Yachting Monthly 0shares Tributes have been paid to sailor, journalist and sailing instructor John Goode, who has died after a short illness John Goode was renowned for his plain language' teaching methods, particularly in navigation and pilotage. Credit: John Goode Credit: John Goode John Goode, who helped train thousands of sailors through his Southern Sailing School and enlightened many more through his books and articles on seamanship and pilotage, has died aged 71 following a short illness. Surveyor and Yachting Monthly expert Ben Sutcliffe-Davies, who was close friends with John for 45 years, said his death was ‘an incredible loss to the whole of the sailing world’, describing John as an ‘absolute gent and legend’.