Looking for Captain/skipper position
I am looking for opportunities for the coming year, starting November 2024. I am particularly interested in doing deliveries (Med, Atlantic crossing, Pacific) and occasionally some short charter periods.
Here is some information about me.
I have been sailing on many sailing vessels in the past fifteen years as crew or skipper during deliveries, races and charter sailing. I crossed the Atlantic twice. Once as a skipper in February 24. Once as navigator in 2017 during a race on-board a 72 footer.
I have a Yachtmaster Offshore (sail) Certificate and a french powerboat license for small motor boats. I crossed twice the Atlantic. Once as a skipper in 2024. Once as navigator in 2017.
At the moment we are working together with my partner Madeline on a Lagoon 51 (privately run) for the season in Med . We started in April and our contract runs until end of September. We spent 10 days preparing the boat on Canet-en-Roussillon (global check of all the boat systems and interior and exterior finishings). Then we sailed from France to Sardinia and Corsica then Turkey, Greece, Montenegro, Croatia and Italy. The owners and their family and friends (up to 8 people on-board) were on-board 50% of the time. The rest of the time was dedicated to deliveries and maintenance.
My previous experience took place in Greece where I was skipper of an Oceanis 55 for 2 weeks departing from Kos with 6 clients on board and Madeline was cook/stew/deck. Before that I worked on a motor vessel of the NGO Sea Shepherd Global who hired him for 3.5 months as a second officer on the M/V Sea Eagle, a 35m long vessel with 20 crew onboard. As an OOW I was in charge of watchkeeping, crew management and boat manoeuvring (undocking, docking, anchoring, day and night watch). I was also helping the first officer to ensure a high level of safety onboard (trainings, drills and safety checks).
Before being a professional seaman I was a mechanical engineer and a naval architect from Southampton University. I worked for 10 years in maritime industries (motor boat shipyard, sailing yachts yard, offshore racing yacht yard) which gave me the opportunity not only to design and build, but also to maintain and sail a few yachts.
In parallel with this activities I sailed inshore and offshore races in France (Atlantic and Med), Ireland and UK. I sailed double handed as well as with a crew on different sizes of sailing yachts : imoca 60, Volvo Ocean Race 70, 72 and 60 footer.
I am fluent in French and English and have an intermediate level of Spanish.
If you are interested by my profile, I will be happy to send you my resume and references.
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