I have been sailing at club level from the age of 4. As a
past member of the GBR National Youth Squad for 5 years, I
sailed at international level in two world championships and
several European / National championships.
My experience has been broadened by racing, for many years in events / major regattas / spring
series / winter series and offshore races on an extensive range
of vessels.
With the experience of dealing with a wide variety of
clients on everything from corporate team building, cruising
regattas, to intensive race training packages on a variety
of different boats, from a Optimist dinghy to a BT Global
Challenge 67-There is no team too big or small to manage.
Currently I am the RYA South East Topper Head Squad Coach,
the independent South East Laser Youth Head Squad Coach and
an RYA 29er Youth Squad Coach. I have coached current GBR
national youth squad members into the international team,
from years of personal experience of teaching beginners, improving
sailing skills at all levels and ages in all extremes of weather.
Working closely with head coaches has helped me build
personal programmes and enabled me to show the use of forward
planning, teaching people how to use and prepare race tactics,
allowing them to use racing rules on the water to their advantage.
With the responsibility from inshore to offshore rescue
cover, teaching beginners / improving sailing skills of all
levels. Working with management to build programs, which
enabled me, to be able to teach people how to; use and
prepare race tactics, use of forward planning and using
racing rules on the water to their advantage. I continuously
work with head coaches to push fresh young talents forward
to achieve their goals.
Since gaining the necessary qualifications, I became
self-employed, working with many organisations, such as, RYA
(Racing department), Island Charters, UKSA, Flying Fish, Marine
Care, Complete freight, Bembridge SC and many private clients, teaching
water sports, yachting, race coaching and power boating professionally.
As a corporate commercial skipper, I have been in charge
of corporate entertainment on yachts and driving ribs for
TV crews (Skandia, in Cowes week and private corporate events)
and running racing for corporate clients in the Solent. I
have also been involved in winter maintenance programmes,
on a large fleet of yachts such as; Swans, X-Yachts, J-boats,
HOD’S, Beneteau's, Maxi’s, Prima’s, Swedish
yachts, Swan’s Jenneau’s and Cork 1720’s.
I have experience of yacht deliveries all around the UK and
Europe for Island Charters, Ancasta International Boat
Sales, Key Yachting, Complete freight, Maxi and many private
clients.
Having the relevant qualifications with years of experience,
allows me to work professionally on winter programmes with
many different classes. It also gives me the experience to
manage the whole project from lifting the boat, varnish work
/ GRP / servicing winches / engines / rigging / polishing
/ antifouling / teak work / prop services to launching the
boat.
I am an outgoing, determined person, with a commitment to
succeed in all I do, approaching work in a mature and professional
manner, to deliver the best of services throughout the marine
industry.
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