Our deep connection

Strengthens the support we can offer.

The Team

Here at Turn to Starboard we are a tight-knit group that feels more like a family or tribe than a typical organisation. More than half of the staff are veterans themselves, bringing shared experience and understanding to everything they do. This deep connection strengthens the support they offer, creating a space where veterans can truly relate to those leading the programmes.

Each team member plays a vital role, from instructors to shore team, working together to create an environment of trust, empathy, and camaraderie. We are a community where veterans are supported by those who truly understand the challenges of military life.

If you sail with us, you'll get to know us soon enough, but until then here's a bit of sailing trivia for all of us:

Sally Terry

CEO
Favourite Seafarer:
Maureen Jenkins
(Read the book Lone Voyager)
Lottery Win Boat Purchase:
Moonbeam of Fife III
Sailing Mix Tape:
• Song to the Siren - This Mortal Coil
• Times Like These - Foo Fighters
• Now We Are Free - Hans Zimmer & Lisa Gerrard
• Ocean Drive - Duke Dumont
• Wildfires - Sault
• Northern Sky - Nick Drake
• Sonnentanz - Klangkarussell
• Rein Me In - Sam Fender
• Rennen - Sohn
• Insomnia - Faithless
Dan Fielding

CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER
Favourite Seafarer:
Pete Goss
Lottery Win Boat Purchase:
Garcia 45 Exploration
Sailing Mix Tape:
• Cornwall My Home – The Oggymen
• Sailing – Rod Stewart
• Friends in low places – Garth Brooks
• Fisherman’s Blues – The Waterboys
• Wagon Wheel – Old Crow Medicine Show / Darius Rucker
• Take It Easy – Eagles
• Bricklayer’s song – The Corries
• Toes – Zac Brown Band
• Drunken Sailor – The Irish Rovers
• Homegrown – Zac Brown Band
Paul Miller

CHIEF INSTRUCTOR
Favourite Seafarer:
Ernest Shackleton
Lottery Win Boat Purchase:
Onvi 56
Sailing Mix Tape:
• Nina Simone - Feeling Good
• Ben Howard - Keep Your Head Up
• Primal Scream - Loaded
• Ram Jam - Black Betty
• Fatboy Slim - Right Here, Right Now
• Fleetwood Mac - The Chain
• Mad Dog McCrea - Am I Drinking Enough
• Public Service Broadcasting - Spitfire
• Blues Saraceno - Dog of War
• Any Kate Bush
Helen Jane

VETERAN SUPPORT & LIAISON MANAGER
Favourite Seafarer:
Me

Lottery Win Boat Purchase: Moon Sand
Sailing Mix Tape:
• Sailing - Rod Stewart
• In the Navy - Village People
• Sweet Child O’ Mine - Guns N’ Roses
• Bed of Roses - Bon Jovi
• Chelsea Dagger - The Fratellis
• Harry’s Song for Cornwall - The Oggymen
• Thank You for the Music - ABBA
• I Predict a Riot - Kaiser Chiefs
• Back for Good - Take That
Rebecca Tarling

YACHTMASTER INSTRUCTOR
Favourite Seafarer:
Pip Hare
Lottery Win Boat Purchase:
Something gaff rigged on the Norfolk Broads (commission a local boat builder)
Sailing Mix Tape:
• He's a Pirate - Klaus Badelt
• You're Welcome - Moana
• Green Green Grass - George Ezra
• Gold Rush Kid - George Ezra
• Five Colours in Her Hair - McFly
• Year 3000 - Busted
• Help! - The Beatles
• Nancy Mulligan - Ed Sheeran
• New Shoes - Paolo Nutini
• Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen
Gareth James

CRUISING INSTRUCTOR
Favourite Seafarer:
Captain Ahab
(Hyperfocus ADHD, plus one leg — really cool)
Lottery Win Boat Purchase:
‘Kirsty’ Lock Fyne Skiff
Sailing Mix Tape:
• Chicane - Saltwater
• The Doors - Riders on the Storm
• Oasis - Roll With It
• David Bowie - Heroes
• AC/DC - Thunderstruck
• Foo Fighters - Learn to Fly
• Queen - I Want It All
• Keane - Somewhere Only We Know
• The O'Jays - Love Train
• Rick Astley - Never Gonna Give You Up
Alex Theodossiades

APPRENTICE SKIPPER
Favourite Seafarer:
Tom Cunliffe (Legend)
Lottery Win Boat Purchase:
Hanuman (J class)
Sailing Mix Tape:
• Sally Cinnamon - Stone Roses
• Rock the Casbah - The Clash
• Starburster - Fontaines DC
• Superstylin - Groove Armada
• Ex Factor - Lauryn Hill
• I Am the Resurrection - Stone Roses
• Weekend in Paradise - Jamie Webster
• Step On - Happy Mondays
• Last Train to London - ELO
• Stuck in the Middle with You - Stealers Wheel
Shona O'Dowd

