Simon Smith, principal of Safe Sailing is a professional yacht skipper, sailing instructor and sailing safety consultant.
He has sailed for over twenty years and has been an RYA Yachtmaster instructor for more than a decade. He has taught at some of the most prestigious sailing schools around the Solent and was staff skipper on the Ocean Youth Trust North West sail training vessel, Greater Manchester Challenge. He has also skippered the world famous Challenge yachts.
In thousands of miles afloat, Simon has encountered and survived the kind of sailing emergencies that haunt sailors' nightmares, including engine room fires, structural failure of a wooden hull, ramming, crew wipeout due to seasickness, storms and a crew member overboard.
Some of Simon's qualifications include:
-RYA yachtmaster with commercial endorsement for sail and motor yachts
-RYA yachtmaster instructor for both sail and motor yachts
-RYA sea survival instructor
-MSA ship captain’s medical
