OWN BOAT TUITION
What we can offer:
Travel to you to provide tuition on your boat, from preparing it for sea, berthing and mooring, to day sailing and longer passages
Show you how to carry out routine maintenance, such as engine servicing and winterising, or just how to service and repair your boat where you would like
Provide preparation for Yacht Master Coastal and Offshore exams and mileage experience on your own boat
Provide you with advice and guidance on passage planning, night sailing, navigation and running your boat
Help you prepare and show you what to do if you have machinery or boat system failure on passage
We can build your confidence in skills like anchoring, strong wind sailing, offshore passage making, night sailing and manoeuvering
Tailored tuition
We always tailor our lessons to your individual needs
Flexible booking
We know life can be busy, so we always do our best to work around your commitments
20+ years of experience
Knowledge from a Certified RYA/MCA Yacht Master & Skipper with over 20 years of sailing experience
All skill levels
We welcome all levels of sailing, from complete beginner to experienced sailors
Examples of our own boat tuition:
GEMINI 105 MC
Practice mooring on finger and alongside berths; mooring buoys, Day Passage Planning, including weather, tides and safety plans and anchoring, overnight passage planning and crossing.
"We have now used Markham Marine services twice for moving our 34ft catamaran and each time we have had a thoroughly positive experience. I would not hesitate to recommend Chris for both yacht delivery and sail training.
It was also generally just a pleasure having Chris around as part of the crew. I will definitely be recommending to anyone else who might be looking for these services, and would not think twice about going with him if we ever need anything in the future. Thank you!"
SEALINE SC35
Boat safety checks and preparation, how to use mooring warps correctly and safely. Manoeuvring in a marina, on and off berths and cruising on a tidal river.
"We have recently had the benefit of Chris Markham providing us with his experience and knowledge during some ‘lessons’ in boat tuition. It was for our family of 4 on our newly purchased boat, and he was fantastic. He explained everything so clearly and talked to us in ‘non-expert’ language when required to help us pick things up as we went along. Nothing was too much trouble for Chris to talk to all 4 of us individually, or collectively, about either manoeuvres/crew tasks/or general useful information about our boat and how to ‘drive’ it 😀. He was extremely polite and was a calming influence when I was undertaking tricky manoeuvres reversing into a mooring, together with talking to other crew members assisting them with their activities on the boat. He provided valuable feedback to all of us on our roles on the boat, which will help us for future trips. We will be using Chris again for further development of our boating skills ! We would thoroughly recommend Chris for the services he provides. Absolutely Fantastic."
BAVARIA 37
Practice mooring to pontoons, mooring buoys and anchoring. Safety, Day and Coastal Passage Planning. Assisted return trip from the Solent to the Channel Islands, including an overnight Channel Crossing.