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Contact

Get in touch

Sailing Atelier is a small, hands-on project. Whether you have a question, a suggestion, or you simply want to talk through something you found on board, you are always welcome to reach out. Every message is read by a person, and usually answered by one within a day or two.

Founder

Alec Brugman on board MED MERMAID

Alec Brugman

Founder

I started Sailing Atelier after watching hard-won knowledge from fellow owners slip away into endless group chats. My aim is simple: to give that collective experience a lasting home, so the next owner facing the same problem finds an answer instead of a blank page. If there is anything I can help with, please do get in touch directly.

Email
info@sailingatelier.com

By topic

For specific matters, these addresses reach the right place directly.

Trust

What stays in the club

Here is who sees what members write, and what stays behind the door.

Who can read what members write
Only members: owners and skippers, each approved by hand, and crew an owner has chosen to let read along. Discussions, solutions and comments are never public, and search engines cannot see them.
What is open to everyone
The harbour guide and the area guide. They hold facts about places: which chandlery stocks a part, how clearance works in a country. What members said about a supplier, and who said it, stays behind the door.
Independent
Sailing Atelier is run independently and is not affiliated with Oyster Yachts. When a member asks the AI assistant, short extracts are sent to our AI provider to write the answer, under contract and never used for training. The privacy policy has the details.
Your name, your choice
Posts carry the member's name, as they did in the WhatsApp group. If you would rather not be named, tell us and your posts are shown under a neutral label instead.
Taking something down
Write to privacy@sailingatelier.com and Alec handles it himself. Your name comes off whenever you ask, no reason needed. A post is removed too, unless other owners rely on it (a safety-critical answer, say); then it stays, without your name on it.