Captain William Wells - After Dinner Speaker

Captain William Wells is an experienced and popular speaker. He will bring to your event a refreshing, informative, humorous and entertaining speech with great authority and enthusiasm as he allows the audience, under his guidance, to take control of a large cruise liner on a trip up the River Thames to Greenwich.

Captain William Wells Master Mariner, is a former ship's captain and commercial marine pilot, whose career at sea lasted just short of 49 years.  

Internationally recognised as an informative and entertaining "Topic-Expert" speaker, he is an active Member of the Professional Speakers Association, Member of the International Federation of Public Speakers and a former Vice President of Toastmasters International. He is also the author of a complete training manual commissioned by the Bahrain Petroleum Co. for their trainee Tug Captains and Marine Pilots.

With a wide ranging programme he speaks regularly at conferences and seminars with passion, enthusiasm and great authority. He is in frequent demand to speak to a wide variety of audience including aboard cruise ships and many national organisations such as BBC Radio.

Born in New Zealand, he won a scholarship and travelled to England to train as a Navigating Officer in the British Merchant Navy.Finding himself on the 'fast track' for promotion, he rose to the rank of Captain by the age of 28.

As a Commercial Marine Pilot, Captain Wells has handled over 8,000 ships including many of the world's largest passenger liners, oil tankers and warships, operating as far afield as the Middle East, Bahamas, Dover Straits & North Sea as well as in his home port, the Port of London.

 
Most recent event was he was invited by the Cunard Line to be the Principal Speaker for the final cruise of the QE2.

General Maritime Topics:

Myths and Legends of the Bermunda Triangle
Life and Times of a Ship's Pilot
Admiral Lord Nelson: the Man Behind the Portraits
History and Heritage of Maritime London
History and Heritage of Trinity House
London's Port and its River
The World's Oceans and their Inhabitants
The Vikings
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For Corporate:
Shipshape Business

After Dinner (or Lunch) Speech
Nautically Speaking

A selection of Organisations addressed:-

Seabourne Luxury Cruises  /  Fred Olsen Cruises   /  NADFAS  /  BBC Radio  /  Port of London Authority / National Maritime Museum, Grennwich  /  County Federation of Women's Institute  /  Rotary International  /  Chamber of Commerce  /  Cunard Liners  /  Princess Cruises  /  Trinity House  /  National Trust  /  Society of Marine Engineers  / Various Learned Societies  /  University of the 3rd Age  /  Institute of Directors  /  Various Luncheon clubs

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