A few words about us: our team simply loves the sea and the oceans! Sailing is just the best way to stay in close contact with nature, and we simply love what we do. All of our passionate and patient sailing instructors have been trained by the RYA. They have a wealth of experience to help you get the best out of your course and they have been selected with two main criteria in mind:
– Their professional qualifications (all are at minimum qualified as RYA Yachtmaster Offshore, and have sailed and taught for thousands of miles).
– Their passion for what they do: we all just love being on the water! Transferring our passion to anyone willing to learn or join in is what keeps us going!
Professional yet easy-going, their passion for sailing is contagious!
Our Story
The story of White Wake Sailing is a relatively recent one, since it was officially founded in 2018. Its team however has been teaching and operating at sea long before then.
Franco is the passion and soul behind it. After 24 years of working around the world as an executive in food multinationals, it was time for a change, so he went back to his passion, neglected for too long due to other priorities, and started his own school.
We are neither a ‘license factory’, nor a military operation but simply a school with a clear set of ethical standards, an eye for the environment, and a definitive commitment to spreading the love for sailing.
The feedback received from our students so far is very motivating, and it seems to be telling us that we are going in the right direction.
You can read our students’ reviews HERE.
About us: meet the team
Franco Del Fabbro – Principal & Chief Instructor
Nationality: Italian
Spoken languages: Italian, English, German, Spanish
RYA qualifications:
Yachtmaster Instructor
Yachtmaster Ocean
SRC / VHF Assessor
Shorebased Navigation Instructor
Other Qualifications:
FB3 Austrian License
Franco loves to sit by the wheel on the lee side of the yacht and feel the water splash by. You will get used to hearing him saying ‘sloooowly!’ when maneuvering…
Elisa Carraro – Sailing Instructor
Nationality: Italian
Spoken languages: Italian, English, Spanish
RYA qualifications:
Cruising Instructor
Yachtmaster Ocean
Shorebased Navigation Instructor
SRC Assessor
Other Qualifications:
Italian sailing license – no limits
CONI sailing instructor, 2nd level
PhD in Aquatic Ecology
Elisa only drinks proper Italian coffee, so make sure your galley is properly stocked up. Elisa cares a lot for the environment and she always carries her fishing net with her, so no floating piece of plastic gets left out at sea. A good excuse for an extra ‘Plastic-over-Board’ exercise….
Mark Coombe – Sailing Instructor
Nationality: British
Spoken languages: English, French
RYA qualifications:
Yachtmaster Instructor Sail and Power
Yachtmaster Offshore
Shorebased Navigation Instructor
SRC / VHF Assessor
Other
PADI Scuba Instructor
At home on munohulls as well as big (and we mean BIG!) catamarans, there is nothing in relation to the sea that mark has not had something to do with…