Meet the Canary Sail Team

Meet The Team at Canary Sail

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

to sail local races in the Canary Islands …Read more here

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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…
Read more here

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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

a few years later…Read more here

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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….
Read more here

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Zhang Xinping
Cruising Instructor
Known to his friends as “Jungle”, a Chinese speaking Cruising instructor,

originally from China, before moving to France….Read more here

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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….Read more here

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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,

the North Sea, the Med, or the English Channel…Read more here

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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….Read more here

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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…
Read more here

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James Grey
Principal
Armed with sales and marketing experience and a passion for sailing,

Jim moved to La Gomera from Ireland 20 years ago….Read more here

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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!…Read more here

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Andrea Robins
Admin & Accounting
Andrea has many years of work experience in Customer Service,

Administration and Accountancy….Read more here

17th November 2023 | James Grey | Sailing News

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Meet the Canary Sail Team

Meet The Team at Canary Sail

17th November 2023 | James Grey | Sailing News

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