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Hi. My name's Mark and I'm the owner of this website. I hope you're finding it useful.


I work as an RYA Yachtmaster Instructor. Feel free to ask questions in the member forums or chat.


Overview

Sailing Experience
Over 250,000 miles, a race circumnavigation and two round the world yacht races as skipper. Sydney Hobart as skipper of Team Garmin and The Fastnet Race several times. Currently working as a Freelance Clipper Training skipper & RYA Yachtmaster Instructor.
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Mark Burkes
Usual type of Sailing
Professional
RYA Qualifications
RYA Yachtmaster Ocean & Yachtmaster Instructor
Miles Logged
250,000 miles+
Experience Level
35 years

Posts (14)

Jan 1, 2025 ∙ 2 min
Fancy Sailing in the South Pacific?
I'm currently sailing on board a Neel 51 in New Zealand. The owner plans to sail to Indonesia between April and September this year.
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Feb 24, 2023 ∙ 4 min
The dance of the sun, moon, and earth: A brief overview of tidal cycles
The fundamental cause of tides is the gravitational force between the earth, moon, and sun. The science bit says that the...
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Nov 26, 2021 ∙ 1 min
Our Website & How to Use our New Phone App!
Check out our new Wix Spaces branded app! It's FREE and we think it rather good.
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