Sara Hopkinson

Sara Hopkinson is an experienced sailor, and a Yachtmaster Instructor and Examiner. She lives at Pin Mill in Suffolk where she runs an RYA Training Centre which specialises in navigation, radio, radar and first aid courses. She has also been a Coastguard Rescue Officer for many years and is now the Deputy Station Officer of HM Coastguard, Holbrook.
Sara is also co-author of the first edition of the RYA Book of Navigation Exercises and writes the exercises and notes used on the RYA Day Skipper courses. She is uniquely qualified to give students an accurate but sympathetic introduction to the wonderful art of navigation.