Deckhand
Dear skippers,
Update - 14/04/2025
Just started the PST Fasttrack course with Hamble Yachting School in Southampton! Really excited about this next chapter! I will do the first two modules till coastal skipper which will take till the end of June. I am avaliable from then on! Looking to launch myself as a deckhand/mate on a sailing yacht from beginning of July. Open to discuss any possibilities for seasonal or permanent engagement. I will do the PB level 2 and STCW course aswell.
Wishing you all a good start of the season and looking forward to my first job opportunity!
All the best,
Thomas
Update - 27/01/2025
Due to a bicycle accident with a couple broken ribs my plans will be postponed. Hope to start the PST program beginning of April in order to be available early July. Will up date when plans are fixed! Hope to sail soon!
Update - 23/01/2025
From 9 February I will attend the RYA PST course at Hamble School of Yachting till 27 April. This in order to enhance my skills, pick up some good mileage and to underline my motivation and aspiration to start in this thrilling industry! The main goal after this course would be a position on a sailing yacht as deckhand with the possibility for a long term engagement. I thank you in advance for any consideration and advice!
First message - 05/01/2025
This year I would like to pick up my aspirations to become a skipper and therefore looking to gain experiences as part of a crew on a sailing yacht! I am a 36 year old and single. Ready to fully take a challenging opportunitiy to enhance my skills and start building some mileage for future exams.
In 2019 I tried to launch myself in the sailingworld and passed the STCW course at Bluewater Antibes in October 2019. After this I went to the Canary Islands for my RYA Competent crew course. The boat we are on was a Jeanneau Sun Fast 37. Unfortenately covid came up and plans were put on a hold.
With the fantiastic memories of those couple weeks in the Canaries I find myself today with the same desire and grinta to retake a shot! I will be visiting Palma de Mallorca from 3 - 10 january and I am open to talk about any possibilities. Destination is less important for me then the possibility of learning new skills!
I have lived 10 years on the Cote d'Azur working in hotels around Cannes and Antibes, where my sailing dreams started! Nowadays I am an operations manager of 4 star business hotel in Antwerp, Belgium. From these experience I became a hard worker, have an eye for detail, know how to anticipate and know that good preparation is key. From young age I've been an outdoor-person, doing multiple sports and being an active member of boyscout for several years.
For any questions or more information do not hesitate to contact me. For a good and stable opportunity I am willing to move no matter where. (only for sailing yachts)
Kind regards and a wonderfull start of 2025!!
Thomas
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