Operating year-round since 1988, we are Australia’s first Royal Yachting Association Sailing School and Melbourne’s best, according to our many students.
Our goal is simple: to share our love of sailing with the world. We achieve this by teaching sailing to beginner, experienced and competitive sailors from Melbourne and beyond.
Book a sailing course if you have always wondered what it was like to stand at the wheel of a yacht or if you are looking forward to spending more time on the water as skipper of your own vessel.
At Yachtmaster, we have a highly professional approach and are focused on safety, but our number one aim is for you to always have a great time while learning. Join us and kick-start your own addiction to being out on the water.
“There is nothing better than spending a good day on the water to restore your mind, your body, your heart and your soul.” Dr Wallace J Nichols
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Born on a Dutch cargo barge in Holland, Jamie Marshall has spent his entire life on the water learning to steer cargo barges through the European canal and river systems during his early childhood years. In 1994, Jamie moved to the south coast of the UK aged 14, he began sailing small wooden boats on the Teign estuary in Devon and Cornwall before leaving home at age 15 on a 19-foot Dolphin cabin cruiser to complete a circumnavigation of the UK inland waterways.
Continuing his passion for boating, Jamie began training on sailing yachts with the RYA in Southampton at age 21, sailing around the famous Isle of Wight and Cowes, achieving all of his RYA qualifications and MCA licences.
In 2006, Jamie was asked to move to Mallorca in Spain and take on the role of Skipper for a renowned classic 1961 Feadship; Alto Volante. In the same year, Jamie began working as an instructor for the RYA, through the Hamble School of yachting.
Progressing his career through privately owned power and sailing vessels all over Europe, the Mediterranean, North Africa, New Zealand, Australia and the Caribbean, Jamie has a wealth of over 40 years of experience on the water on many types of vessels and conditions.
Jamie took on the role of Southern Cross Yachting’s RYA Principal, Chief Instructor and Operations Manager in 2021.
He speaks English, fluent French and Spanish.
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