After nine years of sailing around the world with her husband Noel, Jackie Parry qualified as a commercial skipper. She is a Master 5, holds Master 4 qualification, Marine Engine Driver 3, ex-Marine Rescue Skipper (one of the first women in NSW), and current Instructor of professional and recreational level courses.She’s a Cert 4 Trainer, commercial skipper, recreational sailor (ocean sailing and inland waterways on sailboats and motorboats), Author of practical maritime books/manuals/best-selling memoirs/articles, and Speaker at nautical and book events.She founded SisterShip Training in 2019. She’s continued to write, freelance, for many different publications for over twenty years.When time permits, she gives talks, hosts a podcast show (Turning Your Cruising Dreams into Reality), and, (Cast Off with Confidence), creates tutorial videos and supports other sailors and writers.Jackie has spent three years in the French and Belgium canals helping Noel renovate their 18.5 metre Dutch barge, trail ridden with five horses, sailed the Pacific Ocean twice, traversed The Great Loop in America and set a sailing record as co-skipper of the first double-handed all-women team in the Melbourne to Hobart race.Qualifications: Marine Engine Driver 3, Master 4 (35 metres), Master 5 (24 metres), Coxswain, Training and Assessment Cert IV, Diploma in Writing/Photography, Occupational First Aid Skill Set, Provide cardiopulmonary resuscitation, Provide basic emergency life support, Provide First Aid, Provide Advanced First Aid, Provide advanced resuscitation and oxygen therapy, Manage first aid services and resources, Remote First Aid, Marine Rescue Skipper, SCCCS (Safety & Sea Survival).