BELINDA Mary BUCKLEY

Directional Aim: My career path is adventure sports travel experiences: high mountain ski touring and blue water sailing super yachts. Long term objectives include cruising the South Pacific, circumnavigating the South American
continent and expedition sailing in high latitudes, with land trips in the Arctic and on Antarctica.

QUALIFICATIONS
MCA Approved Engine Course	Sept 2008
RYA/MCA Yachtmaster Ocean, commercially endorsed to 200gt	Nov 2007
RYA/MCA Cruising Instructor	August 2007
RYA/MCA Yachtmaster Offshore, commercially endorsed	Sept 2006
Certificate in Food Hygiene	Nov 2006
PADI Open Water Diver :  Fluent French speaker  :  59,000 NM logged :  USA Visa B1/B2 (expires 2015)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Dynamic Lives Current
Position:	Resort Manager
Responsibilities:	Resort manager for this luxury ski company in Chamonix. Overseeing 6 chalets, managing concierge service, arranging catering and travel, booking all snowsports, organising and managing corporate ski weekends.

Brama Yachts and Catamarans June – Sept 10
Position:	Base Manager
Responsibilities:	Base management for Greek charter business, looking after Bavaria 39s, Beneteau 44s and Jeanneau 50.5s, as well as Lagoon 420, 440 and 500 catamarans. Managing vessel inventories and client liaison. Deliveries  around the Aegean. Freelance deckhand and hostess work on luxury supersail yachts

Dynamic Lives Jan – May 10
Position:	Resort Manager
Responsibilities:	Resort manager for this luxury ski company in Chamonix. Overseeing 6 chalets, managing concierge service, arranging catering and travel, booking all snowsports and organising corporate ski weekends. Booking luxury villas on Ibiza and arranging guest concierge service, for summer 2010.

S/Y Manu – Swan 70 Dec 09
Position:	Mate/Cook
Responsibilities:	Mate/Cook for this high performance sailing yacht: supporting skipper in maintaining the deck, rig tuning and ran the interior, provisioning for long passages and cooking for owner and delivery crew.

Brama Yachts and Catamarans Oct 09
Position:	Base Manager
Responsibilities:	Base manager for this busy Greek charter business, looking after Bavaria 39s, Beneteau 44s and Jeanneau 50.5s, as well as Lagoon 420, 440 and 500 catamarans. Managing vessel inventories and client liaison.

S/Y Ana Nefeli – Swan 75RS July – Sept 09
Position:	Mate
Responsibilities:	Running the deck of a privately owned high performance luxury yacht. Maintaining the boat’s immaculate condition. Cruising the Aegean Sea with owners and family. Working with Greek crew.

S/Y Velsheda – J Class JK7 June 09
Position:	Day work while boat in the yard in Palma
Responsibilities:	Interior detailing post varnishing, plus polishing deck and rig.

S/Y Oceana – Oyster 82 Oct 08 – May 09
Position:	First Mate/Stewardess
Responsibilities:	Second-in-Command on three-crewed, privately owned luxury sailing yacht, with a busy schedule in the Mediterranean and Caribbean, comprising 5 star charters, cruising with the owners and family and corporate entertaining. In charge of running the deck while under way and in port. Raced in the Autumn 08 Oyster Mediterranean Regatta. Project managed a refit programme in Palma de Mallorca while the skipper was on leave. Delivered the boat to a tight deadline westwards across the Atlantic. Cruising and chartering across the Caribbean, from the BVIs to the ABCs. Raced in the 2009 Oyster Regatta in Antigua, then delivered the boat to Ft Lauderdale via the Turks & Caicos and the Bahamas.

Freelance Racing First Mate May – Sept 08
Position:	First Mate for corporate racing on the Solent and around the Isle of Wight, onboard Elan 410s, Beneteau 40.7s, Farr 65s, Challenge 67s, Clipper 68s and Clipper 60s.
Responsibilities:	Competed in many regattas including Cowes Week.

Ski Verbier Dec 07 – April 08
Position:	Assistant Resort Manager
Responsibilities:	Managing 20 luxury chalets, staffed by chefs, hosts and drivers; ensuring high standards of hospitality maintained, ski training and leading, client liaison and coordinating private transfers. Constant business dealings with local suppliers conducted in French.

Global Yacht Racing Oct – Nov 2007
Position:	1st Mate
Responsibilities:	Delivery of racer cruiser yacht Beneteau First 47.7 from Malta to the Canaries via Gibraltar.

Clipper Ventures May – Sept 07
Position:	Training Mate
Responsibilities:	Recommisioning and maintaining 68ft ocean racing yachts. First mate on corporate day sails and deliveries of yachts between the South Coast and Scotland. Training new crew for the Clipper 07-08 Round the World Yacht Race. Race support at the start in Liverpool and the first stop in La Rochelle. Editing souvenir progamme 360º magazine.

Chalet Le Verbiage, Verbier, Switzerland Dec 06 – April 07
Position:	Chalet Manager
Responsibilities:	Cooking breakfast, tea and dinner for up to 10 guests, as well as hosting drinks and dinner parties for clients. Organising and booking ski training, guiding and associated snowsports, including extreme activities such as heli skiing, parapenting and off- piste ski-touring. Housekeeping the chalet like a luxury bed and breakfast.

S/Y Elvis The Gecko – Oyster 66 Oct – Nov 06
Position:	Second Mate
Responsibilities:	Mate on delivery of luxury yacht from Palma de Mallorca to Antigua via the Canaries and Cape Verde Islands.

Clipper 05-06 The Round The World Yacht Race Sept 05 – Aug 06
Position:	Quartermaster
Responsibilities:	Crew on S/Y Western Australia Clipper, which won the race overall with three first places, six seconds and a third in 13 races. RTW Crew Victualler – researched ocean yacht racing nutrition, planned menus, bought provisions and managed boat budgets. Oversaw below decks hygiene, order, health and safety. Also wrote the ship’s diary/log for the website www.clipper-ventures.com

ACTIVITIES & INTERESTS
Ocean sailing, downhill skiing, water skiing, open water swimming, scuba diving, skating, yoga, trekking, Pilates.
Environmental issues, photography, architecture and design, fashion, film and cinema, history of art, dance music, travel, languages, writing.