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We currently employ many instructors and office staff at Hoylake Sailing School/JPMA.
This is a brief run down of everybody you will meet when you visit us at Marine House.
ANNA PERCIVAL-HARRIS – Managing Director, JPMA. Principal, Hoylake Sailing School (UK & Riviera).
BA(Hons) Enterprise Management. Holds RYA Dayskipper Shorebased, Diesel, VHF, Fire Safety & STCW Elementary First Aid certs.
Previously an Events Manager, Public Sector.
KAYLEIGH CHATTEN – Accounts & Personnel Manager.
Holds AAT Foundation Cert (Accounting Level 2). Holds STCW Basic Safety Certificates.
Previously ran a Balearics based Superyacht chandlery
JULIE DAVIES – Centre Manager.
Member of HSS/JPMA Business Development Team.
Attended Elliot Clarke School of Dance & Drama.
Previously a Disability Sports Development Officer.
CHERYL HARDMAN- Bookkeeper.
Holds BTEC Business Studies & Foundation for the Accountancy Profession.
Professional Bookkeeper for over 35 years.
CATHERINE LUCAS – Receptionist/Administrator.
Holds GNVQs in Leisure & Tourism and Customer Service.
Previously worked as Reception/Customer Services in the Private Sector.
ALI MEALOR – Receptionist/Administrator.
BA (Hons) Business and Tourism Management.
Previously ran a CPR and Medical Emergencies Training Company.
STEVE BARROWMAN
Teaches RYA Day Skipper, RYA Yachtmaster Offshore, VHF/SRC, Diesel Engine, Radar, Fire Safety, AEC 1, Workboat Stability.
RYA Yachtmaster Examiner/Power Trainer.
Watch Manager, Merseyside Fire & Rescue Service (Retired).
GEOFF BUTT
Teaches RYA Day Skipper, RYA Yachtmaster Offshore, RYA Yachtmaster Ocean, MCA Celestial Navigation.
Degree in Chemical Engineering. Holds RYA Yachtmaster Ocean CoC.
Retired Senior Manager ICI.
THEO CAMPBELL
Teaches Oral Preparation for OOW and Master <200.
Holds Chief Mate Unlimited CoC.
Current seagoing Chief Officer.
ANDY CHESTERS
Teaches Oral Preparation for OOW and Master.
Holds Master (Yachts <500gt) CoC.
Current seagoing Master.
PHILLIP DON
Teaches AEC 1 & 2, SV Auxiliary Equipment I & II, SV Marine Diesel Engineering, SV Operational Procedures & Hotel Services, SV Stats & Ops, SV Applied Marine Engineering and Oral Preparation for Engineering.
Holds Chief Engineer Unlimited CoC (Motor).
Retired Chief Engineer.
DR JAMIE FANNING
Teaches RYA & MCA First Aid & Medical First Aid Aboard Ship.
RYA Senior Dinghy Instructor, RYA Powerboat Instructor. Principal of Wallasey Scout Boathouse RTC.
Anaesthetist, Countess of Chester Hospital.
JOHN HORNETT
Teaches SV Auxiliary Equipment I & II, SV Marine Diesel Engineering, SV Operational Procedures & Hotel Services, SV Stats & Ops, SV Applied Marine Engineering, General Science I & II and Oral Preparation for Engineering.
BSc Mechanical Engineering (Marine Options). Chartered Marine Engineer. Holds Chief Engineer (Motor) Unlimited CoC.
Retired Chief Engineer & HNC Engineering Lecturer.
DAVID JONES
Teaches AEC 1 & 2, SV Auxiliary Equipment I & II, SV Marine Diesel Engineering, SV Operational Procedures & Hotel Services, SV Stats & Ops, SV Applied Marine Engineering and Oral Preparation for Engineering. Member of HSS/JPMA Business Development Team.
Holds Second Engineer Unlimited CoC (First Class Endorsement).
Ex Chief Engineer 400 bed 4 Star Hotel.
PETER LEWIS
Teaches OOW GSK, OOW Nav & Radar, Master Seamanship & Meteorology, Master Stability, Workboat Operations, General Engineering Science I & II and Oral Preparation for OOW & Master.
BSc Nautical Science. Holds Chief Mate Unlimited CoC,
Retired Nautical Studies Lecturer.
STEPHEN LENNON
Teaches Oral Preparation for Engineering.
(MSc) Marine Engineering, Naval Architecture & Management. MRINA, MIMarEST. Holds Y1 CoC.
Current Seagoing Yacht Chief Engineer.
NICK LYNCH
Teaches HELM (Operational) & (Management).
RYA PWC Instructor, RYA Powerboat Instructor, RYA Senior Windsurfing Instructor, RYA Senior Dinghy Instructor.
Former Centre Manger & Principal Instructor of large watersports centre.
GARTH MURRAY
Teaches Master Business & Law and Oral Preparation for OOW & Master. Member of HSS/JPMA Business Development Team.
Holds OOW Unlimited CoC & Master (Yachts) <500gt CoC.
