Seafarers

Meet The Team

Captain Patrick Ebbitt

Chief Instructor MCA Master Yachts – RYA instructor 

You and your crew are in safe hands with Captain Patrick Ebbitt, the lead instructor at Seafarers.Q. 57 years boating experience, of which 38 years in Superyachts. Patrick has vast experience around all kinds of boats -both sail and motor- and of different types of propulsion systems. His nautical adventures have taken him to Mediterranean ports, Alaska, Panama, USA, Caribbean and hundreds of other destinations. He has overseen complex builds and refits in USA, Spain, Holland, Italy and France . Over the course of his career, he has recruited and trained all ranks of crew, both deck and interior.

Above all, Patrick is a natural teacher, uniquely well suited to train crew and young officers. Not only can he draw on decades of experience in all aspects of yachting, but he also has a relaxed and empathetic manner which builds confidence and encourages those in his charge to listen, ask and learn. Moreover, he is always approachable and whatever the scenario, it’s very likely that Patrick will have had a similar experience and can therefore offer real, practical solutions that have been tried and tested.

Captain Patrick Ebbitt
Peter Young

Peter Young RVM

RYA Advanced Instructor, MCA Yachtsman, Paramedic 

Peter is a highly motivated freelance trainer who can inspire others with his enthusiasm for teaching and passing on knowledge. He can enable your crew to become a professional team that the owner, captain, and crew themselves can be proud of. 

Peter has over fifty years of seafaring experience, having served in the Royal Navy for twenty-six and a half years, twenty-one of them on HMY Britannia. His last ten years on the Royal Yacht were as Queen Coxswain, responsible for transporting members of the Royal Family and looking after the royal barge. 

When the Yacht was decommissioned in 1998, he switched to working on superyachts as chief officer, second officer, and bosun/medic, as well as assisting captains and chief officers with crew selection and training to the highest standards. For 10 years Peter has been teaching as an RYA/MCA Instructor ; Yacht Master, Advanced Powerboating, Sailing & Navigation and First Aid and is also a qualified paramedic. 

Jane Costello-Ebbitt

Business manager 

Jane first joined the industry as a chef back in 1982 in Mallorca. After completing a 4 year B.Ed degree qualifying as a physical education teacher, she chose to go globetrotting by sea.  In her on-board career as a yacht chef she made five transatlantic crossings on increasingly larger yachts starting on a 40ft wooden ketch and ending on a 55 metre Feadship.  Those experiences led her to consider that the design of galleys and hospitality areas on yachts had room for improvement.

Many senior yachting professionals will remember Jane as the founder- managing director of NautiChef International based in Antibes (1988- 2008). The company were leaders in the design of Superyacht galleys and hospitality areas as well as supplying catering equipment through the NautiChef Cookware Boutique in Antibes.

In 2008 she sold NautiChef and relocated to the Caribbean island of Nevis with Patrick and their 3 rescue dogs where for 10 years she founded and ran the animal rescue charity CARE Nevis Animal Society.

Jane recently returned to the world of Superyachts in her new role with Seafarers.Q Ltd. as director of business development and marketing. She will manage Seafarers.Q  administration, ensuring smooth running of all operations.

Jane Costello Ebbitt