Researching Will Oxley
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The name Will means "Form of WILLIAM. resolute guardian" and is of Teutonic origin.
Records of Will Oxley on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Will Oxley and the Oxley Family History
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Some Famous People called Will Oxley
Will Oxley
Will Oxley (born 1965), is a racing skipper/navigator and marine biologist who has completed more than 260,000 nm of ocean racing including five round the world races and 19 Sydney to Hobart races. From 1992 to 2000 he worked at the Australian Institute of Marine Science as part of the Long-term Monitoring Project which is intended to monitor the condition of the Great Barrier Reef.
He skippered 'Compaq' in the BT Global Challenge 2000/01 and he was also the weather coordinator for the Swedish VICTORY Challenge America’s Cup Team. He provided navigation and weather support for Puma in the 2008/09 Volvo Ocean Race. For the 2011–12 Volvo Ocean Race he was navigator aboard Camper (Emirates Team New Zealand). Will was the navigator for Team Alvimedica in the 2014-15 Volvo Ocean Race.
He contributes to Australian Sailing magazine.
In 2014 Will published an e-book with Amazon titled Modern Race Navigation: Expedition Software in Action. In 2017 Will published his second e-book "Expedition Navigation Software: A Gentle Introduction".
Source: Will Oxley, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Oxley
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