John and Rachelle Yoxall, Captain and Chef

John is originally from England, but spent most of his years growing up in Toronto, Canada, where he earned a double major bachelor of arts in English and History. John was a Partner with a leading management consultancy for 10 years before following his passion and changing to a professional career in sailing. He holds his Royal Yachting Association Yachtmaster license, is a Canadian Yachting Association sailing Instructor and is a PADI Dive Master. He is also a sommelier through the Wine and Spirits Education Trust, and thrives in pairing the right wine choice with Rachelle’s culinary delights.

Rachelle is from Vancouver, Canada, and has spent most of her life sailing the Pacific Ocean as a dinghy and big boat racer and dinghy and cruising instructor. While completing her psychology degree, she was an active Canadian Yachting Association black level Instructor Evaluator (highest level of sailing instructor). Now she holds a Royal Yachting Association Yachtmaster Offshore license, and her PADI Dive Master certificate. She earned a Catering Certificate from the Cordon Bleu Paris and has worked with a tier one catering company in Vancouver.

In 1999, Rachelle moved to Toronto to run the junior sailing program at the Royal Canadian Yacht Club, where John was a member and where they met. They raced in the Lake Ontario Racing Council Fleet (sometimes on competing boats... you'll have to ask them who won!!) and further nurtured their love for sailing. Following their Yachtmaster examinations, they joined a yacht charter company in the Sporades Islands of Greece. At the end of that season, they moved to the British Virgin Islands to run exclusive crewed charters on catamarans and have not looked back.

John and Rachelle know the British Virgin Islands intimately. They customize each vacation to ensure that each of you has a tailor-made holiday of a lifetime! Whether it's secluded bays with soft sand and colorful snorkeling or diving, enjoying painkillers at a beach bar, mouthwatering menus, the nightly spectacle of a sunset at sea, or simply fantastic sailing, they have one goal....your pure pleasure.