JPMA & Hoylake Sailing School

We’re happy to announce that the winner of this month’s #JPMA20 photo competition is Japie Wiedeman, who submitted the photo above. We were impressed with the standard of entries we received, and would like to thank everyone who entered the competition. Special mentions go to Scarlett Harris and Andy Rigby, who were close contenders. Win […]

We are very proud to announce the number of first attempt passes for our oral and written Deck & Engineering exams in 2016. Like last year, and many previous, our results have significantly improved as we continue to provide training for those in the Superyacht, Workboat and Merchant industries. This is all thanks to the […]

We’re celebrating 20 years! During 2017 JPMA will be running monthly competitions and offers to celebrate our 20th anniversary. January’s competition is ‘Who’s Who?’ – we’ve given you 20 photos of some of the JPMA crew from 20 years ago (or more, in some cases!). Can you guess who they are? There are multiple choice […]

2016 Winner Announced: On the final day of the busiest Monaco Yacht Show in many years, we were delighted to announce the winner of the 2016 John Percival Leadership Award. Cy Wastell was nominated by his Captain, who had the following to say: “During the last 2 years, I have watched Cy set the highest […]

The numbers are in for our written and oral exam pass rates from 2015, and we have a lot to smile about. There has been a significant increase in first attempt passes in most subjects – JPMA has always been known for high pass rates and these results speak for themselves. Managing Director, Anna Percival-Harris […]

2016 sees a new era for John Percival Marine Associates, as several Deck and Engineering Instructors have joined our expanding team. Following on from the recent retirement of 2 long serving instructors, Captains Bill Marr and Keith Cederholm, our new additions bring a wealth of fresh knowledge and experience to the classrooms. In particular, two of the new […]

Candidates for the OOW (Yachts <3000gt) CoC are required to hold an RYA Yachtmaster Offshore CoC (or IYT Master of Yachts <200gt). To obtain a YM Offshore CoC, candidates must have undertaken half of their qualifying mileage (1250 miles) on vessels <24 metres. The RYA have identified that this is difficult for some crew, stating: […]

The STCW Convention 1978 has been amended by the 2010 Manila Amendments and contains new requirements for all seafarers. In addition, the MCA have recently made changes to the pre-requisites for UK STCW CoCs. See all of the changes here: Changes to Master <200, OOW, Chief Mate, Master & Engineer Yachts Requirements

The MCA have been in consultation with JPMA and the National Workboat Association for the last 5 years to develop the new STCW Master (Workboats) <500gt CoC. Captain Roger Towner of the MCA announced at Seawork on Tuesday 25th June 2013 that the M Notice was in production, and is now available online. Click here to download MGN […]

JPMA/Hoylake Sailing School are now an approved ELCAS training provider. http://www.enhancedlearningcredits.com/ “The MOD’s Enhanced Learning Credits Scheme (ELC) is an initiative to promote lifelong learning amongst members of the Armed Forces. The ELC scheme provides financial support in the form of a single up-front payment in each of a maximum of three separate financial years”

The winners of our 15th Anniversary competition were drawn at Monaco Yacht Show, and they are as follows: Winner of an iPod Touch – Ryan Smith Rhys Lovering Winner of an iPod Shuffle – Bree MacDonald Ben Semmens Tori Steinmeier Burger Van Der Walt Roy Deas Congratulations to all!

In 2012 JPMA are celebrating our 15th year in the Superyacht industry.Hoylake Sailing School was established in 1996, to run RYA shorebased courses, and very shortly afterwards we were approached to run oral preparations for Class 4 oral exams.We formed JPMA in 1997, to deal solely with the Superyacht sector, and since then we have gone […]

On 17th December 2010, we moved back into our training centre, 7 months after fire tore through the building. We’d like to say a big thank you to everyone who has supported us, and worked to ensure a smooth transition. Our official opening ceremony took place on 24th January 2011. Councillor John Hale stepped in […]