A very exciting moment for us at the beginning of every season is when we can announce our Crews. It is not an understatement to say that our Crews are outstanding and it is a privilege for us to work alongside so many talented, well qualified people, who are passionate about what they do and care so much for the enjoyment of our guests.
Chris, Rob and James return to Skipper our vessels every year. They set the quality standard for exceptional life on board for our guests and crew. They know everything there is to know about managing our vessels at sea, all the best places to take our guests and where to find the wildlife.
Our Wildlife Guides are chosen because they are the best around for knowledge of the Hebrides and its wildlife. We fit our calendar around their availability to ensure all cruises have a highly qualified Guide. We are delighted to have Lynsey, Nigel, Alexa and Georgina back with us for 2019 and look forward to having Will and Cathy join the team.
Our Chefs do an amazing job providing gourmet meals for our guests, freshly prepared, from a ship’s galley. Caroline and Peter are back with us for the new season with Morag joining us for her first season. All our Chefs provide delicious, but healthy, meals full of flavour, using the amazing produce available on the west coast of Scotland
Our Bosuns ensure that every detail on board is perfect for our guests. At the same time they assist with the running of the vessel and trips ashore, and are a fount of local knowledge. We are delighted that Craig is back with us for 2019 and that Lynsey is happy to take a spell as Bosun on a few cruises too, with new crew members Pauline and Amy completing the team.
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Hi Emma - My family and I were lucky enough to spend a week on board the Lucy Mary last week (2/5-8/5) and spent it with the most wonderful crew of Lewis, Zoe, Bella, Sian and Jasmine. I’d like to pass on my thanks to them all. Their open, friendly demeanour, attention to detail and incredible organisation made the whole experience a total delight. Each day ran so smoothly that, as guests, all we had left to do was marvel at the beauty of the location and the wlldlife, oh and eat an insane amount of utterly delicious food. Huge thank you to Zoe for being so available and informative, for gracefully answering our amateur wildlife questions with no flicker to suggest that she had heard them all before. She heartily joined in our silly family banter, invited us to join in her cetacean watches and politely informed us that there’s no such thing as ‘just a gull’ - only ‘just a dove’ apparently……. Oh and please thank her for being such a great quiz master. On that note, thank you to Jasmine and Bella, my fellow cohorts on the winning quiz team. Thank you also to Lewis, he too had to endure some nosy nav questions from me, and did so with huge patience and heaps of information. His local knowledge and boat handling skills are second to none, I mean we all saw him virtually parallel park Lucy Mary with just a bow thrust nudge, it was a bit special :-) Please also thank him for his ‘hand in pocket parking’ advice, I have spread it far and wide already and will give it go in the very near future. And thank him for taking us to the most amazing anchorage spots each night. Please also thank Jasmine. She is a wonderful host, her table laying imagination, pebble work and napkin art was just joyful. She smiled all trip long and made us all feel really comfortable. Please also thank Bella, the perpetual cleaning machine! Lucy Mary was immaculate, always. It was gorgeous to hear the team laughing all trip long too, mostly led by Bella, who always seemed to have a grin on her face. And finally please thank Sian.
Sarah Desjonqueres: 2 May 2024Idyllic Islands: Mull, Iona, Staffa & the Treshnish Isles