Skipper
Matt Pidden (better known as Matty P to his shipmates) is one of the slowest skippers ActionQuest has ever seen, and he is excited to return for his fourth season at AQ. Matt grew up in Australia, Asia, and the UK, always by the water, surfing, sailing, and wingfoiling from a young age. Since then, he has gone on to race yachts worldwide, including a 36-day race from the Philippines to Seattle, 7200nm across the North Pacific (where his closest neighbors were on the international space station), and just a few weeks ago he raced from Hong Kong to Taiwan double handed with his Dad on a J99 ‘Juice’. Matt has nearly 20,000nm under his belt, alongside his Yachtmaster Offshore license.
Although Matt thrives in offshore racing conditions, his primary focus recently has been his studies. Having recently graduated from the University of Bristol with a degree in Computer Science (with skills he used to help develop software for AQ), he is looking forward to a well-deserved break before pursuing his Master’s in Robotics at Imperial College London after the summer. He’s excited to reunite with his ActionQuest friends and spend the summer cruising through the BVIs and Leeward Islands.