Formerly UK Border Force, and Maritime & Law Enforcement Advisor to UAE Coastguard, Abu Dhabi.
PETER O’DONNELL
Teaches AEC 1 & 2, SV Auxiliary Equipment I & II, SV Marine Diesel Engineering, SV Operational Procedures & Hotel Services, SV Stats & Ops, Master Workboat Operations and Oral Preparation for Engineering.
Holds First Class Engineer Unlimited (Motor) CoC.
Retired Chief Engineer.
JOHN PERCIVAL-HARRIS
Teaches AEC 1 & 2. Building Manager and Member of HSS/JPMA Business Development Team.
Holds SV Chief Engineer CoC.
Ex Superyacht & Workboat Chief Engineer.
DAVE ROBSON
Teaches Oral Preparation for Engineering.
Holds Small Vessel Chief Engineer <3000gt/<9000kW CoC.
Current Seagoing Yacht Chief Engineer.
IAIN ROWLANDS
Teaches Oral Preparation for Engineering.
Holds Chief Engineer Unlimited CoC (Motor).
Current Seagoing Chief Engineer.
ANDY VIDAMOUR
Teaches Oral Preparation for OOW and Master, and Master Workboat Operations.
BA (Hons) Geography and Archaeology.
Holds Master (Yachts <3000gt) CoC.
Current seagoing Master and OOW.
CAPTAIN PAUL WHITE – IT Manager
Teaches RYA Day Skipper, RYA Yachtmaster Offshore, RYA Yachtmaster Ocean and Oral Preparation for OOW & Master.
Holds Master Unlimited COC.
Current Seagoing Captain, 93m Private Yacht.
IAIN WOODSIDE
Teaches RYA & MCA First Aid & Medical First Aid Aboard Ship, Fire Safety, Personal Survival Techniques & HELM (O).
Fire Fighter, Merseyside Fire & Rescue.
Ex Royal Navy Leading Seaman, Electronic Warfare.
RETIRED
CAPTAIN KEITH CEDERHOLM MNI
Deck Instructor & member of HSS/JPMA Business Development Team. Retired Jan 2015.
Holds Master Unlimited CoC.
Retired Pilot.
CAPTAIN BILL MARR
Deck Instructor. Retired Jan 2016.
Holds Master Unlimited CoC.
Retired Ships Master/Consultant.
GREG HUNT
Deck Instructor. Retired 2020.
Holds Chief Mate CoC.
Retired Police Officer.
IAN PAKULA
Deck Instructor. Retired 2020.
Holds Master Unlimited COC.
Ex Fisheries Officer. Freelance Cargo Surveyor/Superintendant.
CAPTAIN PAUL FOULDS
Deck Instructor. Retired 2022.
Holds Master Unlimited CoC
Retired Master Marine
PETER MADDEN
Deck Instructor. Retired 2023.
Holds First Class PMG, City & Guilds Telecoms.
Retired Radio Officer and Integrated Bridge System Installation Manager, Kelvin Hughes.
ROBBIE GOULD
Deck Instructor. Retired 2023.
Holds MCA AB Certificate and City & Guilds in Seamanship.
Ex-Chief Petty Officer (Seaman Specialist), Royal Navy. Received Mentioned in Dipatches award.
DAVID WHITE
Radio Instructor. Retired 2023.
Holds GMDSS GOC and STCW (A-16).
Retired Radio Officer
MIKE NASH
Engineer Instructor & Member of HSS/JPMA Business Development Team. Retired 2024.
Holds Second Engineer Unlimited (Steam) CoC
Retired Independant Land Rover & Range Rover Specialist.
IN MEMORIAM
CAPTAIN JOHN PERCIVAL MRIN, MNI
6th April 1945 – 9th March 2014
Held Master Unlimited CoC.
Founder of Hoylake Sailing School Ltd & John Percival Marine Associates.
CAPTAIN LEIGH JOHNSON
2nd July 1953 – 26th November 2013
Held Master Unlimited CoC. Deck Instructor.
MIKE DIGGLE
5th July 1941 – 22nd October 2016
CMarEng, FIMarEST, B Eng (Hons).
Held Chief Engineer (Steam & Motor) Unlimited CoC. Engineering Instructor.
RICHARD SCRIMGEOUR
20th June 1952 – 17th November 2018.
Held 1st Class Combined Certificate (Steam & Motor) & Degree in Mechanical Engineering. Deck & Engineering Instructor.
BRIAN FOGG
19th August 1936 – 1st September 2020.
Retired Industrial Electrical Engineer. Lead RYA Instructor at Hoylake Sailing School for 24 years.
CAPTAIN DAVID HINKS
10th June 1953 – 20th June 2022.
Held Master Unlimited CoC. Deck Instructor.
CAPTAIN ANDY ‘SPIKE’ MILLIGAN
12th September 2024.
Held Master Unlimited CoC. Deck Instructor.
Photographs © Hoylake Sailing School, Al Green, Instructors & their Families.