Nigel Rennie started sailing in 1984 whilst serving in the Army (REME). He qualified as a Yachtmaster Instructor in 1990 becoming an RYA Examiner a few years later. He’s skippered large sail training yachts worldwide, crossing most of the oceans and venturing south as far as the Falkland Islands.

Presently Rear Commodore Sailing for Warsash Sailing Club, Nigel splits his sailing time between instructing and examining Yachtmasters, teaching Celestial Navigation, offshore racing safety and boat handling skills. Recreational sailing includes supporting club sailing and family chartering

Here he share with First Class Sailing some of the wealth of experience he has built up as to what makes a Ocean Yachtmaster.

Sue Speed talks to Ceri about remote learning and how First Class Sailing have really helped her to up skill her knowledge base via the on line portal with a live instructor. To find out more about zoom learning with First Class Sailing just visit https://www.firstclasssailing.com/rya-online-sailing-courses

Kate Hattersley explains how an on line theory course she is taking really helped her to get the knowledge she needed for the next step on her sailing journey with First Class Sailing. To find out how to expand your sailing knowledge via an online course, with a live instructor just visit https://www.firstclasssailing.com/rya-courses/yachtmaster-ocean-theory-course

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/

A superb range of courses are on offer from First Class Sailing....listen to find out more from their head instructor. To find out more just go to https://www.firstclasssailing.com/

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/arc-rally-2020

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/arc-rally-2020

Katie chats to Ceri Hurford-Jones from First Class Sailing about the key influences in her life that led her to signing up for a basic RYA training course and then onto becoming a yachtmaster in the space of just a few years, with a very different future now in front of her. To follow Katie out onto the water just visit https://www.firstclasssailing.com/

Novice sailor Billy tells Ceri Hurford-Jones from First Class Sailing how completing an RYA qualified competent crew course gave him the confidence to get onto a yacht and pursue his dreams. If you would like to follow in Billy's footsteps just visit https://www.firstclasssailing.com/