Tis the season...

While I lie in bed after an exhausting [what feels like a full 24 hour working day] with what I can only imagine as insomnia which is most annoying as usually after a day on charter I’m dead as soon as my head hits the pillow. But never the less I thought it to be a good time to catch up on some of my encounters lately. A little list of what I have learned in the last few months whilst working in the confines of a Super-Duper yacht [Couldn’t help myself].

So here we go:

1.     No matter what … schnitzel trumps all.

2.     In yachting you sometimes have to deal with people who have the I.Q of a baguette and the manners of a steaming turd and you have to just ‘smile and wave’ no matter what.

3.     No matter how tired you are, one glass of rose after work and I’m good to go J

4.     In the words of my Chief Stu “There is NO such thing as a skid free day”.

5.     I am hugely grateful for the seat in my shower.

6.     Charters are like giving birth [hear me out] you hate every minute of it but as soon as its over and your tip is in hand and your sitting in the sink [instead of washing up in the sink] and sipping on a jug of mango daiquiri’s - you forget it all.

7.      I have now found that there is a time frame in life for how much fun bunk beds can be. Its now.

8.     Weighing yourself whilst at sea is both terrifying and wonderful all at the same time.

9.     Your not an alcoholic if you call it ‘tea’ and drink it out of a mug.

10. No matter how hard you try you will somehow either work with or for someone who makes you query a countries education system. All I have to learn now is to just get on with it ;)

11. People running into glass doors = still funny.

12. Chewing chips with earplugs in will blow your mind how loud it is – you must give it a try.

I find myself laughing at the peaks and troughs of yachting as it is truly a wonderful, painfully frustrating, exciting adventure that reminds me how lucky I am to be living life to the fullest, taking what I want from it and getting bucket loads extra along the way.

Keep on smiling – life is just too damn short not love even the shitty bits. J

Bye for now,

Sleep deprived STU

XoXo