YACHTMASTER INSTRUCTOR
Favourite Seafarer:
Gráinne O'Malley
(Irish Female Pirate Queen)
Lottery Win Boat Purchase:
Millennium Falcon
(Space Ship)
Sailing Mix Tape:
• All That and More (Sailboat) - Rainbow Kitten Surprise
• Shipping Up to Boston - Dropkick Murphys
• Dinner Lady Arms - The Darkness
• The Irish Rover - The Dubliners and The Pogues
• In Hell I’ll Be in Good Company - The Dead South
• Killeagh - Kingfisher
• This Is the Life - The Highstool Prophets
• Don’t Stop Believing - Journey
• Black Betty - Ram Jam
• From Now On - The Greatest Showman
Mike Allan

YACHTMASTER INSTRUCTOR
Favourite Seafarer:
Bernard Moitessier
Lottery Win Boat Purchase:
Nicholson 55ft
Sailing Mix Tape:
• Metallica - Enter Sandman
• Dougie MacLean - Caledonia
• Soundgarden - Rusty Cage
• Bill Withers - Lovely Day
• Faithless - We Come 1
• Pink Floyd - Comfortably Numb
• Pearl Jam - Rearviewmirror
• Air - La Femme D'Argent
• Volcano Choir - Byegone
• Candi Staton - Street Life
Phil Morris

YACHTMASTER INSTRUCTOR
Favourite Seafarer:
Roger D Taylor
(Author of MingMing books and Arctic Sailor)
Lottery Win Boat Purchase:
Any J Class yacht
(Probably need to win twice!)
Sailing Mix Tape:
• Sailing - Rod Stewart
• This Way That Way Forward and Backward Over the Irish Sea - The Irish Rovers
• Dock of the Bay - Otis Redding
• Don't Rock the Boat - Hues Corporation
• South Australia - The Pogues and The Dubliners
• Captain Pugwash Theme - Johnny Pearson
• Somewhere Beyond the Sea - Harry Connick Jr
• Sail On - Commodores
• Sailing on the Seven Seas - OMD
• Sail – AWOLNATION
Bex Palmer

HEAD OF PROGRAMMES AND IMPACT
Favourite Seafarer:
Gus March-Phillipps
Lottery Win Boat Purchase:
Oyster
(Any size, they’re all awesome)
Sailing Mix Tape:
• U2 - Beautiful Day
• Rolling Stones - Wild Horses
• Coldplay - A Sky Full of Stars
• Norah Jones - Run Away With Me
• Razorlight - In the Morning
• The Cure - The Love Cats
• Corinne Bailey Rae - Put Your Records On
• Otis Redding - Dock of the Bay
• Queen - Don't Stop Me Now
• David Bowie - Heroes
Kelly Costea

FINANCE & HR OFFICER
Favourite Seafarer:
Captain Jack Sparrow
Lottery Win Boat Purchase:
Jeanneau Merry Fisher 1295
Sailing Mix Tape:
• Heartbeats - José González
• Holocene - Bon Iver
• Keep Your Head Up - Ben Howard
• Purple Heather - Van Morrison
• Vagabond - Wolfmother
• Crystals - Of Monsters and Men
• Float On - Modest Mouse
• All the Debts I Owe - Caamp
• Sweet Disposition - The Temper Trap
• Naked As We Came - Iron & Wine
Ellie Love

FUNDRAISING MANAGER
Favourite Seafarer:
Lisa Blair (first woman to sail solo around Antarctic)
Lottery Win Boat Purchase:
Hanse 510
Send me on my way - Rusted Root
I wish I knew how it would feel to be free - Lighthouse Family version
Olalla - Blanco White
The Gambler - Kenny rogers
Orinoco Flow - Enya
Far Away - Ingrid Michaelson
The Sea and the Rhythm - Iron and Wine
Give it Up - KC and the Sunshine Band
Coastline - Hollow Coves
Lost in the Light - Bahamas
Chris Tarling

YACHTMASTER INSTRUCTOR
Favourite Seafarer:
Pip Hare
Lottery Win Boat Purchase:
Foiling Optimist
• Macarena – Los del Río
• New Shoes – Paolo Nutini
• Bohemian Rhapsody – Queen
• The Rubber Band Man – The Spinners
• A Hard Day’s Night – The Beatles
• Green Green Grass – George Ezra
• Don't Stop Believing – Journey
• Irish Pub Song – The High Kings
• Fiddler’s Green – The Dubliners
• No Hopers, Jokers and Rogues – The Longest Johns

Trustees

Our Trustees work together to develop a clear strategy for Turn to Starboard and ensure that the work we do and goals of the organisation are in line with our vision.

