2 Oceans Maritime Academy opens new RYA/MCA training facility
Thursday, 18 October 2007
2 Oceans Maritime Academy is proud to announce the opening of a new RYA/MCA training facility located in beautiful Hout Bay, Cape Town, South Africa. Recognizing and responding to the super yacht industry’s growing demand for qualified and well rounded crew, 2 Oceans Maritime Academy is offering all RYA shore based and practical courses and examinations from Competent Crew to Yachtmaster Ocean, Master 200-ton, power and sail.
About 2 Oceans Maritime Academy
2 Oceans Maritime Academy is an internationally RYA recognized training facility specializing in the training and certification of deck crew and officers in the super yacht industry. Based in Hout Bay, 2 Oceans Maritime Academy is anchored in first-rate facilities that overlook the harbor and bay, and scenic Chapman’s Peak. Sean Cumming, Academy Principal, with seven years experience as a RYA Yachtmaster Power and Sail Instructor and Adam Cumming, Operations Manager, with five years experience as an officer working on super yachts in the Caribbean, the America’s, and the Mediterranean, head this professionally run academy with its contemporary facilities and modern boats who understand the needs of the super yacht industry’s deck crew.
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