Powerboat Training UK is
a family run
professional RYA
Training Centre running
the full range of RYA
Powerboat, Motorboat,
Shorebased and PWC
Training Courses. Our
Headquarters and main
training base is in
Poole but we also have a
base in the Solent and
have trained people on
their own boats
throughout the UK,
Europe, the US, the
Caribbean and even in
the Middle East. We run
courses throughout the
year in all weathers.
We are Paul and Viv
Glatzel and we founded
Powerboat Training UK ('PTUK')
back in 2000. When we
founded the business our
aim was to grow a school
that coupled an honest
and straightforward
approach to dealing with
our customers ( - deal
with others as you wish
to be dealt with
yourself!) coupled to a
highly professional
approach to training
using first rate
facilities and kit.
The school has grown and
evolved far faster than
we could have ever hoped
and we would like to
think that we are now
considered amongst the
premier providers of RYA
Powerboat, Personal
watercraft, Motor
Cruising and Shorebased
training in the UK - and
for certain specialist
courses further afield.
From our early days we
have always been hugely
careful about which
Instructors we ask to
train for us and always
ensure that they go
through a full induction
programme before they
work with you. After all, whilst we can provide
the facilities and the
kit for your training
course it is the
Instructor that you will
remember and will
inspire you to recommend
us to others.
We have a core group of
Instructors that work
for us with the majority
having been with us for
many years. The group of
instructors is supported
in the Office by Esther
and Viv who ensure that
everything runs
smoothly, Instructors,
Classrooms and Boats are
booked and that your
course is both fun and
straightforward to book.
In 2003 we were
delighted when the RYA
asked Paul to write the
RYA Powerboat Handbook
for them. This was a
great compliment and
lots of fun to do. 2009
saw the publication of
the 2nd edition of the
book which consistently
features in the top 2 or
3 best sellers in the
sector.
Paul contributes
regularly to a variety
of magazines and was one
of a few writers of the
recently published book
by Adlard Coles - Heavy
Weather Powerboating
We are very much a
family run business and
our children Hannah and
Sam play an active part
in the school and are
pretty good boat
handlers too! Our
company mascot is "mad
dog Buffa" our family
dog.
As we have stated our
approach is very much to
be honest and upfront
with people about
training feeling that by
doing so - even if it
means recommending
people to other training
providers - that this is
the right approach. Like
any business we won't
get everything right but
we'll be honest enough
to admit our mistakes
and work to improve.
We sincerely hope that
we have the chance of
providing training to
you and look forward to
working with you.
Paul & Viv Glatzel
and 'the Team'