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Richard and Lisa work as a great team on Promenade running the charters for the past two seasons. Their youth and enthusiasm will win you over! Owners Kerry and Bazza are on charters with them when requested or when Richard and Lisa take holidays! Richard and Lisa are joined by a third crew member when required.
Kerry runs the business end year round, and Bazza takes care of the engineering. As a team, we all work together to ensure that you have a wonderful time on our yacht.
Richard Rome is a Marine Coastguard Agency Licensed Yacht Captain and PADI Dive Master, born in Portsmouth, England, the home of yachting in the UK where his love for the sea and outdoor life began. Richard studied automotive engineering and worked as a boat builder straight out of school, then worked as a Marine engineer before moving to teach sailing on the west coast of Scotland. Since then he has travelled the seas of the Mediterranean working as a charter skipper, various deliveries including some trans-Atlantic crossings and has even been a captain of a semi submarine in Grand Cayman. In Greece and Croatia as Flotilla leader he would often be responsible for as many as 15 yachts and 70 people at a time. Richard can also turn a hand to the galley, having worked as second chef at ski chalets in Europe and even has experience in silver service! Lisa is not entirely sure on the state he leaves the galley in though so he is usually relegated to barbecuing and catching fish for her to cook! Richard loves any thing to do with the water from the high adrenaline sport of kite surfing to gentle kayak safaris in the shallows.
Lisa Dixon was originally schooled in the UK, Lisa holds a bachelor of honours in Nursing. While travelling after finishing University, Lisa learned to dive and never looked back! She become a PADI Instructor in Thailand and has managed dive shops from Australia, Asia and United Arab Emirates to Bermuda. While diving in Croatia, Lisa was introduced to yachts and Richard and this opened up a whole new career for her. She moved on to work for a yacht charter company, spending 2 seasons as a stewardess/flotilla leader in Greece alongside Richard. Throughout the past several years Lisa has also worked for a catering company in the UK, where she has been able to develop and expand her culinary expertise, providing a range of speciality foods for a variety of occasions. Her menus are inspired from her travels all over the world, with Greek being a particular favourite. Lisa has a keen knowledge of the underwater world as well as the spots to go in the British VIrgin Islands and looks forward to making your holiday as enjoyable as possible above and below the water. Both Richard and Lisa are keen underwater photographers.
meet the owners
Kerry Lynn Hucul-Cooper originally trained in advertising and public relations for large hotels and dinner theaters. After living and working in various countries, from England, Belgium and Germany to Canada, the United States and Mexico, she operated a successful restaurant for six years before deciding that a different way of life was definitely in order. After teaching SCUBA and kayaking in the Bay of Fundy's frigid waters, she decided to make her trips south a permament way of life.Over the past ten years with Promenade, Kerry has completed many Caribbean yacht charters. Kerry holds her MCA Yachtmaster Offshore, is STCW95 compliant and has been a SCUBA Instructor for many years, with thousands of dives with underwater photography being a particular passion. She is very eager to share her part of charter paradise with you. Kerry mostly runs the business end of the charters nowadays, and helps out Lisa with the cooking while onboard. She has a passion for the out of the way spots in the British VIrgin Islands that she has learnt over the years.
Barry(Bazza) Hucul-Cooper originally hails from Australia and has been sailing for 30 years. Baz spent 20 year in trade school for various mechanics, holds about 14 different papers for welding to diesel mechanic, and as well has built several boats, including Alley Cat, a 37 foot catamaran that he sailed around the east coast of Australia for 18 months. Besides the fact that he can sail or fix anything on a yacht, he is an avid SCUBA diver and has a love of seeing new places. Bazza not only holds a local British Virgin Islands captains licence, but was the first person to obtain a MCA approved engineering license here in the British Virgin Islands. Bazza is a PADI SCUBA instructor and has an excellent old bottle collection that he has spent many hours underwater looking for. The upgrade in quality and innovations he has brought to the yacht over the years is amazing. Bazza mainly does the engineering side of the yacht nowadays, keeping it in top notch condition.
You can be assured that you will receive truly caring, friendly and professional service at all times. We look forward to welcoming you to our tranquil piece of paradise.
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