With our family, no holiday was ever spent on land. We rather set sail and discovered (again and again) the waters of Zeeland, Holland, where my brother made it life’s mission to catch every crab foolish enough to show himself and where me and my sister… well, were scared of them, probably.

After obtaining both a sailing and an instructor’s certificate, I joined Student Sailing Association De Loefbijter where I soon started to participate in many student sailing competitions and championships (first as jib or mainsail trimmer, later as helmsperson). Here, I discovered and seized the amazing opportunity to start working as skipper and flotilla leader in Mediterranean countries with Amorgos Zeilvakanties.