Meet the Sageseas Team
The Sageseas team brings together decades of firsthand superyacht experience across leadership, coaching, crew development, and performance. We know this industry from the inside - and that's what makes the difference.
Paula Dickens is the founder of Sageseas. She spent most of her 25 years in yachting as a Chief Stewardess, then moved ashore as a Yacht Crew Manager, gaining her Diploma in Crew Management and Agency from Lloyd’s Maritime Academy along the way.
That combination gives her a rare view of the industry. She has lived the long seasons, the close quarters and the pressure of leading a team on board. She has also seen, from the management side, what happens when crew culture works and when it doesn’t.
Today Paula works with Captains, Heads of Department and crews through engagement surveys, workshops and leadership coaching, and talks with crew from yachts across the fleet every day. Her approach is calm, practical and always people-first.
Simon's career has spanned elite sport, business, and health - and that breadth is exactly what he brings to Sageseas. A consultant, mentor, coach, and author, Simon works with organisations that are serious about their people and their performance.
At Sageseas, Simon combines data and storytelling to help crew understand themselves better - building the self-awareness, focus, and resilience needed to perform consistently in a demanding environment.
In 2021 Simon published The Battle for Balance - a practical guide to performance and personal sustainability that underpins much of his work with Sageseas clients.
Claire's passion is people - and her 10 years working on yachts across various roles means she understands the realities of life at sea in a way that few therapists do. The long hours, time away from family, the intensity of living and working in a confined environment with the same people - Claire gets it, firsthand.
As a qualified psychotherapist, clinical hypnotherapist, and NLP practitioner, Claire works with crew, Captains, and HODs - as well as their families - providing confidential emotional support online or by phone, short or long term.
Life at sea can be extraordinary. It can also be isolating, pressured, and relentless. Claire offers a professional, personal space to work through whatever you're navigating - at sea or ashore.
Katie grew up in Australia with sport at the centre of everything - and at 20, she took that energy to sea, spending 12 years working on sailing yachts and exploring the world along the way.
That firsthand experience of life on board shapes everything she does at Sageseas. Katie knows the physical demands, the irregular schedules, and the limited space that come with yacht life - and she designs her sessions around those realities.
Now with a decade of experience as a personal trainer and Pilates instructor, Katie brings biomechanics knowledge and a genuine belief in the transformative power of consistent, well-balanced training. Sessions are available in Mallorca and online.