Second Star Sailing

Own Boat Training

Imrpoving your skills, taking RYA Sail Cruising or RYA Powerboat courses on your own boat.

Skills Week

Spend 5 days on the water polishing your existing sailing skills, improving boat handling or navigation knowledge, learning new tricks

RYA Coastal Skipper Practical

The course is designed to take your sailing to a next level – plan and sail a series of longer

RYA Day Skipper Practical

RYA Day Skipper is a qualification which enables you to safely take charge of a 30-45ft sail cruising yacht and its

RYA Competent Crew

The course is designed to teach a beginner the first steps in sailing, and becoming a capable crew member.

Yachtmaster Prep Week

The Yachtmaster Offshore Prep Week prepares experienced sailors for the Yachtmaster Offshore or Yachtmaster Coastal Exam

The Team: our most precious resource

We believe that our team is what makes the difference. You will sail with enthusiastic, passionate, knowledgeable, skilled instructors and skippers, and be supported in every way by the professionalism and dedication of the members of our team. Whether your experience is a charter, an RYA course at any level, a cruise or a regatta, we are committed to your learning while having fun on the water!

LYSSANDRA BARBIERI

Lyssandra kept one foot on land and one in the water for as long as possible, then finally sailed the high seas, traveling to New Zealand, Australia, the Caribbean, California, a couple of islands in the Pacific, and a little everywhere in the Mediterranean. Principal and Chief Instructor of Second Star Sailing, she teaches shorebased and practical RYA courses from Competent Crew to Yachtmaster Ocean. With a steady diet of (decaf??? Really??) coffee, running and yoga on the side, she keeps her calm aboard at all times.

THALITA ZUR WERRA

Thalita traveled all over the world from her native Switzerland flying, cycling, hiking, diving, paddling… until she found the Zero to Hero YM program and the ARC. It changed her life completely. She quit work, sold her furniture, and went sailing, and since then she’s been on the water anytime possible. Give her a sail boat, photo equipment and some chocolate and she is happy. She has sailed the Carribean, Antarctica and the Western Med as a cruiser or racer, and crossed the Atlantic a few times. As a treat every other day gelato is an absolute must. “Life is like reefing, if you think about it – do it!”

ETTORE DELOGU

Ettore learned to helm as a child. Passing through sailing dinghies and catamarans, he discovered the attraction for blue waters at the age of twenty. Since then he has racked up a good deal of miles between regattas and cruises. RYA Yachtmaster Ocean and Yachtmaster Instructor, he now holds the position of Chief instructor at Second Star Sailing in Italy. Living for sailing, always seeking something new to learn, Ettore loves good food on board and a Bloody Mary on land. Give him a spinnaker and he’ll be a child again.

LIESBETH ROGGEMAN

After crossing the ocean with Blue Moon, Liesbeth not only realised a dream but got hooked to join the amazing Second Star Sailing crew. Her parents made her fall in love with sailing from a young age after spending their holidays cruising around in the North sea. After graduating in yacht engineering, she moved to warmer Mediterranean waters and gained work experience in Italy. When not on a boat, she is gone kitesurfing or mountaineering. Her vices are ginger cookies and Belgian beers. Goede wind!

BRIAN DEACON

He grew up on the Solent hooked on speedboats and worked in the first dedicated ‘Motor Cruiser School’ until he was 18! Thinking he needed a proper job; he trained as a teacher and was then drawn into a career in sales and marketing.His conversion to sailing came in his 20s when he started sail cruising in the Solent, English Channel and Greece.He finally navigated back to his passion, leaving behind sales targets to take up teaching Sailing and Powerboating as an RYA instructor.From his Devon home on the beautiful River Dart, he takes every opportunity to get on the water, near and far, enjoying nothing more than awakening people’s love for sailing and enabling them to make their dreams a reality.He is a Sailing, Powerboat, PWC and Navigation Theory instructor.

AURORA FERNÈ

Aurora has sailed with her family from a very young age around the Mediterranean, especially in Croatia and Greece. Growing up this turned into a passion, leading her to take part in many sailing courses from Lake Garda to Sardinia, and Brittany. As her high school years drew to a close, she started dreaming of wider horizons. This is how she found herself making her way from Greece to the Canary Islands, to then sail “across the pond”. The Atlantic was an amazing experience that made her decide that a sailing life was all she wanted. Her distinctive features are being the youngest crewmember, a wonderful singer at the helm and a huge Nutella lover.

SAMUEL BERRETTINI

Samuel Berrettini is an RYA Yachtmaster Ocean, RYA Cruising Instructor, FIV instructor, diver, and freediver. As Principal of Second Star Sailing in Pisa, he oversees course programming, operations, and general management. His background includes thousands of hours teaching on dinghies, skippering maxi yachts up to 27 meters, an Atlantic crossing, and working aboard a unique oceanographic sailing vessel conducting deep-sea Mediterranean research. Today, Samuel navigates as a "Bionic Sailor." Losing a leg to cancer only sharpened his determination. Now a proud boat owner, he leads Second Star Sailing with passion. His journey is a powerful reminder that with drive and determination, anything is possible.

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