Released on: April 30, 2008, 4:56 am

Press Release Author: Global Yacht Training

Industry: Human Resources

Press Release Summary: Amidst the doom and gloom reporting in the British press
regarding the recent "credit crunch" there is evidence that UK sailing school
Global Yacht Training is seeing an increase in bookings which it attributes to
redundancies in the city.

Press Release Body: New figures from the Centre of Economics and Business Research
predict that nearly 30,000 jobs will be slashed over the next few months and already
major city banks and financial groups have slashed UK city jobs over the last few
months. For Global Yacht Training, a UK company that specialises in training people
to work in the yachting industry this news is anything but the misery that the press
are currently reporting. The sailing company has actually seen a significant
increase in people taking up sailing courses which lead to professional sailing
qualifications in the last six months. Some of these bookings have come from people
looking change direction in their careers and using their redundancy pay outs to
invest in getting training to work in the expanding yachting industry. Global Yacht
Training is expecting a significant increase in people taking up sailing courses in
the next few months as more and more people take career breaks, or lose their
current jobs.

For many of Global Yacht Training's customers redundancy has been the turning point
which has lead them to time to think again about what they truly want from a career
and rediscover old dreams. The often quoted phrase heard from these new customers is
"it is a lifestyle choice, I want to get out of the rat race" . Being able to train
for a new career whilst embarking on an exciting Atlantic crossing, exploring some
of the most beautiful Caribbean sailing areas or sailing the Mediterranean is
probably a big incentive in the decision to take the plunge and give up the large
salary, impressive bonus and hefty mortgage for a life sailing in the sun.

Global Yacht Training offers sailing and training in worldwide locations such as UK,
Mediterranean, Australia and the Caribbean. The sailing courses train people from
beginner right up to Yachtmaster level, which is a formal qualification which allows
people to skipper a yacht commercially.

Jobs in the marine industry vary and so does the pay, but for most people who have
worked in another industry before taking up sailing the rewards go far beyond the
financial. Following a Global Yacht Training Yachtmaster course there are many
exciting options open to the graduate. These include working as a flotilla skipper
or mate, delivery skipper and yacht crew positions world-wide. With more experience,
the skipper could be in charge of a Mediterranean charter or teaching centre, be
responsible for a fleet of charter yachts or land a great job working for a private
race yacht owner.

There are then many options to further a sailing career. Teaching or becoming the
Principal of a sailing school requires instructor endorsement - first as a cruising
instructor and then Yachtmaster instructor. Ocean Yachtmaster is the next step for
those wanting to work as a trans-ocean delivery skipper or on private ocean-going
superyachts.


Company bios - info for editors.

Global Yacht Training

Global Yacht Training offers sailing and training in worldwide locations. RYA
qualifications up to Yachtmaster level, sailing adventures and offshore trips. Learn
to sail in Australia, UK and the Mediterranean. Global Yacht Training is a RYA
recognised sea school that specialises in intensive yachtmaster courses designed to
take you from beginner right up to Yachtmaster level.


Web Site: http://www.globalyachttraining.com

Contact Details: 51 Britannia Way
Cowes
Isle of Wight
po31 7jw
info@globalyachttraining.com