Featured Courses
Own Boat training
Improving your skills or going for a full RYA recognised training course on your own vessel
Sailing courses in Italy
Come and do RYA sailing courses in Tuscany with us! Our Italian sailing season is from June to November.
Atlantic Crossing
A fantastic opportunity to experience an Ocean passage add to your nautical miles towards the Yachtmaster, practice Celestial Navigation and
RYA Day Skipper Practical
RYA Day Skipper is a qualification which enables you to safely take charge of a 30-45ft sail cruising yacht and its
RYA Powerboat Level 2
The RYA Powerboat Level 2 course is aimed at students without any previous knowledge and experience on powerboats
The Team: our most precious resource
We believe that our team is what makes the difference. You will sail with enthusiastic, passionate, knowledgeable, skilled instructors and skippers, and be supported in every way by the professionalism and dedication of the members of our team. Whether your experience is a charter, an RYA course at any level, a cruise or a regatta, we are committed to your learning while having fun on the water!
LYSSANDRA BARBIERI
Lyssandra kept one foot on land and one in the water for as long as possible, then finally sailed the high seas, traveling to New Zealand, Australia, the Caribbean, California, a couple of islands in the Pacific, and a little everywhere in the Mediterranean. Principal and Chief Instructor of Second Star Sailing, she teaches shorebased and practical RYA courses from Competent Crew to Yachtmaster Ocean. With a steady diet of (decaf??? Really??) coffee, running and yoga on the side, she keeps her calm aboard at all times.
THALITA ZUR WERRA
Thalita traveled all over the world from her native Switzerland flying, cycling, hiking, diving, paddling… until she found the Zero to Hero YM program and the ARC. It changed her life completely. She quit work, sold her furniture, and went sailing, and since then she’s been on the water anytime possible. Give her a sail boat, photo equipment and some chocolate and she is happy. She has sailed the Carribean, Antarctica and the Western Med as a cruiser or racer, and crossed the Atlantic a few times. As a treat every other day gelato is an absolute must. “Life is like reefing, if you think about it – do it!”
ETTORE DELOGU
Ettore learned to helm as a child. Passing through sailing dinghies and catamarans, he discovered the attraction for blue waters at the age of twenty. Since then he has racked up a good deal of miles between regattas and cruises. RYA Yachtmaster Ocean and Cruising Instructor lives on sailing for sailing, always looking for something to learn. He loves good food on board and bloody mary on land, give him a spinnaker and he’ll be a child again.
GIORDANA FRANGIONI
Better late than never! Giordana, since she hit her head on the boom, has understood what her direction was. Life at sea fascinates her, the physics of sails fascinates her and this is how she has never refused an invitation to a boat and has done everything to satisfy her curiosity. She is committed to making her new passion her job so that she can continue to travel and grow professionally in this adventurous world
MARGARITA OGOLCEVA
Margo took her first sailing classes as a way to relax from a day job, and now sailing has become her only job! She packed her life in two suitcases (one got lost in the way) and moved from Latvia to Antigua to join Second Star Sailing team as a PR and cold beetroot soup expert. Now Margo is slowly collecting sailing experience – taking it course by course, jumping on every other opportunity to be on the water.
BRIAN DEACON
He grew up on the Solent hooked on speedboats and worked in the first dedicated ‘Motor Cruiser School’ until he was 18! Thinking he needed a proper job; he trained as a teacher and was then drawn into a career in sales and marketing.His conversion to sailing came in his 20s when he started sail cruising in the Solent, English Channel and Greece.He finally navigated back to his passion, leaving behind sales targets to take up teaching Sailing and Powerboating as an RYA instructor.From his Devon home on the beautiful River Dart, he takes every opportunity to get on the water, near and far, enjoying nothing more than awakening people’s love for sailing and enabling them to make their dreams a reality.He is a Sailing, Powerboat, PWC and Navigation Theory instructor.
AURORA FERNÈ
Aurora has sailed with her family from a very young age around the Mediterranean, especially in Croatia and Greece. Growing up this turned into a passion, leading her to take part in many sailing courses from Lake Garda to Sardinia, and Brittany. As her high school years drew to a close, she started dreaming of wider horizons. This is how she found herself making her way from Greece to the Canary Islands, to then sail “across the pond”. The Atlantic was an amazing experience that made her decide that a sailing life was all she wanted. Her distinctive features are being the youngest crewmember, a wonderful singer at the helm and a huge Nutella lover.
LAPO BORGHI
Lapo has skippered his boat all along the Italian coast and the Tuscan Islands – he loves the sea in all its guises. He will ask you to smile for the camera or bust a move for the Gopro, using his 30 years of photography and sailing experience to create a fantastic new image. Expert in galley provisioning and social networks, he most enjoys helping children dive off the boat while at anchor. A big smile, and the everpresent wild boar sausages and tuscan cheeses are his secret weapons. His musts? Share and have fun!
RICHARD KNIGHT
Richard Knight, YMI Sail, Powerboat, Advanced, SRC and Boat Master Instructor and a degree in Hospitality Management. A Veteran of 3 Campanian tours of Antigua since 2006, having an iternal compass bringing me back to Antigua. Former Chief instructor In the UK and Europe. Occassionaly found diving in the Big Blue and Skiing in the French alps or reading through my collection on Ian Flemming novels. “The proper function of man is to live, not to exist. I shall not waste my days in trying to prolong them.”
RYANNE SMALL
Being obsessed with the ocean all my life, made it easier for the career path I have chosen at a young age. Starting dinghy sailing at age 9 with the National Sailing Academy, was love at first sight. I stopped at the age of 11 to pursue a career in track and field, short lived when I finished high school. Being a recent college graduate with a degree in social sciences, life was at a stand still. That's until I started working on a sailboat in Jolly Harbour, everything started to fall into place and being fairly young I am truly excited to start this new journey. Doing this internship will help tremendously with a strong guide for my career path and also help to build my confidence.
GILIANA MATTHIAS
After learning of her fathers demise at sea, Giliana embarked on a journey solely to pay tribute to him through sailing. Since then her appetite has enlarged and cannot be completely satiated.
Giliana is willing to gain from the internship the skills to become a competent “shefarer” ; camaraderie and to be part of the only community in Antigua that focuses and fosters female empowerment in the sailing industry. Lastly, her ambition is to be the fuel that propels other females to their fullest potential in the industry.
One fact about Giliana, also known as Gilly, is she never misses an opportunity to make you smile!
LIESBETH ROGGEMAN
After crossing the ocean with Blue Moon, Liesbeth not only realised a dream but got hooked to join the amazing Second Star Sailing crew. Her parents made her fall in love with sailing from a young age after spending their holidays cruising around in the North sea. After graduating in yacht engineering, she moved to warmer Mediterranean waters and gained work experience in Italy. When not on a boat, she is gone kitesurfing or mountaineering. Her vices are ginger cookies and Belgian beers. Goede wind!
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