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Page 1: ODESSA BF e-brochure template2 - Nicholson Yacht Charters · Marian was born in Brest, on the Atlantic coast of France. He comes from a sailing family and his father is a captain
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CREW  

 JAMES OLLEMANS  

Captain 

 

James has been  a part of  the Odessa  fleet  since  2010  and  in  the yachting  industry since 2004.   He  joined during his gap year before he  was  meant  to  return  home  to  Natal,  South  Africa,  to  study architecture. Now, 10 years later, he finds himself reaching different career goals as Captain, leading an energetic and professional crew on board Odessa. He has cruised on Yachts ranging from 50m‐74m in  the Mediterranean,  Caribbean,  Baltic, North American Atlantic, the English Canal, the Panama Canal and the Suez Canal.   Off  duty,  James  is  a  keen  squash  player,  loves  all water  sports, snowboarding,  having  a  round  of  golf with mates  and  spending quality time back home with friends and family. 

SILVIU MARCHIDANU Chief Engineer  

 

Silviu was born  in Constanta, Romania, one of  the busiest ports  in Eastern Europe. After  finishing  in  the Romanian Naval Academy  in 2007,  he  started  his  career  as  an  Engineering  Officer  in  the commercial navy. He progressed in the navy until he was ready for a new  challenge  and  joined  the  yachting  industry.  Compared  to  the commercial navy culture, Silviu enjoys the tightknit crew on smaller boats.  His  interests  are  science,  technology  and  mechanics.  He enjoys family time, skiing and travelling.      

  

ANDY FLANAGAN Chief Mate  Andy grew up in Cape Town, South Africa.  It was here that he developed a passion for the sea and water sports spending his days  surfing,  fishing  and  lifesaving.  After  high  school,  Andy went to the University of Cape Town and did a 4‐year business degree with honours  in Marketing. Throughout university he travelled around Africa, Europe and the States and his love for experiencing new places and cultures developed. His  love for the ocean and travel drew him to the yachting industry in 2010 and he hasn’t looked back since. He has just completed his Chief Mates licence and is aiming to get his Master 3000t licence in the next two years. 

 

  

   

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Mario Orban Chief Engineer  Mario was born in Constanta, Romania, one of the busiest ports in Eastern Europe. After finishing the Maritime University in 2007, he spent 6 years as an Engineer & Second Engineer Officer in the commercial navy and after joined the yachting industry. He comes from a family of engineers and likes to spend time with them in various engineering projects. Live each day to the fullest and is a big fan of the mountains, rally driving and concerts.   

MARIAN BERTHET Second Engineer  Marian was born  in Brest, on the Atlantic coast of France. He comes  from  a  sailing  family  and  his  father  is  a  captain  on yachts. Marian has been working on yachts for five years and attended a maritime school in Corsica for three years where he studied  electro‐mechanics while working  as  a  deck/engineer and sole engineer. Marian has recently joined the Odessa team and  is  our  youngest  crew member.  He  is  interested  in  new technology,  expanding  his  knowledge  in  all  areas  of engineering  and  enjoys  all  kinds  of  sports  activities  such  as wakeboarding, snowboarding, Thai‐boxing.  

 

BRENTON GORDIE Chef  Brenton was  born  and  raised  in Adelaide, Australia. He  began cooking 16 years ago and had a passion for high end food where he  gained  experience  from  top  hotel  chefs  from  around  the world  and  celebrity  chefs  working  along  the  coast  of Queensland  and  islands  .He  has  been  in  numerous  cooking competitions  and won medals  in  every  competition. He  joined the yachting industry 10 years ago and has worked 6 years in the Mediterranean  and Caribbean.  Taking  a  4  year break  from  the industry  in  yachting,  he  returned  back  to  Australia  for  further self‐development and also became a personal trainer  in fitness. Now back on the yachts, Brenton has returned to Odessa where he wants to excel and have fun travelling. 

