Let us introduce to you our Team, from Instructors to behind-the-scenes.
From the time you make your booking to when you step on board, we will ensure you are well looked after and enjoy your time with us!
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Chavdar Kateliev
Chief Instructor
Choko was introduced to sailing as a teenager
by his close relative, Basil Kurt, a famous sailor.
He continued windsurfing and dinghy sailing, beginning
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Damian Zaremba
Yachtmaster Instructor
After 15 years working in IT, Damian decided to
purchase a boat and go cruising.
With a passion for teaching,
scuba diving, and a chunk of single-handed sailing experience…
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Bart Pintelon
Cruising Instructor
Bart started sailing open keelboats in Holland at age 16 just over
the border of his native Belgium. After a short stint as an instructor a
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Eddy Coenen
Yachtmaster Instructor
Eddy is a very enthusiastic and experienced professional instructor
who owned a highly successful RYA training centre in Belgium for 11 years… Read more here
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Natalie Mansfield
Yachtmaster Instructor
Natalie studied Outdoor Education at Lochaber College, Fort William, Scotland in 2006, and worked in the outdoor education industry….
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Zhang Xinping
Cruising Instructor
Known to his friends as “Jungle”, a Chinese speaking Cruising instructor,
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Lorenzo Boreatti
Cruising Instructor
Lorenzo started his sailing life when he was a little kid and it was love
at first sight for him with the ocean and the little dinghy he was sailing….
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Mike Zimmerman
Yachtmaster Instructor
Mike has been sailing all his life,
be it with his family on one of their many trips around the world,
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Yvan Bodart
Cruising Instructor
Yvan comes from Belgium and started sailing in 2014.
He loved it so much that he knew it would change his life….
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Michele Giordano
Cruising Instructor
Michele, originally from Italy, moved to the UK at a young age
and over there he started his RYA training and has been sailing since…
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James Grey
Principal
Armed with sales and marketing experience and a passion for sailing,
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Joy Mitchell
Head of Housekeeping
Joy would prefer to describe herself as a ‘Girl Friday’!
She says there is not enough time to write her a job description!…
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Andrea Robins
Admin & Accounting
Andrea has many years of work experience in Customer Service,
