• August 01, 2023

1. What is the name of your profession (position)? I am a captain, I work on small sailing yachts, as well as on my own yacht. 2. What is your job and what are your responsibilities? The main activity lies in the management of the yacht during the charter, and the maintenance of the vessel during the moorings. I work in Greece and conduct boat trips to the islands of the Aegean Sea. My duties include meeting tourists at the airport, placing them on a yacht, and further service during the voyage. 3. What education is required to get your position? For this work, it is enough to take courses at the school of skippers and get a certificate. I have a higher education, knowledge of three languages ​​(Russian, English, Greek), multiple participation in sailing regattas, as well as excellent knowledge of the Mediterranean Sea due to extensive experience in various travel companies. 4. Describe your working day. The working day is not standardized, it can start at any time of the day, depending on when the plane with clients arrives. During the charter, the distribution of time depends on the requirements of clients for the volume and saturation of the holiday. 5. How comfortable are your working conditions (all day outside, or in the office with a cup of coffee)? Of course, the comfort of this work is present only for people in love with the sea. I am constantly on the street, in any weather, in a storm or in a calm, with a scorching sun. 6. What do you like most about your job? I love my job, for me it's not just a job, but my hobby. I do what I love, I constantly communicate with different and interesting people. 7. What do you dislike most about your job? Seasonality of work, in winter you will not lure a single tourist into the sea under any pretext. 8. If it's not a secret, what is your salary level (is it enough to write whether you are satisfied or not)? The average salary of a good skipper in Greece is about 150 euros per day. I get more I work on my yacht. 9. Describe your team, what kind of people work with you? I work alone, but I am often invited by my friends to work on large yachts when they need help. 10. What human qualities do you think are most important in your business? Perhaps the main and only necessary quality in yachting is love for the sea. This work can be done by any person for whom the sea has become a second home. 11. Work gives me additional opportunities (everything that work gives you except money, from self-expression and communication with interesting people to the opportunity to visit different countries). I'm just doing what I love... 12. Do you have the opportunity to evaluate your work on a five-point scale, what grade would you give? five 13. Why did you choose this job? I think it's luck, fortune turned to face me one day, giving me the opportunity to go to sailing races in the best place for this. And in the future to stay here to work. 14. What do you think we did not include in the plan and what else would you like to share with us? Further plans and prospects. All the waylife to hold on to the helm is not for everyone, the sea does not like the weak. I am going to organize a small private yacht charter company in Greece for tourists from Russia. My experience will enable many tourists to correctly choose a yacht and a captain without spending extra money on large tour operators. 0