Mike (shown here with British Powerboat Champion Shelley Jory-Leigh) – is the Chief Instructor of Aboard Boat Coaching and founded ABC in 2018. 

Mike has spent over 40 years on boats of various types and has been an RYA Instructor since 2007. He has formal teaching qualifications as an adult classroom trainer in addition to his boating qualifications and is a very calm and relaxed Instructor, he is absolutely meticulous for planning and attention to detail. Mike is a member of the Society for Education and Training (SET) and passes on his skills as a classroom trainer to the other instructors during meetings and training days. Mike’s focus is on ensuring that all instructing at the school combines  professionalism with safe and entertaining learning.

Mike teaches Powerboat Courses including Advanced Powerboat, Powerboat Level 2, Safety Boat, PWC, First Aid, Diesel Engine & he is also a VHF Radio Instructor/Assessor.

Martin joined the Merchant Navy as a Navigation Deck officer at the age of 16.

After qualifying with a 2nd Mates Foreign going certificate in 1979, he served a further 2.5 years as 3rd Mate before leaving to join the Metropolitan Police.

During his 30 year police service, he took up yachting and became a Yachtmaster Offshore and then a RYA Cruising and Shorebased instructor.  Martin runs our RYA Day Skipper Course and RYA Yachtmaster Courses. Whilst a keen Sailor Martin teaches our Navigational Courses making sure they are 100% relevant to both Sail and Powerboat students alike. The feedback we get after his courses is excellent.

Apart from running RYA courses Martin has delivered yachts in the UK and Europe and now works as a freelance Yachtmaster and Instructor both on the water and in the classroom.