SUFFOLKCOASTSAILING - Key Persons


Simon Read

Job Titles:
  • Training Centre Principal, Chief Instructor & RYA Yachtmaster Instructor
Simon has been sailing since he was 10, when he first caught the bug during a family holiday on the Norfolk Broads. He worked for a major multi-national company for over 30 years, living in UK, Hong Kong and Malaysia, before deciding on a career change in 2007. He started Suffolk Coast Sailing in 2009, and has worked as an instructor for several RYA schools on the UK's East Coast and Langkawi, Malaysia. Simon is particularly keen to welcome families into the world of sailing, and as a father of four, grandfather, and youth rugby coach for 10 years, he has a wealth of experience with children. Shotley Marina Suffolk Coast Sailing School Shotley Marina, Shotley Gate, Ipswich IP9 1QJ +44 (0)7940 016672 Open Mon-Fri: 9am - 6pm simon@suffolkcoastsailing.co.uk