About

Tony & Claudia

Owned and run by Tony and his wife Claudia, Tony Cook Adventures was established in 2001 in Knysna, South Africa, and is now opening in the Abacos, Bahamas, in partnership with Sail Away Catamarans.

The Abacos is a superb base for an awesome array of soft and hard adventure, on and off the boat! Tony himself is a self-proclaimed adventure addict: he has been sailing and windsurfing since the age of 12, competed in hundreds of mountain bike races, walks and hikes every trail possible, climbs mountains, runs ultra- marathons, surfs, kiteboards, and is a fanatical wingfoiler! Salt water runs in his veins!! Claudia is the brains behind the whole operation. She also happens to be a qualified chef, certified and commercially endorsed competent crew, mountain bike guide, swimmer, free diver, photographer and media guru.

Tony and Claudia’s work is their passion and all activities are guided/instructed by either of these two legends.

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QUALIFICATIONS / EXPERIENCE:

Tony is a certified FGASA ( Field Guide Association of South Africa) guide , and registered with DEAT. ( Department of environmental affairs and Tourism.)

He holds a commercially endorsed RYA Yachtmaster Ocean 200 ton captains license, a commercially endorsed SAS Coastal Yacht skippers ticket, a PADI Open Water One dive certification, an IKO Level 2 Kitesurf instructors ticket, and was the owner of an IKO Affiliated Kitesurfing School in South Africa for 15 years. Tony has over 25 000 miles of sailing experience, most of it in the South Atlantic and Southern Ocean. Tony has over 15 years’ experience in teaching kite surfing and windsurfing.

Tony and Claudia have recently worked as a Charter Captain and Chef for Voyage Charters in the British Virgin Islands for 3 seasons ending in July 2024.

Amongst his many other adventures and experiences Tony has completed the gruelling 956km Cape Epic Mountain Bike race twice, run Ultra trail Cape Town 65km twice , the Addo Elephant Ultra 76km, and his latest adventure, the 250km self – sufficient Kalahari Augrabies Extreme Marathon in the Kalahari desert, South Africa’s most gruelling foot race. You’re in good hands!!

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