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  • Greg & Debi

    • 64, South African
    • South Africa
    • Checked in 2 days ago

Experienced married yachting / boating couple.

Well experienced husband and wife team ready to crew. Financially very stable and very fit & healthy. Available at short notice.

Greg - 63 but very young, healthy, energetic. Appears 45. Surfs daily. Oldest teenager in the world!
Well experienced in watersports.
Experienced from Junk rigged schooners to ultra modern luxurious sloops.
Various ocean crossings including the South Atlantic, Indian Ocean etc.
Co-Skipper /1st Mate Yacht - Cha Cha.
Owner / Skipper SY Blue Diamond - one year full time cruising Grenadines / Eastern Caribbean.
Two years conscription - South African Naval Strike Craft - SA Navy War Veteran
Holder of Restricted Marine Radio Operators License.
Lots of technical experience with onboard systems and even completely re-powered our own yacht ourselves. S/Y Blue Diamond was sold in Prickly Bay, Grenada.
Debi [wife] 52, appears 35! [married for 28 years] - Cooks lovely food with flair! Excellent helmsman, deckhand and watchkeeper.
Homeschool teacher and was a Child Sport Science teacher. Very pleasant, soft spoken. Incredibly good with kids.
We both have excellent management abilities including complex/resort/upmarket homes.
Greg is also a Principal Property Practitioner and Commissioner of Oaths and has years of IT experience.
During 2016 We both Managed Superyacht M/Y Reliance - Nordhavn. References available.
We have just returned from yacht management / skipper contracts in Zanzibar and Cairns, OZ.

We are mellow yet hard working and professional, are non smokers and non drinkers, and are both in premium health. We live right on the beachfront, and our profile photo is recent. A good fit for us would be to assist a owner/couple on their yacht or motoryacht.
We will enjoy working happily together on your boat. The love of boating drives us!

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About me

  • Availability Available now

  • LocationSouth Africa

  • NationalitySouth African

  • Age64

  • GenderMale

  • Fluent languagesEnglish

  • Basic knowledge ofPortuguese

  • SmokerNo

  • Visible tattoosNo

  • VISAs None

  • Sea miles10,000+

  • Required position 1st Mate
    Bosun
    Deckhand

  • Expected arrangement Professional

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Experience log

6

    • Date: 1st August 2016

      Duration: 14 days

      Experience Type: Professional

    • Yacht Management Couple. 14 day contract to manage M/Y Reliance 76ft Nordhavn motoryacht - Richards Bay. Maintain and upkeep all systems including generators and watermakers.

    • Date: 1st April 2012

      Duration: 14 months

      Experience Type: Recreational

    • Recreational Purchased & owner skippered SY Blue Diamond - 40ft Moody sloop in Eastern Carribbean & Grenadines. Debi as mate and Josh our son as crew sailed from Trinidad, Tobago, Grenada to and around most of the islands. Completed new wiring, stopcocks and completely removed and re-powered with Yanmar 54 HP incl. engine & shaft alignment, electrical and fuel systems.

    • Date: 1st April 2000

      Duration: 2 years

      Experience Type: Charter work

    • Owner - Junk Rigged Schooner SY Singapore Kate - Knysna SY Outiniqua - 48ft Islander - Charters - First Mate - Knysna SY Zakat 40ft Cat - Day & Evening Charters Knysna - Skipper & Mate

    • Date: 1st September 1993

      Duration: 3 months

      Experience Type: Delivery

    • First Mate / Crew / Helmsman Watchkeeper - SY Cha Cha - 51 Foot van der Laan sloop - Durban - Richards Bay - Madagascar & surrounding Islands - approx. 3 000 NM

    • Date: 1st January 1984

      Duration: 6 months

      Experience Type: Delivery

    • First Mate - Delivered 65 ft Junk Rigged Wooden Schooner S/Y Raja Laut from Durban South Africa - Cape Town - St Helena - Recife Brazil. 4 600 NM

    • Date: 1st June 1980

      Duration: 24 months

      Experience Type: Professional

    • South African Naval Strike Craft P1562 - Warrant Officer - 93 274 nm. [Helmsman, Gunnery Officer, Mooring Officer Focs’le, Watchkeeping Officer etc.] Holder of Restricted Marine Radio Operators License.

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Qualifications

4

  • Jan 1985 PYA - Yacht Skipper Cert. Complete

  • Apr 1982 STCW 95 Compliant Complete

  • Sep 1979 Navigational Watch Rating Complete

  • Oct 1999 Boat Operator Licence Complete

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Skills

  • Provisioning
  • Cooking
  • Microsoft office
  • Photo editing
  • Software development
  • Video editing
  • Waterskiing
  • Windsurfing
  • Wakeboarding
  • Surfing
  • Fishing
  • Route planning
  • Line handling
  • Filing & Fairing
  • Watch-keeping
  • Whipping and splicing
  • Sail repairs
  • Rig maintenance/Set-up
  • Fore and aft trimming
  • Rigging
  • Radio Operator
  • Weather planning
  • Navigation
  • Helmsmen
  • Meditation
  • Marine First Aid
  • Teaching
  • Diesel engine repair
  • Car mechanic
  • Motor Mechanic
  • Fiberglass Repair
  • Electrical Engineering
  • Carpentary
  • Plumbing and Heating
  • General building
  • Varnishing
  • Polishing
  • Cleaning
  • Managerial Skills
  • IT Literate
  • Sales and Marketing
  • Tender driving
  • Nutritionist
  • Galley Assistant
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Q&A

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Q: What’s your favourite boating experience? Cruising full time aboard our yacht in the Caribbean.

Q: What’s your worst boating experience? Huge ferry doing about 25 kts overtaking close to us whilst we were under sail. Trinidad.

Q: What are your sailing ambitions? What’s the next challenge? To secure a position onboard a motor or sailing yacht as a management couple, and to take exceptionally good care of the vessel as well as the owners and their guests.

Q: How long have you been boating and what made you start? Was chosen for 2 years conscription in the South African Navy as a weapons Officer onboard a Naval Strike Craft. Average cruising speed 32kts. We were almost full time at sea and logged over 93 000nm in two years! Held the rank as Warrant Officer. Seriously hard work, tough conditions - loved it!

Q: What is your favourite boat and why? We enjoy both yachts and motoryachts, so hard to say! Really enjoy full sails up and the thrill of monohull sailing!

Q: Where’s your favourite boating destination? Tobago Cays..

Q: What is the longest passage you’ve completed without stops? Cape Town - St. Helena 13 days and then another 14 days on to Recife, Brazil. SA Navy 23 days operational exercises.

Q: What’s your funniest experience? Watching guests jumping around and screaming with many flying fish landing in and on the boat!!!

Q: What is it about being on the water that makes you tick? Freedom!!! 360 deg. of water all around you cannot easily be explained. Some love, some hate it.

Q: Gin and Tonic in a beautiful anchorage or trimming the sails to get an extra half knot? Trimming the sails, not even negotiable! Sails up - heeled over and cutting through the water is better than anything at anchor, alongside or ashore! Can't wait to let go and sail!

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