Superyacht Veteran Ruby Needham (29) Is a Concierge for a Gourmet Sailing Company
I grew up around boats, initially in the Coromandel, where I went to primary school, and then in Nelson after my parents bought a travel agency there.
I’m a qualified early childhood teacher and have a UK diploma in teaching and a national nanny certificate. I did two years of full-time teaching and decided I couldn’t handle the paperwork. I loved the kids and I loved teaching, but I was young and it felt like a massive responsibility.
I heard about superyachting through a couple of friends and decided to do my STCW [Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers], which you need if you’re working on any type of boat. It teaches basic first aid, firefighting and survival skills.
I went home and told my parents I was going to be a firefighter. Mum and Dad were like, ‘Ruby, you need to calm down.’ I thought, ‘Okay, I’d better not be a firefighter. I’m going to fly to France and go dock walking – so go to where the big yachts are and hand out my CV.’ My parents thought I was mad.
I arrived in France on a Sunday. Nothing was open, I couldn’t understand a thing. I thought, ‘What have I done?’ I didn’t know anything about being a stewardess, which was the job I was going for, but on the fourth day, I was walking past this yacht and asked the crew, who were unloading a truckload of provisions, if they needed a hand.
この記事は New Zealand Woman's Weekly の May 20 2019 版に掲載されています。
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7 日間の Magzter GOLD 無料トライアルを開始して、何千もの厳選されたプレミアム ストーリー、9,000 以上の雑誌や新聞にアクセスしてください。
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