regatta crew, regatta skipper 25′ – 36′ s/y 35 1050
2010 Zeeland (NL), IJsselmeer (NL), Waddenzee (NL) Instructor 33′- 44′ s/y 27 810
2011 North Sea, IJsselmeer (NL), English Channel, Waddenzee (NL) Instructor delivery skipper, flotilla skipper 31′ – 45’s/y 20 800
2012 North Sea Instructor 31′ s/y 7 280
2016 North Sea (NL-UK), IJsselmeer (NL) Instructor 34′ – 62′ s/y 21 1050
2017 North Sea, Channel Islands, Zeeland (NL), Britany (FR) Instructor 34′ s/y 28 1400
2018 North Sea, Channel Islands, Cornwall, Ireland, Netherlands Instructor 34′- 42′ s/y 32 1600
2019 Channel Islands – Scheveningen, Sardinia (IT), Cornwall (UK) Instructor, delivery skipper 34′ – 56′ s/y, 45′ m/y (twin-screw), 56′ catamaran 29 1450
2020 Dutch Frisian Islands, Cornwall, North Sea Instructor 34′- 42′ s/y 16 800
2021 Normandy (FR), Baltic Sea (DEN), Dutch Frisian Islands, Dutch Inland waters Instructor 34′- 42′ s/y, speedboat 29 1550
2022 Liguria (IT) 36′ s/y 6 300
2022 Croatia  Instructor 44′ Catamaran 2 30
2022 Markermeer Instructor 37′ s/y 3 60
2022 Biesbosch Instructor 49′ motor yacht (twin-screw) 2 20
2022 Braassemermeer Instructor 38′ motor yacht (twin-screw) 1 15
2022 Liguria RYA Cruising Instructor 45′ sailing yacht 10 175
2022 The Netherlands CWO Sailing Instructor 37′ sailing yacht 5 80
2022 Tuscan Archipelago, Italy Charter Skipper 51′ sailing yacht 6 150
2022 Brittany and Channel Islands Charter Skipper / Sailing Instructor 39′ sailing yacht 7 200
2023 Italy, France and Greece Captain 68′ sailing yacht full-time 1.900
2023 Brittany & Channel Islands Charter Skipper / Sailing Instructor 43′ sailing yacht 6 days 170
TOTAL 35.710 Nm
YEAR BOAT REGATTA POSITION
1998 Hunter 31 IJspegel Trophy Foredeck
1999 Corby 27 IJspegel Trophy Mainsail
1999 Hunter 31 North Sea Regatta Pit man
1999 Bavaria 32 Flevo Sailing Race Skipper
2000 Feeling IJspegel Trophy Genoa and spinnaker
2000 First 40.7 North Sea Regatta Pit man
2000 Bavaria 34 Compaq Cup Skipper
2000 Hunter 31 IJspegel Trophy Skipper
2001 Hunter 31 IJspegel Trophy Skipper
2001 Hunter 31 North Sea Regatta Skipper
2003 Bavaria Match IJspegel Series Skipper
2005 Salona 45, 37 North Sea Regatta Bowman
2006 Beneteau 25 ORC club regattas, winter regattas Skipper
2007 Beneteau 25 ORC club regattas, winter regattas Skipper
2008 Salona 37 IJspegel Trophy Bowman
2009 Salona 37 North Sea Regatta Bowman
2021 Bavaria 50 24 uursrace, Medemblik (NL) Skipper
2023 68′ Sailing Yacht Rolex Giraglia Crew
YEAR EXPERIENCE/CERTIFICATE AREA COMMENTS
1997 CWO* ZI-A Dinghy Sailing instructor Dutch lakes Dutch qualification for Dinghy Instructors
(www.cwo.nl)
1996 –
2000
Sailing instructor dinghies Dutch lakes Sailing School ZFM
1999 Sailing instructor on yachts IJsselmeer,
Waddenzee, North Sea
Sailing School Flevosailing
2000 Offshore (Race-) Sailing
instructor
North Sea Sailing School Scheveningen
Since 2000 Sailing instructor, regatta instructor, shorebased navigation, instructor European Coastal Waters including Mediterranean elmarteeuwen.com
2005 CWO* Opleider Zeezeilen en
Kajuitjachtzeilen
  Qualification for Yacht Instructors, including
examination of sailing and motor yacht instructors
2019 RYA SRC Short Range Certificate Assessor Shorebased valid 05/2024
2019 RYA shorebased navigation instructor Shorebased RYA Dayskipper, Yacht Master shorebased instructor and examiner
2022 Just Sailing RYA/MCA Cruising instructor Sail RYA Instructor course
2022 RYA Professional Practices and Responsibilities Shorebased  
  • I am in good (medical) condition.
  • Norwegian Maritime Authority Medical Certificate valid 03/2024.
  • I do not smoke, never use drugs and do not drink alcohol on board.
  • I am fully COVID-19 vaccinated.
Dutch Poor Moderate Good *Excellent
English Poor Moderate Good *Excellent
Italian Poor *Moderate *Good Excellent
German Poor *Moderate *Good Excellent

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“I love to help you to Expand your horizons and make your sailing dreams come true.”