rickkumar
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I live and work on a superyacht that goes all over the world, making a living for myself and traveling to places everyone wants to go!
I live and work on a superyacht that goes all over the world, making a living for myself and traveling to places everyone wants to go!
I thought that the name of the yacht was AMA ..... but apparently that just means Ask Me Anything.
Richard
I live and work on a superyacht that goes all over the world, making a living for myself and traveling to places everyone wants to go!
I'm intrigued at the "Private" Superyacht bit. What sort of thing is a public superyacht then?
How many bodies of overdosed trafficked Russian sex slaves have you personally helped bury at sea?
I'm intrigued at the "Private" Superyacht bit. What sort of thing is a public superyacht then?
I'm intrigued at the "Private" Superyacht bit. What sort of thing is a public superyacht then?
I have a friend who is a deckhand on one of the biggest. I would say “an old friend” except that she is young enough to be my daughter so to avoid any misunderstandings we decided to make her an honorary daughter and hon. Elder Sister to my own children, who are all boys and needed keeping in order.She started out as a stewardess, got interested in the deck side, did a zero to hero YM course in Britain, added the Ocean bit and the Commercial Endorsements and transferred to deck side. So much so that she sent me a snap of herself tank diving in a hard hat and a boiler suit last week.
There is no point in asking her anything, as the superyacht businesses’ code of omertà applies, apart from a couple of titbits such as the fact that Lewis Hamilton is a perfectly nice bloke and Laura Bush goes for a long swim every day. She has never disposed of the body of a Russian dancing girl, though back when she was a stewardess the Russian dancing girls hired by one Middle Eastern charterer were so dire and so overpaid that the stewardesses all joked that they could do better.
Ambition - the Mate’s job. Has been to plenty of Exotic Places but reckons the showers at the Berthon are the best anywhere. Her idea of a holiday is to go sailing in Northern Europe, preferably in winter.
I live and work on a superyacht that goes all over the world, making a living for myself and traveling to places everyone wants to go!
Echoes of lots of my experience. A few years ago and fresh out of the Andrew Mrs M asked if I was tempted to take one of the jobs I was offered skippering a superyacht (lots of money etc). Not on your life. I’m very happy with mine and the sordid tales about the role of the Captain in some charter work is not my thing. I’m not in the least bit prudish but I refuse to put myself in a position where I might have to pimp for the guests. I quote from a guest to one charter skipper I knew, “This girls broken/not cooperating; find me another one...”
The ideal is a caring family who own the boat, don’t charter, respect you etc. They’re not that common.
I don’t have any experience.
Just a few friends who have worked on a few some of which charter and some which don’t.
As per the Omerta most names are with held.
Of the stories I have heard pimping isn’t on the list. Perhalps it’s not something a gentleman tells stories about.
Most say it was interesting. They learned a lot. Job security not existent.
I see quite a a few heading to or from Alaska. Stopping near a pub where I occasionally enjoy a quiet IPA.
Ussualy while I am relaxing. I can see the owners or guests relaxing.
Mean while. The crew area out polishing the boat. So if you like polishing very big very shiny boats it great.
Sounds like fun for a while when you are young.
HMS Britannia? (Not that the public, who paid for it, ever got to see much of it )