About us
TISE is a sailing club based in Brussels – Belgium bringing together sailing enthusiasts from all levels of experience in a fun, safe and friendly atmosphere. The club was founded in 2013 and since then it encouraged many sea enthusiasts begin their sailing adventure and advance their sailing skills by means of casual cruises and informal trainings.
We organise sailing activities mostly in the Belgian coast (Nieuwpoort) and Dutch coast (Bruinisse, Zeeland, Amsterdam), and occasionally in other waters including Turkey. Among our other exciting activities were the Channel crossing from Nieuwpoort-BE to Dover-UK and the Bosphorus Cup in Istanbul-TR.
By joining TISE activities, you can get to know other sailor friends, discover if sailing is for you and enjoy sailing together with other people like you. You are welcome to come and join us for an upcoming sailing or social activity to learn more.
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Meet us
Behind the stage of TISE activities, we have an Executive Committee consisting of sailing enthusiasts from diverse background and nationalities.
Learn more about the sailing story of each committee member.
Serdar Bilgic
The President and the founding member of TISE Sailing Club . Serdar started his sailing adventure in Lac Leman/Geneva in year 2001 and since then has been sailing with his TISE friends and families mostly in North Sea and Mediterranean. Holds an RYA skipper license and he’s acting as skipper in most of TISE’s sailing activities. He lives and works in Brussels.
Ahmet Karaman
Ahmet fell in love with sailing back in 2008 at Gocek. Then, he gained experience by frequent sailing trips in the North Sea shore and Mediterranean with his TISE friends. He has an RYA Day Skipper license and takes skipper role during TISE sailing activities. He’s also well-known with his advanced navigation skills. He also likes basketball and football. He’s working for a global automative company.
Annick Born
She started her journey with TISE in late 2015. For the good vibes, the 2018 Flotilla will remain one of her best experiences. She enjoys sailing challenges in Turkey and North Sea, and wishes to obtain her skipper license. She is involved in the organisation of club’s social activities. Dr. in Art history, specialist in Northern Renaissance, she is now focusing on the relations with the Ottoman Empire, her new favourite.
Marta Osiekowicz
Marta discovered sailing in 2008 and since enjoyed the beauty of Dutch, Belgian, Croatian, Caribbean, Spanish and Turkish waters. She is passionate about sound of the wind in the sails, peace of the sea, energising friendly atmosphere and beauty of nature which she loves to photograph. She joined TISE in 2018 meeting many new sailor-friends during unforgettable Hisaronu Flotilla.
Taner Gungor
Taner has joined TISE late 2015 and his best sailing adventures so far were the Channel Crossing from Belgium to UK and Flotilla in Hisaronu, Turkey! He has RYA Competent Crew and Day Skipper licenses. He lives in Hever and runs his own company in Mechelen. He’s well known with his photo shooting skills in sailing activities and most of the time he’s the author of our group selfies.
Malle Kuuler
She started sailing with TISE in 2015 at Channel Crossing from Belgium to England. She is also a member of the EU Institutions Sailing Club. She has several RYA certificates for short range, sailing day skipper and powerboat, as well as and international certificate for operators of pleasure crafts. She works at the European Parliament. Contributes to club’s social activities.
We miss our founder and great friend Aydin Erol who founded the TISE sailing club with the support of a management board consisting of Serdar Bilgic, Ahmet Karaman, Yilmaz Ozcan and Gurol Aydemir.
TISE founder Aydin Erol (1957-2017)