The induction day with Alasdair was excellent. Damien and I were hoping to convince Al we could safely charter the boat. With Damien’s day skipper and my comp crew a little rusty, we were anxious. Alasdair brushed and honed us with berthing tips rope work skills and a great day of sailing. When at the end of the day Damien and I were tired from all the new skills and thought we couldn’t taken any more in, a very enthusiastic Alasdair wanting to share more sailing skills with us, just slowed it all down to our pace and Damien and I went away with increased confidence.
Trudy Brennan
Member on Dumbledore Beneteau 323
All three of us thought Alasdair did a great job with the first three days of our RYA Day Skipper Course.
He knows his stuff, is very enthusiastic and has exactly the right balance between keeping you at it/testing you, but at the same time making it fun. The boys absolutely loved it and were very pleased with their progress particularly in the fairly boisterous wind conditions.
The other thing I liked about Alasdair’s style is that he encouraged to make the decisions ourselves rather than just giving us answers to our questions i.e. forcing us to get used to making Skippers’ decisions. But always there to help out in the event that we messed up, of course. It worked really well. He’s a great asset to Solent Nautical College.
Rodney Steel
Member on Bilbo Bagins Beneteau Oceanis 37
‘John was very good. Both the boys and I enjoyed the time on the water and he gave good instruction and kept the guys interested in learning. I was very satisfied.’
Paul Kavanagh
Member on Fat lady Beneteau Oceanis 40
It was a fantastic session, Alasdair, thank you. There’s nothing like getting 1-to-1 advice for a whole day. I really enjoyed it. Thanks.
James Young
Member on Aragorn Beneteau 323
I must congratulate you on your new staff member, Alasdair. He is such a good instructor and fun to be with.
Linda Mckenzie
Member Shadowfax
