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:

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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!"

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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.

'Chris helped me from the very start of of my boating journey. From relocating the boat from IOW to Haslar and then a steady flow of instructional days aboard my own boat, Chris was excellent in all departments. Very knowledgable, tailored the eduction and learning to my pace and desired outcomes for me and my family, helped me get to grips with the boat and understand her intricacies, helped to build my confidence and start me off on my own boating journey. A great guy to work with and have aboard. I'm looking forward to learning and developing with Chris over the coming months and taking my boating knowledge to the next level. Would highly recommend Chris for any boating projects you may need.'