Escaping the day job as a commercial lawyer in Mayfair, Charles sailed the Atlantic West-East 4,000Nm in a 52 foot yacht with 5 others in May/June 2013 and last summer added the 654 Nm Fastnet Campaign to the list of achievements – this time on a 72 foot Challenger yacht. He is also took on the Arrow Trophy for the second year running competing on the Solent in a fleet of 20 matched yachts with several fellow OS team members – not least past and present Chairpersons, Jonathon Hall (Bruce 79) and Hannah Durden (Nugent 01).