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of sailing and once with her partner, Joe, who started out
as a deckhand and worked his way up to bosun.
We asked her about working on Velsheda, and about her
most recent job campaigning for a pair of British sailors
who were trying to compete in the Global Ocean Race.
HERE’S WHAT SHE SAID:
“Velsheda was an amazing experience. When I joined
her, I had just come from two years aboard a motor
yacht, and while I’d always wanted to try working on a
sailboat, I sort of figured it was impossible because I had
no experience whatsoever with sailing. I guess you could
say I was thrown in at the deep end on Velsheda, but the
crew was really good at what they did, and they were all
so patient with me. Every one of them went out of their
way to teach me the ropes.
“I got on the boat just before a regatta in Antigua, so
my first sailing experience was actually a race, and it was
thrilling. I was a little nervous, but I had so much fun.
There are tons of people on board on race day, with the
crew and the racing guests, so as a stew your job is twice
as hard. You have guests to look after, and the rest of
the crew is focused on racing so you have to look after
them as well. On top of that I had a designated job to do
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