I started sailing in an Optimist at Foça in 1996; since 2012 I have managed companies' yacht racing teams, usually on the helm or the bow. Alongside sailing: windsurf, kitesurf, snowboard, canyoning and CrossFit.
Sailing
Racing
Foça Yelken İhtisas Kulübü (FYİK), İstanbul Yelken Kulübü (İYK), Suadiye Windsurf Kulübü (SWA), Marmara Yelken Kulübü (MYK)+
1996 — 1999Foça Yelken İhtisas Kulübü (FYİK)Optimist (1996), Laser 4.7 (1997), Laser Radial (1998), 420 and 470 (1999)
1999 — 2002İstanbul Yelken Kulübü (İYK)Laser Radial
2002Suadiye Windsurf Kulübü (SWA)Windsurf racer
2009 — 2011Marmara Yelken Kulübü (MYK)Mainsail trimmer in an IRC4 yacht racing team on a Platu 25 (individual)
Corporate yacht racing teams
Bayer HealthCare, Opet Fuchs, Doğuş Holding, ebebek Yelken Takımı+
2012 — 2014Bayer HealthCare · Marmara Yelken Kulübü (MYK)IRC4 · team manager and helm
2015Opet Fuchs · Alize Yelken AkademisiIRC3 · team manager and bowKoç Group Sports Festival sailing races: 3rd (my own account)
2016 — 2017Opet Fuchs · İstanbul Yelken Kulübü (İYK)IRC4 · team manager and helm
2018 — 2019Opet Fuchs · İstanbul Yelken Kulübü (İYK)IRC3 · team manager and bow
2020 — 2021Opet Fuchs · Vira Yelken KulübüOne-design · team manager and helm
2022 — 2026Doğuş Holding · Fenerbahçe YelkenFB-1, IRC1 · bow
2025 — 2026ebebek Yelken Takımı · Alize Yelken AkademisiIRC3 · team manager (not racing)
Race results
Fenerbahçe Doğuş Yelken Yat Takımı · 2023–2026+
Fenerbahçe Doğuş Yelken Yat Takımı · 2022 – 2026
FB-1 · IRC1 · bow
The placings are the team's race results.
Class wins
at least10
Overall wins
at least7
Fenerbahçe Doğuş Yelken Yat Takımı · Race results
Race
Class
Overall
2023
TAYK 2023 Trofesi
IRC1 1st
3rd
11. TAYK-Eker Olympos Regatta
IRC1 1st
1st
Bosphorus CupThe class result could not be verified in the source.
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1st
2024
BAUISC İlkbahar Trofesi
IRC1 1st
1st
TAYK 4. Ayak · Gisbir KupasıNo separate overall ranking.
IRC1 1st
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12. TAYK-Eker Olympos Regatta
IRC1 1st
2nd
TAYK 2024 Trofesi
IRC1 1st
5th
TAYK Açıkdeniz Trofesi
IRC1 1st
1st
2025
TAYK 2. Ayak · Komodorlar Kupası
IRC1 1st
1st
Fifty Fifty Sailing CupThe class result could not be independently verified.
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1st
13. TAYK-Eker Olympos RegattaThe source gives no final class result.
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1st
2026
Fifty Fifty Sailing Cup
IORC1 1st
5th
55. Deniz Kuvvetleri Kupası · 2. etapNo overall title.
IRC1 1st
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TAYK Komodorlar Serisi III · Burgazada DSK KupasıSource: the trophy plaque.
IRC1 2nd
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Instruction
Suadiye Windsurf Kulübü (SWA), Kuzey Deniz Saha Komutanlığı Ereğli Yelken Kulübü+
2007 — 2008Kuzey Deniz Saha Komutanlığı Ereğli Yelken KulübüDuring military service: Optimist and Laser instructor and race team coach; Pirat and windsurf instructor for the veterans' group
Seafaring certificates
Able Seaman, Amateur Seafarer, Short Range Radio Operator+
Able Seaman
Amateur Seafarer
Short Range Radio Operator
You cannot change the wind. You cannot change the sea. You cannot change your rival. But you can manage your boat, your course and your crew.
