"RYA/MCA Yachtmaster Prep week. I spent 8 days on SeaWings's Bavaria 36 in Lisbon's bay area before successfully passing my YachtMaster offshore exam. Having sailed quite a lot in the past I still learned way more than expected in a very short time. Fabrice was a fantastic instructor able to pinpoint my weaknesses and make me work harder on those before the exam. In addition to his ability to quickly gauge our weaknesses and strengths, Fabrice made us discover many passages, harbours, channels and moorings in Lisbon's vicinity. My favourite was definitely Seixal, a hidden gem so close to Lisbon. Another important point was the fact that Fabrice keeps his groups very small in order to fully assess our abilities and help us in a very personal way. Finally, Fabrice's personality an humour made the atmosphere on board very friendly. I wish we could have stayed longer :) Thanks a lot Fabrice!!!" Eneour
Mr Reeve-Gray, owner of a Princess V62, May 2016
"We are the Reeve-Gray family consisting of 6 individuals from the ages of 4 to 40. We have known Fabrice for 5 years, the first interaction of which was taking us on a three week cruise around the western and northern coasts and islands of France. This experience encouraged us to allow Fabrice to look after our boat for three years in the Cascais Marina in Portugal running our boat as a corporate charter venture and catering to our needs when we took holidays there at Easter and Summer. We benefitted from having a relaxed less formal atmosphere on the boat with Fabrice being part of the ‘family crew’, helping us when we explored towns in the destinations we visited and eating with us when we cooked meals or went to restaurants. He would often help out with the children and occasionally babysat should we have wanted to have a quiet dinner by ourselves in a town. Whilst moored in the evenings we would always discuss ideas and plans for the following day’s cruising over a glass of wine and were very happy with his approach. We always felt confident and comfortable under his skippering with clear decisions being made in more difficult circumstances. I would be confident in recommending him for his skippering abilities either for day charter or longer periods."
Mr Reeve-Gray