JPMA & Hoylake Sailing School

Calling all OOW Yacht Deck and SV EOOW students! During the month of March, we’re extending an exclusive opportunity to all aspiring seafarers. When you book onto any of our highly acclaimed courses below, running any time in 2024 and booked between 1st & 31st March, you’ll unlock a fantastic 20% discount on your course […]

. Welcome to the JPMA Awards 2023, where we take immense pride in honouring outstanding individuals who have demonstrated exceptional leadership and commitment to training within the maritime industry. As we reflect on the achievements of 2023, we are delighted to celebrate the remarkable recipients of the John Percival Leadership Award and the JPMA Student […]

“Commitment to Training, Commitment to Crew”  John Percival Leadership Award Celebrates 10 Years of Honouring Outstanding Maritime Leadership and Training Commitment Captain John Percival, an advocate for onboard training and crew development, established JPMA as a crew training centre in the late ’90s, dedicated to fostering high standards across all crew levels and departments. His […]

It’s Awards Season! Forget the Golden Globes, BAFTAs and the Oscars, we’re looking back at 2022 to present our annual JPMA awards: The John Percival Leadership Award; Student Star (Deck) Award; Student Star (Engineering) Award. 2022 WINNER – MATTEO MALFATTI Captain John Percival was an ambassador for on-board training and encouraging investment in a yacht’s […]

John Percival Marine Associates today announced three new partnerships with Nautilus International, MarSAR International and SEACertify.  Anna Percival-Harris, Managing Director of JPMA said “we are thrilled to announce these new partnerships with three prestigious Wirral based companies, in our 25th anniversary year.  JPMA has always aimed to provide crew with a diverse portfolio of services, […]

The numbers are in for our written and oral exam results in 2021! JPMA has always been known for high pass rates at first attempt and the results speak for themselves. As we continue, in our 25th year, to provide training for those in the Superyacht, Workboat and Merchant industries, our first attempt passes have continued to […]

In 2022, John Percival Marine Associates celebrates our 25th year in the Superyacht industry. Hoylake Sailing School Ltd was established in 1996, to run RYA shorebased courses, and very shortly afterwards the Principal, Captain John Percival, was approached to run oral preparation for MCA Deck oral exams. JPMA was then formed in 1997, to deal […]

Every September we usually increase our course fees slightly. This year we have cut prices instead – we’ve reduced the following courses by at least £100 per course: Engineering modules for SV & Yacht CoCs; HELM O & M; Oral Prep for Deck & Engineering. We understand that the pandemic has affected crew in various […]

JPMA has been training Deck and Engineer officers for nearly 25 years. The vast majority of our students have been male, but in more recent years we’ve seen the balance tipped, with many more female students coming to us for their written and oral MCA courses.  On this International Women’s Day we want to shine […]

2020 WINNER – ROBBIE FOX We are proud to announce the winner of John Percival Leadership Award for 2020. Captain Robbie Fox was the worthy winner following his nomination by Jonny Carswell. Here’s what Jonny had to say: “When I joined MY Maraya it was my first job on board a superyacht, and it is […]

We continue to offer Deck & Engineering Oral prep online as well as in the classroom. We are currently running HELM, Yacht & SV Engineering and RYA Shorebased courses in our classrooms in Hoylake. (These courses may be moved online if English guidelines change due to another spike in virus numbers. You can read more […]

We were happy to announce the winner of this year’s John Percival Leadership Award at the 2019 Monaco Yacht Show. Bosun Sam Brown was the worthy winner following his nomination by Deckhand Colleen Meehan. Here’s what Colleen had to say: “I have had the pleasure of working under Sam for about a year, during which […]

The numbers are in for our written and oral exam results in 2018! JPMA has always been known for high pass rates at first attempt and the results speak for themselves. As we continue to provide training for those in the Superyacht, Workboat and Merchant industries, our first attempt passes have continued to impress. This is all […]

As an RYA and MCA training centre it is our aim to provide advice, training and guidance to all students we meet. Whilst our instructors are here to deliver education and training, they also emotionally support students throughout their studies, whether they’re attending a 1 day or 3 week course. During 2018 we asked our […]

As an RYA and MCA training centre it is our aim to provide advice, training and guidance to all students we meet. Whilst our instructors are here to deliver education and training, they also emotionally support students throughout their studies, whether they’re attending a 1 day or 3 week course. In 2017, we asked our […]

To round off our 20th anniversary year, during which we have run competitions, completed challenges, BBQ’d and other exciting events, we wanted to showcase one of our success stories, a student of whom we are extremely proud: Matt Pownall-Jones came to us 20 years ago, when he was just 16 years old and not really […]

The MCA have recently formalised an arrangement with the PYA and Nautilus for them to verify all sea service before it is submitted with an NoE application. You do not need to be a member of either organisation to have your service verified, but there may be a charge for this service for non-members. MIN […]

We’re celebrating 20 years! During 2017 JPMA will be running monthly competitions and offers to celebrate our 20th anniversary. We are kicking off Autumn with a delightful September discount that’s not to be missed! From 12th September to 6th October we are offering a 20% discount off our Autumn/Winter course fees. Please quote our code […]

We are looking for part-time/sessional Deck and Engineering instructors to work at our Hoylake office. The roles entail delivering lectures and oral preparation to a range of candidates taking SQA and MCA exams. Essential requirement for Engineers is at least an STCW OOW (E) or Y4 (Yachts) CoC and for Deck is at least STCW OOW (Unlimited), OOW (Yachts) […]

2017 Winner Announced – Paul Jones: We were very proud to once again announce the winner of this years John Percival Leadership Award at the 2017 Monaco Yacht Show. Paul Jones was the worthy winner following his nomination by ex-colleague Christian Greenwood, who began working with Paul in 2011. Christian told us: “Paul is an […]