In this episode John Lenz describes his time sailing with various members of the First Class Sailing family....to find out how you could begin your own nautical journey with a coastal sailing course just click here https://www.firstclasssailing.com/rya-courses/coastal-skipper?_gl=1*fd951r*_up*MQ..&gclid=Cj0KCQjwq86wBhDiARIsAJhuphkpNqrp_H-g5iWwg3kswbZ73tMPEz_RVP5KP_gFPUPp7kE7fV9bnBEaAlOMEALw_wcB Born in South Africa, raised in Australia John Lenz describes himself more English than Aussie or South African. His grandfather, who was a Yorkshire man, moved to Zimbabwe many years ago and absolu ..read more

Welcome to another episode in the First-Class Sailing ‘take the helm’ series. Today I’m with Bruce Wickens a shore-based instructor with First Class Sailing. Learning with FCS is a great way to learn how to navigate. and are directly aimed at those that have done little or no actual navigation, regardless of whether you have a lot of sailing experience or in fact none! The course includes learning lots about Day Skipper navigation (including use of GPS and electronic charts), meteorology, the collision regulations and safety procedures. To book your next course visit https://www.firstclasssai ..read more

For this episode podcaster Ceri is talking all things racing with Cameron Davis, who runs a fantastic yacht called Espresso Martini, on behalf of First Class Sailing. He and his first mate will take you out on the water to get a real taste of life at the cutting edge of the racing world in a safe and fully supported environment giving you an experience and adrenaline rush like no other, combined with the satisfaction of working in a team that’s being tested to its limits. To book your taste of racing just visit https://www.firstclasssailing.com/yacht-racing ..read more

Ricky discovered the thrill of sailing relatively late in his life after booking a sailing holiday on a whim for his family. He then signed up for a Round-The-World yacht race, billed as the "Worlds Toughest Yacht Race" - the Global Challenge 2004-5. That experience decided Ricky's future - he gave up his high powered career in Information Technology.Wind forward fifteen years and Ricky has now clocked up 260,000 sea miles, completed another Round-The-World-Race, this time as skipper in 2007-8, six trans Atlantic ARC races, six Fastnet Races, and sixteen Atlantic crossings as well as sailing a ..read more

Alex Eyre talks to First Class Sailing's podcaster Ceri Hurford-Jones about her sailing experiences to date and her plans for the future. At the age of 7 Alex discovered sailing, mucking around in old wooden wayfarers in the Devon estuaries. But is wasn't until University that she really got the sailing bug as she joined the yachting team race training and exploring the Clyde, spending nights at anchor in remote Scottish villages and towns including Tarbet and Holy Loch. In 2013 she ended up working on some ex Whitbread yachts in the Whitsundays taking backpackers on 3 day trips, followed by a ..read more

RNLI crew member Rebecca Miller talks to Ceri about taking part on the 2019 ARC yacht race and how in the middle of a night watch she was visited by a butterfly, whilst whales played in the wake of their 72ft craft.  You could experience this for yourself by clicking here https://www.firstclasssailing.com ..read more

Clive Morgan tells Ceri how he moved from racing a dingy to helming a 72ft racing yacht across the Atlantic from the Canaries to the Caribbean in the ARC Rally. Sailing across the Atlantic is a pretty special experience, let alone racing across. Ocean racing is not for the faint hearted. It might be at times quite physically demanding, certainly exhilarating, and definitely fun. You could experience this for yourself by clicking here........ https://www.firstclasssailing.com ..read more

In this special 'live' edition Hugo talks to fellow candidate Ceri Hurford-Jones about his sailing experiences to date and his three days of yachtmaster prep as he gets ready to face the examiner.  To talk to the First Class Sailing team about improving your own sailing skills visit https://www.firstclasssailing.com ..read more

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