Of all the Recreational Skippers Ticket (RST) assessors, Captain Michael Beanland is perhaps one of Perth's most experienced and qualified with his Professional Commercial Skipper qualifications and experience. He is a professional skipper and has actually operated (not just taught) in a professional commercial capacity in almost every marine industry sector, been involved in marine tourism, marine sports and marine related commercial enterprises both "down South", "up North" and Internationally over 20 years. He is a professional writer having written innumerable magazine articles for both the marine boating industry as well as the offshore oil and gas industry. Not only has he operated the boats, he has built boats commercially and for himself, and skippered almost every type of boat and propulsion system imaginable, through all sorts of circumstances, survived 3 cyclones offshore, including sailing through the eye of one, crossed many oceans and done solo sailing as well as many international crewed voyages. Most 'other' assessors have only the minimum legal qualification, Michael has the maximum. Most 'other' Skippers Ticket assessors are only qualified to be crew on a commercial vessel, Michael is the Skipper.

Captain Beanland has his Masters 5 as well as Marine Engineer Driver 3 qualifications and Yachtmasters qualifications. He knows how difficult it is to be “experienced” and to now be required to complete the paperwork for the Skippers Ticket and he is able to assist both highly experienced skippers and total beginners to succeed in getting their Recreational Skippers Ticket. When younger he was a Commercial Waterski Instructor and Parasail Operator. Sailing internationally, racing yachts internationally, delivering and skippering boats nationally and internationally as well as the ocean crossings, commercial and International boating experience will all assist and enable him to adjust his style to suit your needs.

For a short time he managed WA's largest Pearl Farm (& trained it's skippers), and for a longer time owned and operated Sailsun International,  Dive and Eco charter tours through Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Singapore and many other places. He skippered and supervised vessel building and it’s operations for a stock market listed exploration company offshore (looking for diamonds off the North Coast of WA) etc etc.....

Very few assessors in WA have the ‘latest’ Certificate 4 in Training and Assessment (Mike has it). Most dont even have the complete certificate, just the minimum required units, 4 of the 14 units (Mike has done all 14). Assessors also only ‘need’ to have a ‘restricted coxswains’ whereas Mike has his full Masters 5, plus commercial skippering experience. If you can find another assessor who has done more miles, has more qualifications and anywhere near the same experience, let us know. We would like to hire her (or him). We only hire the best.

“If I teach you, you WILL pass, both the theory and the practical.”