The Skipper.

John R-B is a qualified skipper, with the Yachtmaster Offshore certificate,  and a commercial endorsement (up to 200 tons) issued by Royal Yachting Association.

He has sailed a range of different craft, especially traditional wooden boats  (gaff, lugger etc).  and has plenty of sailing experience, not only around the British Isles and Europe, but also the other side of the “Pond”, including a solo crossing of the North Atlantic in a 1906 Plymouth Workboat.

At 39 years,  John has had a varied life that has ranged from sailing instruction, to organising teams, projects and expeditions in some of the far flung parts of the world  (E. Africa, Tajikistan, Sri Lanka, Eritrea, Colombia etc). 

All this gives him a good grounding in taking on the responsibility and care of delivering your vessel worldwide, and overcoming problems that might occur along the way.

When not at sea, John builds traditional wooden boats and dinghies.

Relevant Qualifications and courses:

•  RYA/DTp  Yachtmaster Offshore

• VHF Radio license

•  RYA  First Aid  course

•  Personal Survival Techniques  (Marine Safety Agency,  UK)

•  Heavy Vehicle Mechanics  (diesel engines)

•  Boat building

Short courses:

•  Repuesta de Emergencies por los Disastres 

•  Basic Management Course

•  Logistics in situations precarious

 Languages:

•  English,

•  Spanish,

•  Grounding in French. 

Crew:

John works from a data base of suitable crew.   In choosing crew, he looks for a people who not only have experience or qualifications, but more importantly are responsible, dependable and resourceful.

He will also skipper a boat with crew provided by the owner if required.