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.

Frans Louw, Dive Instructor

Frans was born in South Africa and grew up on his family Game farm amongst the rhinos, giraffes and antelope. During his vacations he spent time on his family's holiday home on the Mozambique coast. This is where he developed his passion for the sea and his days were spent snorkeling, diving with sharks and catching large game fish. After completing his Financial Management degree in Cape Town he decided to complete an Atlantic crossing and ended up in the British Virgin Islands .

Frans is a qualified Dive Instructor and is eager to show his guests on board Zingara the delights of the underwater world as well as enhancing their skills Hobie cat sailing, water skiing, tubing, or wakeboarding.

Mark Wehrley - Captain

Mark was born and raised on the coastline of South Africa. His love for sailing started at a tender age. At ten years old he was home schooled for six months aboard his fathers sail yacht while they cruised the islands of the Indian Ocean.

Mark is a highly qualified yacht Captain. He holds Yacht Master Ocean and Master Mariner Class 4 certificates. Mark has logged in excess of 50,000 miles of blue water sailing with multiple Indian and Atlantic Ocean crossings. Mark is also a qualified PADI Dive Instructor with experience ranging from leading adrenaline filled shark dives in the murky waters off the KwaZulu-Natal coast of South Africa, to exploring untouched 18 century wrecks in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean off St. Helena Island.

Mark has crewed aboard some of the world's most well known super yachts. His extensive knowledge of the Caribbean waters and water sports including scuba diving, snorkeling, windsurfing, water-skiing and fishing not only ensures safety, but leads to a dream vacation to all.