The perfect team.
Captain — David Hutchison
COUNTRY — Scotland/USA
Master Power and Sail 3000 tons ITU
Captain David Hutchison, or Hutch as he is known, started competitive sailing at the age of 16. Racing around the world in all the classic races on Maxi yachts and breaking quite a few race records along the way. He has also been a captain for 40 years and has over 750,000 sailing miles as captain.
Hutch has captained 6 Perinis from the 64m Felicita West to the 52m Liberty, along with 52m Squall, 49m Andromeda la Dea, the old 50m Perseus, the new 60m Perseus 3, and now Rosehearty. These boats averaged 10 weeks of charter a year, and eight weeks of owner use. Sailing is his life and his hobby. When not working, Hutch travels frequently with his chef wife Raya. He has also been the Owner’s surveyor on 6 Perini new builds, but sailing and exploring are his real loves. Hutch also enjoys cycling, swimming, occasional diving, travel and reading.
Rotational Captain — Henry Bardsley
COUNTRY — British
Master Power and Sail 3000 tons ITU
Originally from a costal county in England, sailing has always been an integral part of Henry’s life. Starting at six years old in an Optimist, Henry has spent as much time on the water as he possibly could. Competitive by nature, Henry progressed into racing; competing on Lasers, 49’s and J80’s. After completing a notable City & Guild’s boatbuilding qualification, he proceeded into a career in superyachts. Henry was onboard his previous yacht, 60m Perini Navi, Seahawk, for over seven years. On which he completed a circumnavigation of the globe. In his spare time, he enjoys cycling, running and snowboarding as well as being at his local yacht club. Henry and his partner enjoy travel, while sharing their time between the UK and NZ.
Rotational Chief Engineer — Andrew Cochrane
COUNTRY — Fijian
Andrew was born on a small Island in the South Pacific. Taveuni Island is known as the garden island of Fiji. He spent 10 years in the NZ Army honing his skills. Andrew has extensive offshore experience on boats of various sizes. This includes the Pacific, Indian, and Atlantic Oceans as well as the Panama and the Suez Canal. When Andrew is not onboard, he resides with his family, six dogs, two pigs, two beehives and 100 sheep on Taveuni island. The ocean and rainforest are a big part of his life. Andrew enjoys surfing, spearfishing, fishing, and hunting in his spare time. He loves to cook what he catches.
Rotational Chief Engineer — Peter Box
COUNTRY — New Zealand
Peter was born in Waitangi, Chatham Islands. He was educated at Massey University, NZ Military Academy, NZ Maritime College and Warsash Nautical College.
Peter to some degree is following his father who was a Master with the NZ Shipping Co. Both by chance attended the same nautical college in Warsash, Southampton. When not onboard Peter lives with his wife and 2 children in North Eastern Thailand hobby farming rice and other crops. Peter gained a commission in the Royal Corps of Engineers and represented New Zealand as a cyclist for 5 years winning the Oceania Games in 2000. He has always had a ‘knack’ for engineering and lives for the ocean environment.
2nd Engineer — Brendan Eggersglusz
COUNTRY — Zimbabwean
Brendan is our African bushbaby from Zimbabwe. He joined the yachting industry as a deckhand in San Remo, Italy in 2019 but quickly transferred to the engineering department. Since childhood, he had a love for tinkering and taking things apart. He fixed boat motors, bikes and even built his own boat and trailer. He completed his engineering qualifications at Warsash Maritime Academy in Southampton, UK. Brendan has always loved the water. The rivers and lakes of Zim provided ample entertainment and opportunities for sailing, rowing and fishing. He loves all water sports, including spearfishing, scuba diving and freediving. He is a keen hiker and jogger and loves exploring new and interesting places and cultures. When he has the opportunity, he returns to the country of his heart to spend time with friends and family, enjoying activities such as fishing and camping safaris!
Chief Officer — Ethan Toal
COUNTRY — England/Ireland
Ethan was born in Southampton, England where he began sailing at the age of seven on his grandfather’s Hobie cat ‘Madame Butterfly’ as well as other small dinghies. At the age of ten, his family swapped seascapes for landscapes when they moved to a small farm in the west of Ireland surrounded by fields and lakes.
Ethan is back on-board Rosehearty for his second time, having found his sea legs on-board in early 2013. It was his first boat, and he has been working on yachts ever since. He enjoys racing and has completed six regattas while working onboard S/Y Seahawk, another Perini Navi. When not on board, Ethan is looking for new places to go with his camera, hiking and playing rugby.
