With Viv taking day to day responsibility for the running of the school, in addition to instructing on courses Paul ensures that our boats, classrooms and kit are up to scratch. Paul’s passionate about powerboating and sailing and spends as much time afloat as possible.
Background & qualifications
Paul has written both the RYA Powerboat Handbook and the RYA Advanced Powerboat handbook for the RYA and he writes each month for Powerboat and RIB Magazine and recently started filming with Powerboat and Rib TV for some future episodes!
Paul undertakes most of the Instructor Courses at the school and visits various other centres in the UK, Europe and Middle East to run Instructor courses for them too. He was actively involved in the growth of the RYA Personal Watercraft courses for Superyachts visiting a number of the yachts and running Instructor courses both in the Med and the UK.
If you ask Paul about his two favourite boating moments though he’ll say Antarctica to spend time with British Antarctic Survey and then Bermuda to drive the camera boat for BT Sport on the Americas Cup racetrack.
Paul had great fun with Hannah, Sammy & Viv as part of the Round Ireland RIB Rally doing about 1700 miles in 12 days circumnavigating and before that had undertaken the Round Britain RIB Rally in a 8.5m Scorpion RIB.
Read more about the Great British RIB Rally here here. and ead about the Round Ireland RIB Rally here here.
Paul is also approached to act as an Expert Witness in cases involving motor cruisers, powerboats and personal watercraft.
- RYA Powerboat, Personal Watercraft and Cruising Instructor Trainer
- RYA/MCA Yachtmaster and Advanced Powerboat Examiner
- RYA Centre Inspector (UK, Overseas & Superyacht)
- RYA Yachtmaster Offshore (Power)
- RYA SRC/VHF Trainer
- RYA Radar Instructor
- RYA Sea Survival Instructor
- RNLI Launch Authority and formerly Lifeboat Operations Manager