Hyde Sails are delighted to announce that Paul Hooker has joined our growing team. Paul will be will be helping us to develop our network of agents around the world.
Paul Hooker, International Sales Executive
Pauls' family have been in Hamble village since 1750 and they have been involved in sailing since then. He is a successful and talented sailor whose early pathway started out in Oppies in Central Africa.
Paul was at National Champion level as a youngster, competing in 420’s, a member of the UK National Youth Squad in 1984 competing in the San Diego Youth World before getting the wanderlust bug and travelling the world as a trimmer. His big break was through David Thomas, the designer of the Sonata and Sigma 33, which Paul raced, building many Hunter 707’s which he raced to success locally and in national championships.
Paul ran a dedicated charter company as MD before moving to Sobstad where he managed the loft, including making new dinghy sails and sails for yachts of all sizes. Whilst he was Operations Manager, he really started getting involved with actually selling sails. His practical knowledge and experience was much more informative for the customer which helps his customers get a far better understand of how to achieve their end goal from Racing fully crewed to double handed and from Cruising offshore to weekend sailing.
Paul set up his own sail company with a partner building the business up over a 10 year period from scratch and introducing the new brand which sold Racing and Cruising sails.
Paul has sailed Mumm 30’s to Class 40’s but also successfully project managed sail inventories for big yachts, such as Oysters and Swans up to 90 feet. He has also looked after all of the engineering and production set ups for all different types of sails and has considerable expertise on all different types of rig.
Paul brings his wealth of expertise and knowledge to the Hyde Sails team as International Sales Executive. Looking to build on Hyde Sails existing Agent network Worldwide and develop existing business relationships. We are delighted to have him on board.
Get in touch with Paul to talk about exciting opportunities today at:
paulhooker@hydesails.co.uk
07801 574270