Bosun — Molly Brindley
COUNTRY — Scottish
Molly grew up in the Shetland Isles, off the north coast of Scotland spending most summers with her family in and on the sea. Molly began sailing at her local sailing club. She would spend her summers on a local sail training vessel, completing trips across the North Sea to Norway, Denmark and around Scotland. Following this, Molly knew she wanted to work and live at sea. Over the last few years, she has worked on both large sail and motor yachts gaining great knowledge and experience, more than two of those years have now been spent here on Rosehearty. When not onboard Molly enjoys swimming, photography and travelling.
DECKHAND - Isabella Perotti
COUNTRY - South African
Isabella was born in windy Cape Town with a thirst for adventure and a passion for the outdoors. She studied environmental sciences at UCT before becoming involved with numerous sailboats at the Royal Cape Yacht Club racing and cruising in South African waters. After her first sailing experience, she hasn’t been able to look back at life onshore. Off the boat, you’ll find her up in the mountains, analogue camera in hand, or travelling the globe to catch her favourite musicians performing live.
Chef — Jilles Kuppens
COUNTRY — Dutch
Jilles grew up in the Netherlands. He has been cooking since he was fourteen. After high school, he left home to cook in the best restaurants in Paris and Belgium, later moving to study Russian philology in Odessa. He then returned to the Netherlands and worked as a master coffee roaster and Head Chef. Having sailed as a child he decided to follow his passion and make the move to work on boats in 2012. He’s been on yachts, big and small, sail and motor, ever since. During this time, Jilles also finished a bachelor's degree in chemistry from Utrecht University. When not onboard, he loves exploring new places, meeting new people, and discovering new wines, flavours and restaurants.
Chief Stewardess — Charmaine van Heyningen
COUNTRY — South African
Charmaine grew up in South Africa with a passion for animals and adventure. She spent a lot of time on her family farm with wild animals and pursued equestrian studies after leaving school. She spent multiple years running an equestrian livery yard and worked as a riding instructor. The urge to travel led her to the Caribbean in search of her first job in the yachting industry.
From this point on, Charmaine did not look back and has been working on board yachts for over eleven years, allowing her to travel the world including the Pacific, NE America, Norway, Iceland, Greenland, England and more. In her free time , Charmaine lives in Palma, Mallorca with her husband where they enjoy an active life of outdoor sports and adventure. They have recently been trekking in the Himalayas, climbing Mount Kilimanjaro. Charmaine also loves photography and takes every advantage to refine her skills.
Co-Chief Stewardess — Margaret Kennedy
COUNTRY — American
Margaret grew up close to the mountains in Tennessee spending her summers hiking and going to a lake with family and friends. After university, she decided to explore the world and moved abroad to teach English in Barcelona, Spain for almost four years. With her love for the sea and sense of adventure, Margaret joined the yachting industry in 2018 and hasn’t looked back ever since.
Margaret has worked on motor and sail yachts of various sizes ranging from 50m to 80m. She has travelled all over Europe, the Caribbean, Central America and the South Pacific and doesn’t want to stop any time soon. In her free time, she enjoys diving, surfing, swimming, hiking, music, and travelling.
2nd STEWARDESS – Ellie Quire
COUNTRY – British
Ellie was born in Surrey, England. She has Belgian relatives and are a very close family unit. Together they enjoy family camping trips around the UK. Boating has always been a big part of Ellie’s life growing up with her Grandfather owning boats on the River Thames.
Four years ago, Ellie instantly fell in love with the yachting industry and is excited to be onboard Rosehearty creating memorable experiences with her crew and guests.
Ellie also has a passion for cooking and in her own time loves being in the kitchen, on boats and travelling wherever her job takes her.
Tender Captain — Emerson Carlin
COUNTRY — South African
Emerson was born and raised in South Africa, and started sailing at the age of six years old. Emerson loves the yachting lifestyle, having done two Pacific Ocean crossings and ten Atlantic Ocean crossings, including one on a 45ft catamaran. He worked on 47M M/Y Coral Island for three and a half years, followed by 86M M/Y Ecstasea. He also captained a number of smaller vessels throughout his varied yachting career.
In his spare time Emerson enjoys running, swimming, free diving, scuba diving and cycling. Emerson is always smiling, because he believes life is too short to not enjoy it as much as we can. His happy disposition will ensure your ride on Panthera is a pleasant one.