Captain Lee Hazard MBE, MStJ, KHP, MA

Chair of Trustees
Lee joined the board in September 2026 and chairs the Board of Trustees.
A Captain in the Royal Navy with 36 years' service, Lee has seen first-hand the impact that operations and service life can have on people and their families. That experience showed him the real need for excellent non-clinical recovery, and he found it in Turn to Starboard. He became a trustee to give back to those who have served, and to help them rebuild purpose, resilience and opportunity.
As a senior director at the Invictus Games Birmingham 2027, Lee leads programmes that support the recovery of wounded, injured and sick service personnel through sport. He brings a clear understanding of how to run a well-governed, efficient charity, together with strong connections across the Armed Forces community. He holds an MBE and is a Member of the Order of St John.
Outside work, Lee is always looking for community and adventure.
Elaine Roberts

Trustee
Elaine joined the board in December 2024 and leads the charity's impact reporting.
Turn to Starboard brings together three things that matter to Elaine: her love of sailing and oceans, her experience in supporting people's wellbeing and development, and her service as an Army officer. She is passionate about helping people be their best, whatever that means for them, and knows how much confidence and resilience matter when people face change.
An experienced trustee, Elaine has served on the boards of four charities, including chairing nominations and remuneration committees. A former Chief Marketing Officer and now an executive coach, she brings expertise in strategy, commercial growth, sustainability and resilient leadership. She uses this experience to show funders and partners the difference Turn to Starboard makes to the people it serves.
Outside work, Elaine is studying for an MA in Photography, and enjoys travel, skiing and cycling.
Air Commodore Mark Lorriman-Hughes CBE

Trustee
Mark joined the board in December 2024 as a serving member of the Armed Forces.
Mark is an Air Commodore in the Royal Air Force and Commandant of the Royal Air Force College. Every day he sees how much the wide and varied Armed Forces community relies on charities like Turn to Starboard. He became a trustee to give something back, and because the charity offered the chance to work with fantastic people on a truly worthwhile cause.
Mark brings an up-to-date understanding of daily life for serving personnel and their families, and of the people-focused programmes led by the Ministry of Defence. He is a direct link between the charity and the UK Armed Forces, championing Turn to Starboard across the services. Mark holds a CBE.
Outside work, Mark is an avid supporter of Liverpool Football Club and Gloucester Rugby.
Sarah Marshall

Trustee
Al Robinson

Trustee
Al joined the board in September 2026 and is keen to support the CEO on commercial partnerships, sponsorship and property.
As a veteran, Al understands the challenges that service personnel can face during and after the move to civilian life. Operational deployments overseas showed Al how much teamwork, purpose and belonging matter. Al believes that time outdoors can play a powerful part in recovery, and is proud to support a charity that uses sailing to build confidence, wellbeing and connection for veterans and their families.
Al brings significant experience in governance, strategy and organisational leadership from senior roles in the military, the public sector and commercial organisations. A background in transformation, business development and building relationships with partners helps Al support Turn to Starboard to grow its reach and make the most of its impact.
Outside work, Al loves mountaineering, skiing and sea kayaking, but is happiest watching his children compete in sport.
Sharon Scully

Trustee
Sharon joined the board in September 2026 as Finance Lead Trustee.
Sharon has seen within her own family how leaving the Armed Forces can affect people's mental health. She wanted to give her finance expertise to a charity with a strong sense of community, and to a cause she feels passionate about. She values the way Turn to Starboard helps people recover, build friendships with others who understand, and gain sailing qualifications for personal use or a new career.
A Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (FCCA), Sharon has more than 30 years' experience as a Chief Finance Officer in large companies and has also supported small businesses. She brings expertise in strategy, risk, compliance and commercial management, and offers the management team both support and challenge.
Outside work, Sharon lives in Cornwall with her family and loves walking the ever-changing coastline.
Neil Harper

Trustee
Neil joined the board in June 2025. He oversees the charity's fleet maintenance and supports on contracts and HR.
Neil has sailed and repaired sailing boats all his life. When he retired, he looked for a charity role that brought together professional mariners, the Armed Forces and sailing, and found it in Turn to Starboard. His son serves as a submariner in the Royal Navy, and Neil has many friends in the Royal Navy and Royal Marines, so he brings a family member's view to the charity's work.
Neil spent 40 years as a semiconductor process engineer, working across engineering, operations, business development and programme management, latterly in senior leadership. A qualified wooden boat builder and RYA Coastal Skipper with more than 15,000 miles in his logbook, he helps with project management and boat refits, and mentors senior staff.
Neil may be an engineer by training, but he is a people person at heart who loves helping others get where they want to be in life.