The Bristol Maritime Academy

Customer Reviews

The Bristol Maritime Academy reviews as published on Google:

• hobbitfeet67

  

  Average rating: a week ago

  Fantastic day of theory and practical learning. Well paced, and instructors had a wealth of real life knowledge and experience. Highly recommend this course to everyone who is taking to open water.

• Dan Roddy

  

  Average rating: a week ago

  Did the two day Outdoor First Aid course. Not my first, er, first aid course, but defintely the first time I've left feeling like I know what I would need to do in an emergency. Well delivered, appropriately paced and clear in what our goals were. Not paid for by work, I chose this myself and would have no hesitation in recommending it to anyone wanting to feel more confident going outside for work, or as I do, to go have fun in the hills.

• Guy Brady

  

  Average rating: 2 weeks ago

  RYA Power Boat 2 Course (2 days)
  I can not recommend this course enough. Our instructor Catherine was highly professional, really helpful, and made the whole process fun. She is one of the best instructors I have come across in years.
  My colleagues in the other boat also gave very good feedback about their instructor. It has exactly the right balance of class room work and practical boating skills. Thanks for a great weekend course.

• Catherine Shepherd

  

  Average rating: a month ago

  Excellent course - really nice mix of theory and practical. The instructors tailored their approach for all ages and experience - I was with my 14 year old son and while we were with three other adults he was made to feel very much part of the course and really enjoyed all of it. Katherine, our instructor, was very (very) calm and clear and gave positive feedback and encouragement while always showing you how you could improve. Would highly recommend.

• Alison Mair

  

  Average rating: a month ago

  What a fantastic place. The course content was delivered by an excellent tutor in a simple no nonsense fashion. Easy to understand and retain information. The venue is good with free all day parking. Cannot recommend it highly enough

• Peter Hayes

  

  Average rating: July 16, 2023

  Took the one day RYA VHF SRC course with them and it was excellent. Great tutor, Dave, with bags of experience at sea. Friendly people, good location and facilities. Learnt so much and was successful with the exam. Highly recommended

• StephenP

  

  Average rating: May 21, 2023

  The course was very well organised and informative. Jack ran the course and has huge experience as a captain of super-yachts and clearly has great skills in teaching. There was a good balance of practical boating and classroom technical leaning. I would recommend the course as a great experience to start your power boat futures.

• Steve Randell

  

  Average rating: March 23, 2023

  I attended the YRA Powerboat Level 2 out of Portishead Marina.
  The course was great fun and very informative.
  The instructor ( Catherine ) was very patient and cool headed, she explained everything extremely well and even gave us a small history lesson in the Avon Gorge!
  All in all a great 2 days and I highly recommend the Bristol Maritime Academy for this qualification.

• Paul Gilbert

  

  Average rating: March 22, 2023

  Attended RYA first aid course here. Our instructor Kat was excellent and very knowledgeable, making the course highly interactive and hands on. The best first aid course I’ve attended by a long way.

• Mike Harrison

  

  Average rating: February 20, 2023

  Excellent intensive Day Skipper course with Andrew Smith over two 3-day sessions, interestingly presented and engaging. Now looking forward to my practical. The location was handy with convenient parking and staff at BMA were helpful too. Back for my VHF course in a couple of weeks.

• Rachel Kaden

  

  Average rating: December 1, 2022

  Really and thoroughly enjoyed this outdoors first aid course. Learnt a lot and felt so confident. Kat was an excellent trainer and was full of knowledge to answer all of our questions and not afraid to double check something if she was unsure of all of our many many questions. She took all of our individual reasons for being on the course into consideration and related it to the information she gave us. Thank you so much, I feel so ready to keep people safe in potentially hazardous environments.

• Diddy

  

  Average rating: October 30, 2022

  I did an RYA Day Skipper Theory course at Bristol Maritime Academy. It was really well run, the instructor (Andrew) was excellent, and it's a lovely building and location. Highly recommended.

• KT Os

  

  Average rating: October 18, 2022

  The Outdoor First Aid course was extremely informative and very applied. Katherine the instructor was brilliant. I highly recommend.

• Kamila Jast

  

  Average rating: October 10, 2022

  Very good and practical powerboating course with knowledgeable instructor, patient, passionate about passing on knowledge and making sure that one actually gains practical skills to do it independently. I'm coming back to do 2 more courses.

• Jack Brooker

  

  Average rating: August 30, 2022

  Brilliant RYA training course. Very informative and very friendly instructor. Will be back when I need to refresh my certificate.

• Chris Green

  

  Average rating: August 12, 2022

  Very thorough and comprehensive. Thank you.

• George Lewis

  

  Average rating: August 8, 2022

  RYA powerboat level 2 course in Bristol harbour. Did the course over the weekend with a view to an ICC for hiring purposes abroad. Whilst we benefited from fantastic weather and I only met the single trainer, I would recommend both the course and BMA for any novice powerboaters. Friendly, informative with a flexible accommodating approach. See the sights of Bristol and the Avon gorge while you're at it!

