About Us

School Principle – Jean-Pierre Le Tissier

J-P has been teaching sailing courses since 1992, when he ‘cut his teeth’ with the best seamanship school in the UK at the time – Southern Sailing in Southampton.

Since those heady days of driving boats that had more water inside than out and where the culinary highlight of the week was chilli con carne out of a tin from Asda, the boats have improved along with the food though the emphasis on seamanship skills profoundly still remains his main focus.

J-P is an RYA Yachtmaster Examiner & Instructor for Sail and Motor Cruiser, RYA Advanced Powerboat Instructor & Examiner, RYA Personal Watercraft Instructor, RYA Shorebased Instructor and RYA SRC / VHF radio instructor.

He is also Chief Instructor of Vitesse Training at Puerto Portals in Mallorca where he runs courses on motor cruisers from 30 – 85ft.

J-P lives at Brooklands with his wife Fee and two Labradors Grace & Zoe.

Chief Instructor - Dominic Bridgman

Dominic is an RYA Yachtmaster Instructor and Examiner and has been working as a professional skipper and trainer for 20 years. He trained with Ocean Youth Club before moving to Brixham in Devon where he skippered Golden Vanity and Provident, both traditional working sail boats operating as sail training vessels. He also worked freelance as an instructor for Plain Sailing of Brixham and Cornish Cruising of Falmouth.

He co-founded 'Cremyll Sailing', an RYA sea school and sail training organisation based on the Tamar where he worked as principal and chief instructor.

As well as his work with Cornwall Navigation School he also works for EISCA,- A museum and boat preservation trust based at Mashfords boatyard where he is restoring an Uffa Fox flying 30.

Dominic lives in Cremyll with his family.