A highly experienced and professional freelance RYA Cruising Instructor and Commercially Endorsed RYA Yachtmaster. Sam has been on the water since being a youngster with her grandfather. Sam has owned motorboats and sailboats and enjoys being on or around the water whenever possible.
Moving through the ranks of sailing experience and qualification Sam was also a crew member on the 2017/18 Clipper Round The World yacht race helping yacht GARMIN romp home to victory in leg 8 from New York to Liverpool via Derry Londonderry.
Sam is working towards RYA Yachtmaster Ocean having completed the theory in the summer of 2020.
Skipper
Sam McClements
Paul Minett
Skipper
Paul started sailing when he was 12 years old and raced a one-design racing boat with his cousin on the Thames at Benfleet Yacht Club and he hasn't stopped sailing since then.
He's sailed every class of dinghy, from laser to symmetric skiffs, single-handedly. He's owned five different yachts, including a Hanse 400. He qualified as an off-shore yacht master in 2009.
Paul has completed two ocean crossings and has over 60,000 miles behind him.
He became a professional sailor at the end of his business career and has skippered several larger yachts, the highlight being a Farr 65 which was built for the Millennium Clipper Round the World Race. He's also an instructor and specialises in team building.
Skipper
Steve Hodges
Following and early introduction into all things nautical through attending The London Nautical School in the mid 1990's 'Hodge' took a break from the sport while building a career in IT, having a family and playing club level rugby.
After an extended break only sailing on corporate events he then reengaged with the sport after relocating to Chatham, Kent and participating in a number of training courses, milebuilders, social racing and RYA accreditation's.
Now a qualified RYA Yachtmaster Instructor (YMI), and commercially endorsed Offshore Yachtmaster Hodge currently part way through RYA Yachtmaster Ocean qualification he enjoys dividing his time between family time, running a global IT business, yacht deliveries and instructing all levels of the RYA Cruising Scheme.
Nigel is a qualified Yachtmaster with over 25,000 ocean miles in the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans and more than 5,000 coastal miles since starting sailing 50 years ago. Experienced racing and cruising sailor, always placing safety at the heart of the enjoyment of being out on the water.