Systems & infrastructure
Linux and macOS administration, Proxmox, Docker, OPNsense, network segmentation, ZFS storage, reverse proxies, and Python/Bash automation.
About
Two careers. One way of thinking.
I’m Can Obuter, based in Kadıköy, İstanbul. My work moves between competitive sailing, visual communication, and the infrastructure behind reliable digital products.
Profile
Domain knowledge is part of the engineering.
I started sailing in 2003 and developed through youth national-team competition into professional skippering, race tactics, coaching, offshore campaigns, and international one-design racing. Alongside that career, I trained in graphic design and built hands-on expertise in Linux, networking, virtualization, storage, containers, automation, and self-hosted AI.
That combination shapes the projects here. Sailing products begin with real tactical and operational constraints. Infrastructure work is designed around evidence, safe boundaries, and recovery. Interfaces carry the discipline of visual communication.
Practice
What I bring to a project.
A mix of technical implementation, domain judgment, and visual clarity.
Sailing & weather
Professional skippering, race tactics, crew coordination, navigation, coaching, offshore operations, and competitive weather interpretation.
Design & communication
Graphic design, typography, identity systems, campaign production, video, and interfaces that make complex systems understandable.
Selected path
Experience across water, systems, and communication.
Concise highlights from the verified professional and sailing profile.
Professional sailor, skipper, tactician & coach
Progressed from Optimist and Laser/ILCA youth competition to IRC/ORC offshore racing, J/70 and ClubSwan one-design campaigns, coaching, and corporate teams.
Marketing Communication Specialist · MediaMarkt Turkey
Led agency briefs for national campaign visuals and collaborated on cooperative advertising and sailing-linked sustainability work.
Freelance graphic designer
Produced visual identities, promotional video, event content, DSLR and drone footage, and narrative edits.
Independent systems builder
Designs and operates self-hosted infrastructure, AI toolchains, data pipelines, and sailing technology products.
Selected racing
Evidence from the water.
A few documented highlights; the full archive retains caveats where source records disagree.
J/70 Turkey Tour champion
Overall champion with Eker Kaymak, plus Corinthian gold and third overall at the J/70 European Championship.
ClubSwan 36 ACI Cup bronze
Third overall in Rovinj, Croatia, aboard Facing Future.
Presidential Cup IRC 2 win
Category victory aboard AGENT in the international yacht race.