Skipper Hire and Instruction

Need a skipper or Instructor? Want to improve your boat handling or your sailing skills? However you want to improve we have the Skipper or Instructor you need!

Qualified and Commercially Endorsed Skippers and Instructors. Experienced and professional!

Here’s a list of the some of the services we provide:

  • Sail Training and Sail Trim – from absolute beginner to personalised refresher sessions
  • Boat handling Sail and Motor – Fine tune and learn to confidently execute maneauvures within the harbour where everyone is watching
  • Safety – Understanding and use of on board safety equipment is vital, not only for keeping your crew safe but also for your own peace of mind
  • Man Overboard – MOB pickup, a skill everyone needs to perfect. Hardly ever needed, but when it is, could be the difference between life and death
  • Navigation – both paper and electronic, A to B seems simple enough until you get lost!
  • Boat and Engine Maintenance – These are skills that have got us out of trouble many times, why not learn from our experiences and do the same for yourself and crew.

Have a look at our testimonials page to see some what some competent and confident sailors have to say about learning with Thumbs Up

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I had the joy and the privilege to get my day skipper licence with Matt as my instructor. Matt is not only a very knowledgeable and experienced skipper but through his personality and charisma has an amazing way of transmitting above and beyond what you would normally learn in a safe,  relaxing and friendly manner…
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Stratos Neromyliotis

Day Skipper

A friendly instructor with a relaxed but professional approach to teaching. Matt has a huge amount of knowledge and experience. Me and my daughter went on to gain our RYA qualifications and I wouldn’t hesitate recommending Thumbs Up!
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Steve and Ana

Day Skipper & Competent Crew

We were a mixed group. Some of us wanted to sunbathe, some to learn to sail, some to chill and chat. Matt looked after each of us brilliantly – all while skippering the boat at the same time. He made it seem effortless and that put us all at ease.
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John Ascott

Day Skipper

Palma to Rome

Grand Banks 22m - Palma de Mallorca to Rome A very enjoyable passage across on this Grand Banks 22m. She was heading to the shipyard for a major refit, we decided to take and Engineer with to keep an eye on the systems, due to the fact that Mains and Generators had...

Palma Mallorca to Athens Greece – Yacht Delivery- Truly Classic 65

Delivering a yacht across the Mediterranean in autumn is as much about strategy and resilience as it is about embracing the beauty of the journey. On our recent delivery of a truly classic 65 (lengthened to 68) foot sailing yacht from Palma, Mallorca, to Athens,...

Andre Hoek Truly Classic – Yacht Delivery – Mallorca to Port Vendres, France…. and back!

A tough but short winter delivery. We were required to move S/Y Schwanensee, a beautiful Hoek design Truly Classic 65 (lengthened to 68ft by the owners) to process the sale in France. The leg back to Mallorca saw us with good down wind breeze initially, as can be seen...

Nice, France to Port Adriano Mallorca, Spain

CNB 76 Yacht Delivery France to Spain Another winter yacht delivery - Chilly but some beautiful moments - Videos down below!

CNB 76 Yacht Delivery Barcelona to Gibraltar and back

CNB 76 Yacht Delivery Barcelona to Gib and back With a really favourable forecast late in the season we didn't hesitate to get out and to sea as soon as the 3 crew had arrived. Having a total of 4 of us on board meant that we weren't too concerned about resting up...

Refit of Dehler 41 Mallorca

Pippin of Lymington is a fantastic Dehler 41 that performs fantastically under sail. The owners requested we deliver her to Greece, lying in Palma de Mallorca, we were able to go and check on her condition months before the ETD, and that turned out to be very...

Yacht Delivery Mallorca- Targa 47 – Cala d’or to Andratx for Gardiennage

It feels like its early in the season, but in honesty, we're well overdue being back out on the water. Here's a couple of photos of our delivery of a Targa 47 to Andratx, Mallorca. We took charge of the handover on the owners' request, due to them not being able to be...

I completed the RYA Competent Crew course with Matthew in Spring 2019. He is a fantastic instructor who helped to build confidence and teach the course material, whilst also making the course a thoroughly enjoyable experience. Any and all questions I had were answered with clarity and patience and when tested on course content, all feedback was constructive and very helpful. 

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Ella

Competent Crew

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