 

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GARY PHILSON Bosun  Gary was born  in Auckland, New Zealand. From a young age he spent most of his time playing sports and being active by boating,  water  skiing,  wakeboarding  and  tubing  every summer. Gary  is very people orientated and has  followed  a career path  that has kept him  in  the outdoors and working with  people.  He  has  worked  previously  as  a  water  sports instructor in America, an outdoor education instructor for the YMCA in New Zealand, and Post University began a career as a primary school sports teacher.  Gary enjoys all sports and  taking on new challenges. He has been  involved  in  yachting  for  1  year now  and would  like  to work his way towards being a chief officer himself one day. 

  

SAM HAMERSLEY  Deckhand   Sam grew up on the Western coast of Australia. Living on the coast he grew  to  love being on  the water. Sam was  sailing small Mirror  dinghies  as  a  youngster  and  qualified  for  the Mirror  world  championships  in  Cape  Town.  Sam’s  family owns  a  small motor  boat  he  learnt  to  drive  and  navigate around  the  coast  of  Perth which  is where  his  passion  for working on boats developed. Sam  is an active person being heavily  involved in AFL, football and basketball and still gets involved when he can in his spare time. He enjoys getting to know  and  meeting  new  people  from  all  different backgrounds  and  this  is why  he  loves  the  industry  he  is  in today. 

   

 ASH EDWARDS  Deckhand    Ash  is  from Tauranga, New Zealand. Ash spent  the  first  10 years  of  his  professional  career  in  viticulture,  where  he worked  in Wineries  in NZ, Australia  and America. He’s  an outgoing  guy,  so  naturally  seeking  the  next  challenge  he turned  to Yachting.  This  is  his  first  season  in  the  industry and  he’s  incredibly  keen  and  enthusiastic  about  the  new experiences that are to come.  Ash’s  is  passionate  about music.  He writes music  himself and  plays  the  bass  guitar. He was  in  a  band  in  his  home town for 4 years where he performed at local bars.    

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GENEVIEVE FLETCHER  Chief Stewardess   Gen previously worked on Odessa  II  and has been on boats  since 2012. Previous  to working on yachts,  she  studied and worked as a chef in the Cape Wine‐lands of South Africa. She was born in Durban and moved  throughout  her  formative  years  to  coastal  towns  and cities, which is where Gen gained her love for the ocean and passion for travel. Gen has cruised the Caribbean, Mediterranean, Bahamas, Florida, the Panama Canal and has completed one Atlantic crossing. Gen  is  passionate  about  food  and  loves  to  bake.  She  has  also completed her PADI Open Water and will take up any opportunity to scuba dive in new locations. 

MINNA PEAKE Second Stewardess  Minna comes from the rolling hills of the English countryside and has worked on yachts since 2011, during her university holidays. She has recently joined Odessa after graduating in Spanish and Business and is looking forward to continuing her career in the industry. Minna has spent a year living and working in Spain which she adored and hopes to return to Spain  later  in  life.   She has been sailing with her family since  she was  young  and  loves  being out on  the water.  She  loves wake  boarding  and  water  skiing  and  her  other  interests  include fitness, interior styling, playing cards, horse riding and exploring new 

places.   

AIMEE HILL  Stewardess  Aimee grew up  in Cardiff and moved  to North Wales  for University where  she  discovered  a  love  for  the  outdoors,  hiking,  kayaking, canoeing & climbing. After 4 years of University, she decided to move to the French Riviera to become a Nanny, for 1 year with intentions to explore Europe. This is when Aimee discovered the yachting industry!  Aimee feels at home  in the South of France  ‐ her French  is excellent so she fits  into the French way of  life. She’s not planning on moving back  to Wales  any  time  soon  as  she  loves  the  excitement  of  the industry, meeting new people and exploring new destinations.   KATE ANDERSON Stewardess  Kate grew up  in  the small coastal  town of South Shields  in  the North East  of  England.  She  studied Human  Geography  at  university  before completing  a  hospitality  internship  in  Arizona,  America.  Here  Kate gained  a  passion  for  travel  after moving  around  various  states  and came to work on yachts in order to combine this with her interest in the hospitality  sector. Kate enjoys  the  fast pace of  the yachting  industry, the  opportunity  to  explore  new  locations  and  the  chance  to  meet 

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people from all backgrounds. She has always been an active individual with a love for hiking and Irish dancing. 


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