§ I am passionate about teaching sailing, sharing knowledge with sailors, and boating around the Mediterranean, France, Ireland and the UK.
§ Since 1983 I skippered sailing boats and trained crew from basic to advanced cruising: taught over 100 courses / 900+ days / 20,000+ nautical miles.
§ All in all since my youth I sailed as a trainee, an instructor and a coach/skipper over 30,000 nautical miles all over the Mediterranean, the Atlantic (Britanny-France and Ireland) and the North Sea.
§ Qualified to skipper sailing /motor yachts up to 24 mt lenght (with radio operator certificate) Ministry of Transport and Navigation, Italian Republic
§ Yachtmaster Offshore, Royal Yachting Association / Maritime and Coastguard Agency - Department of Transport, British Government
§ Certifiied Training IMO STCW’95 on Personal Survival Techniques, Fire Prevention and Fire Fighting, Elementary First Aid, Personal Safety and Social Responsibility
§ Certified Instructor cruising (moniteur) and commodore (chef d'escadre) Fédération Française de la Voile – - délégataire Ministère de la Jeunesse, de l’Education Populaire et de la Vie Associative, Republique Francaise – - membre de l’International Sailing Federation - ISAF
§ ISAF 2 Personal Survival and First Aid + Proficiency in Medical Care training

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§ University of London Postgraduate, former UN officer and consultant for the European Commission.

§ From the region of Piedmont, Italy, living in Chianti near Florence; familiar with habits, morals and cultures of several European countries and other continents; I speak six languages:English. French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Serbo-Croat.

§ Italien du Piemont vivant en Chianti proche de Florence; ancien fonctionnaire de Nations Unies et consultant de l’Union Européenne, habituée a a vivre dans différents pays européens et autres continents; Capitain de navires de plaisance voiles et moteur.Compétence linguistique en six idiomes : Anglais, Français, Italien, Espagnol, Portugaise, Serbe-croate."

§ I am interested and available during the winter season to join a crew for weekends regattas.

§ I can provide competent crew, hostess, cook.

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The concept of a cruise is to match the pleasure of safe navigation passages at sea and competent boat handling discovering and exploring coasts and islands from the Atlantic to the Mediterranean ; but also short legs to enjoy the sun, the sea,the beaches, anchoring in creeks to take a swim, visiting villages on the coast, fishing and cooking tasty dinners on the shore or in the cockpit under the stars ... sharing sea and life experiences ... understanding others, cooking together tasty local food , discussing seamanship, ....