Interior Crew – A Career Or Killing Time?

The season is almost over and I can feel that collective sigh of relief and hear those tired feet doing a little “dance of freedom”; you know, the one you do immediately after the guests have left and you have a few days off! It’s a global dance, done by all...

Marc Fosh: Packed With Flavour

In Spain some of the finest gourmet products come dried in salt or packed in a tin! It’s no secret that the Spanish are great fish-eaters, second only to the Japanese who are the world’s leading consumers of fish. This taste for fish and seafood has developed...

Galley Goddess: Do Mushrooms Come From Out Of Space?

What if fungus could be extraterrestrial, the portly portobello; a higher dimensional alien? The fact that the spores of fungus are electron-dense and able to survive the temperatures and other hazards of space travel it’s possible, dear friends, at one time,  the...

Islander Stew Of The Month – Bex Mottram

What did you do before yachting and how did your yachting career first begin?  I worked in central London as a Website Content Manager for a Fashion Retailer – so something completely different. It was after I turned 30 that I had a feeling I just needed a change, get...

How To Deal With Bullying On-board

It is that time in the season when everyone is getting tired and over worked; over-heated – with soaring temperatures in the Med it creates extra stress on the body – and still a long way to go before you can relax.  This is the time when a person’s worst traits can...