Catamaran Lir

Modern European and Asian style dishes are a specialty, but all of Melissa’s menus are tailored to her guests’ specific preferences and are created with a health conscious ethos.

When Melissa started her career in the Caribbean she quickly developed a love for the underwater environment and progressed to Dive master within a couple of seasons. She has since then been diving extensively in the Caribbean as well as in Thailand and Zanzibar, so you can feel in safe hands both above and below the water.

Captain – George Greathead

George, your Captain on Lir is from Essex, UK, and has been boating since his early teens.

Having grown up spending summers in and around St Tropez, France, on his families boats, he decided four years ago to turn his passion into a career on the water and has since progressed up the ranks and now feels no more at home than when he is at the helm. With such a love of the sea it was only natural that George wanted to add the qualifications to match his experience and established his career as a charter yacht captain.

George studied the Ocean Graduate Course at United Kingdom Sailing Academy where he gained his Commercially Endorsed YachtMaster Offshore. He enjoys tennis, waterskiing, saltwater fishing and is an advanced PADI diver.

This lead him to Florida and the Caribbean for his first position within a fleet of large yachts, starting on a 57 meter and quickly progressing to First Mate on 43 meter.

Following this he moved up to Captain, and has been running a variety of Catamarans, Motor Yachts and large Monohulls since.

George has both professional and recreational experience of the South of France, Italy, Elba, Mallorca, Ibiza and Formentera areas in the Mediterranean as well as extensive sailing in the Caribbean, Bahamas and South Florida.

George and Melissa both love children and welcome families onboard. George is happy to entertain the children with beach games and fun packed days in and on the water. Meanwhile Melissa will more than happily cater to the children’s tastes so that they too have a vacation to remember.

Together George and Melissa will make sure you enjoy your vacation at your own pace. Either action packed and on the go, or if you prefer moving to the beat of a slower drum, George will happily make you one of his mouth watering cocktails while you indulge in reading a good book. However you want to spend your vacation, George and Melissa look forward to welcoming you onboard.

Mate/Stew Tom Simpson

Tom, who will be your steward onboard is from Bedford in the UK. From an early age, he has had a passion for luxury travel and has had a wealth of experience on motor boats, driving his grandfathers Pershing 40ft M/Y. