BELINDA Mary BUCKLEY
Directional Aim: Expedition sailing: I am gathering experience with a view to becoming first mate on a yacht designed to cruise high latitudes, combining this with land projects in the Arctic, Antartica and circumnavigating the South American continent.
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| RYA/MCA Yachtmaster Ocean, commercially endorsed |
Nov 2007
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| RYA/MCA Cruising Instructor |
August 2007
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| RYA/MCA Yachtmaster Offshore, commercially endorsed |
Sept 2006
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| Certificate in Food Hygiene |
Nov 2006
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| Fluent French speaker |
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
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| 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. | ||
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| Position: | Day work while boat in the yard in Palma | ||
| Responsibilities: | Interior detailing post varnishing, plus polishing deck and rig. | ||
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| 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. | ||
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| 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. | ||
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| 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. |
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| Position: | 1st Mate | ||
| Responsibilities: | Delivery of racer cruiser yacht Beneteau First 47.7 from Malta to the Canaries via Gibraltar. |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| Position: | Mate | ||
| Responsibilities: | Mate on delivery of Oyster 66 ‘Elvis The Gecko’ from Palma, Majorca to Antigua via the Canaries and Cape Verde Islands |
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| Position: | Crew Member | ||
| Responsibilities: | Crew on Western Australia Clipper, which won the race overall with 3 first places, 6 seconds and 1 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, scuba diving, skating, yoga, trekking, Pilates.
Environmental issues, photography, architecture and design, fashion, film and cinema, history of art, dance music, travel, languages, writing.
