Born and raised on the Sunshine Coast, QLD, Chris was found in the garage at 12 months old grasping a tyre iron and attempting to get it to the wheel of the car. Chris pursued an early career in the marine industry and has worked on a variety of vessels and industry sectors globally, ranging from commercial harvest diving to Master and engineer on passenger ferries and tugboats, to international superyacht crew on both sailing and motor yachts.
Chris holds an ‘IYT Master of yachts 200tn’ certification, Australian ‘Master, class 5’, MED 2 and a Y3 Chief engineer certification. He has been in the superyacht industry for over 15 years, during which time he has acted as deck crew, Chief engineer and 2nd Engineer on a number of notable motor and sailing yachts including Pumula, Dragonfly, Jack’s Sin, Koo, Qing, Aquamarina, BaBa’s, Nero, Lunasea Heus and currently M.Y Beluga. Chris has a keen interest in flying sports, aviation, water sports and motor sports, and is regularly found skydiving, paragliding, surfing, sailing, motorbike riding and kiteboarding. Chris has a diverse home life exploring the world in his camper van or sailing yacht when not working onboard.