T-minus 1 hour! In one hour my first client arrives! And we are ready! We have worked non stop all through the day to get the two training yachts ready this week. Sailingholidays is the biggest company I have worked for by far and I am still amazed at the amount of resources, personnel and expertise that is on offer here. I have learned so much in the past 6 weeks. But there is always so more still to learn and do. The rest of the staff have joked that there a...

10 days to go! James and I have just 10 days to go before our first clients arrive. We are working hard on the two training yachts and will have them ready in time. As soon as I can get my laptop to a Place with wifi I will upload a picture of the yacht that ran aground in a bay which we explored 2 weeks ago. Last weekend the plan was to hire some quad bikes but they could not get insurance in time they said. So we were going to hire some this weekend but the ...

I have now been here a month!! Time is flying by and we are all really busy prepping the 200 yachts for the flotilla season which starts in 3 weeks. Last Friday I did meet up with the Yachmaster examiner who examined me and he was delighted to see me and hear my news. On the Sunday Mat, Lizzie, Craig and I hired a car and explored the south of Corfu island. The weather was perfect and we saw a lot of the island. We first had breakfast/lunch at a cafe near t...

TODAY - 1st April - has been a big day for a number of reasons. The main reason is that we have launched 40 yachts into the water (still 160 to go). I wasn't involved in the launch but the marina staff, when they stopped talking politics and got their act together, were really fast! The two training yachts are in! One does not even have a steering wheel yet! The crew had to steer with the emergency tiller (stick instead of a wheel basically). Two - it was ...

Hello everyone and welcome finally to my blog from now until I settle down, get a 'proper job' and proper responsibilities. Firstly, I should apologise for promising this and not delivering sooner. I am blaming the lack of internet access at the apartments. The missing part for the wireless router has been 'on order' since I have been here - 3 weeks now!. I am currently sitting in the marina bar which has free but slow wi-fi, writing this. It has taken consi...