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Cuan Law Crew
The crew of Cuan Law plays a big part in bringing this impressive boat to life. These topnotch people are incredibly energetic, congenial and fun to be around, constantly attending to your needs, usually anticipating them in advance.
Each crew member has their individual responsibilities and tasks, but everyone pitches in to handle moving the boat, diving, serving meals and cleaning up. They all work as a smooth, efficient and extremely friendly crew. You have to figure that any boat that has produced 17 marriages (and counting) among crew members has to attract friendly people!
"click on images to blow up crew!"
 SCOTT FERRIS - CAPTAIN
Scott first worked with us as a relief steward in 1999, since then we have
enjoyed each others company regularly and in various capacities. He is currently
engineer, but gets in the water and leads a dive whenever he can convince people
to follow him. In between sessions aboard the Cuan Law he has traveled extensively
and basically avoided work and commitments along the way, this results in numerous
tall tales (mauled by a tiger in Thailand and chased by an elephant in Laos
amongst others), and, in between, the mutually beneficial ability to hang out
cruising the BVI on Cuan Law. Scott is also a great photographer. He is standing
beside one he took from the mast head of Cuan Law, which is hung on board.
 CHARL VILJOEN- CHEF
Charl has been on boats since a young boy and always wanted
to be a marine biologist, but instead became a chef
and cooking fish is one of his favorite past times.
He has travelled the world extensively, including a “walk” accross
Africa. He has been to 68 countries learning as many
cuisines and cultures along the way. He is more comfortable
with a fishing rod in hand but doesn’t mind
looking at fish too! Charl is South African born but
lives in Australia and is a fish out of water when
not on boats. His lifelong
nickname is SKRAAL which is afrikaans for skinny. Feel
free to call him that.
 EMILY PARSONS - DIVER
Emily earned the nick name 'Miss P' 10 years ago when she
first came aboard Cuan as a stewie, and surprisingly it stuck!!
'Miss P' has worked on Cuan during her Summer holidays on and off since
then.
She grew up on Tortola but was shipped off to UK for school
and uni. After graduating as a Zoologist, she came straight home and
became a
diving instructor and has now been teaching for 2 years.
Off Cuan 'Miss P' keeps herself busy with Judo and fixing up her own
sailboat. Eventually
she'll set sail and who knows where she'll end up!
 "JJ" GOGAS - ENGINEER
JJ was born and raised in Portland, Oregon and has been facinated with the sea and sailing since he was a kid. He attended the University of Oregon and obtained a degree in political theory and business and after that he followed up with a degree in yacht design/ naval architecture. His interests outside of boating involve outdoor sports, automotive restoration and designing a building scale models. JJ has joined Cuan Law to further his practical experience of yacht engineering.
 AMY WICKHAM - STEWARDESS
Amy is the product
of a Lammer Law marriage and was born and raised
on Tortola. She left for
England
at the age of 10 to return for the first time
12 years later to discover her roots. Having
just finished a degree in Textile Design, her
life on the ocean wave is a welcome contrast
as she is learning to sail and dive as the first ‘second’ generation
crew member. As one of the quieter members of
crew, (Scott is gradually pulling her out of
her shell) she still knows how to have a good
time! One of Amy’s favourite roles as stewardess
is being flung off Cuan Law from the deck whilst
holding onto a rope. She is the 4th person to
be flung 40 seconds into this video, and yes,
that is her screaming!
 MELISSA PHILLIPS -STEWARDESS
As a BVI Islander, Melissa has spent her life on
the water. After a sailing trip took her from Australia
to Thailand she traded in her adventures for a
job closer to home. Melissa became a U.S Sailing
instructor and spent the summer teaching at the
Royal B.V.I Yacht Club. Deciding to take another
year off school she joined the crew on Cuan Law
and has been a stewie ever since. Although Melissa's
position can keep her below deck she loves giving
sailing lessons on our Hobie 13's and makes a mean
cocktail.
 KELLIE MOORE -STEWARDESS
A newcomer to Tortola,
Kellie finds herself with lingering American sensibilities,
which would not
include a love for cheeseburgers (though she is known
consume cheese alone in masses). Graduating with
a degree in painting and printmaking, and with nearly
a decade of working with pottery, she has a passion
for all art forms... arranging coconut people on
the beach is amongst the newest. Happy to seek out
the natural wonders of the BVI, she's sure to be
a good companion for exploring on Cuan Law's "Baths" walk
or for a long snorkel amongst our beautiful waters.
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