• Kate Fraser

  

  Average rating: July 28, 2022

  Thorough and really valuable. Would highly recommend Kat ☺️

• Peter Corcoran

  

  Average rating: July 1, 2022

  Well done Tim your a star. All the training was nicely paced for all of the group.

• mark price

  

  Average rating: December 27, 2021

  Excellent training programme for Powerboat Level2, various situations to give you a great learning experience, around the floating harbour, going through the lock and a long trip down the tidal river avon, then through the estuary and out to sea. Highly recommend for anyone looking to get trained for PB2.
  
  Thanks to all at Bristol Maritime Academy.

• Mark

  

  Average rating: October 4, 2021

  I did a powerboat course through Bristol Maritime Academy. The instructor, Dan, was incredibly patient, knowledgable and enthusiastic about boating. Very professionally run company. I would highly recommend to anyone.

• Anton

  

  Average rating: July 26, 2021

  Completed my Powerboat Level 2 course with Bristol Maritime Academy which they run from Portishead Marina and would highly recommend it. Absolutely amazing experience. Jordan is a top class instructor and knows his stuff! Thanks Jordan and BMA, I'll be back to do my PB Advanced once I've got some more experience!

• Richard Dennys

  

  Average rating: April 26, 2021

  I've just completed and passed my Powerboat 2 plus VHF RYA courses and successfully applied for my ICC (

• Samantha Woodward

  

  Average rating: September 15, 2020

  Great set up here in the heart of Bristol.
  I managed to park right at the harbour office for free so that's great.
  Lucky for our small group of 3 we had great weather on both days.
  Jordan, our instructor was very calm and relaxing to be with and did not hesitate to go over each thing if you didn't get it right first time. An asset to the business!
  The boats were clean and well maintained and all the correct gear provided for us.
  I did my power boat level 2 and will get my ICC from this as well.
  Highly recommended

• Jack

  

  Average rating: August 5, 2019

  The receptionist was absolutely useless and non helpful. Seeing as the is a training establishment doesn't fill me with much confidence. Don't know if I was just unlikely but the simplest of tasks seemed impossible

• Johnny Martin

  

  Average rating: March 5, 2019

  Excellent training - I did the VHF course. I wouldn't hesitate to use again or recommend.

• David Talbot

  

  Average rating: January 27, 2018

  A great little training centre in a fantastic location. Friendly, welcoming staff and very knowledgable instructors who made what could have been a pretty dry couple of days safety and survival training fun.

• Glen Travers

  

  Average rating: September 18, 2017

  Completed my Powerboat level 2 course and had a fantastic time, whilst learning lots of new skills. The instructors were great and all the equipment and boats were brilliant for what we needed. I would highly recommend both the course and Bristol Maritime Academy.

• dave brook

  

  Average rating: July 29, 2017

  Amazing instructors, quality equipment and a fantastic experience completing the Level 2 Powerboat handlers course

• Andy Lee

  

  Average rating: March 5, 2017

  This weekend just completed the RYA Powerboat Level 2 Course at Bristol Maritime Academy. Excellent Venue using both Bristol Floating Dock Area (protected area) and then the Bristol Channel (not so protected!!!! - including today's, rain, hail stones and very high winds!).
  2 Boats provided opportunity to swap boats, different sizes and different handling needed; course was well structured with classroom work, but a lot of water time.
  Chief Instructor Lilly is quite simply exceptional; excellent training style, provides really clear instruction, very supportive, firm hand when needed!, all with an energetic, bubbly personality.
  Instructor Charlie very good, good presentational skills, very confident and competent; patient and guidance as required.
  Used many RYA Training Schools in last 5 years for Sailing, Dinghy Training and now Powerboat - would really recommend Bristol Maritime Academy - I will certainly be back for more. Andy

• Julian Zadarnowski

  

  Average rating: September 27, 2016

  Excellent 2 days on the water on the RYA L2 Powerboat course. Professional but relaxed style covering theory in the class room but mainly in closed water and then down the Avon to the Bristol Channel. Can highly recommend Bristol Maritime and will use them again

• Iain Forster

  

  Average rating: September 12, 2016

  I recently completed an Offshore Powerboat Level II course with Bristol Maritime Academy. All the staff were very welcoming, the course was well structured and the instruction could not be faulted. A very professional, yet relaxed environment to complete the course. A very enjoyable course!

• Stephen Martin

  

  Average rating: August 15, 2016

  Fantastic place to do your level two powerboat training. Knowledgeable instructors who make it fun to learn, and a location that would be hard to better; harbour for slow boat manoeuvres and the Bristol Channel for higher speed turns and wave technique. Feel very confident about taking a speed boat out now. Thanks guys.

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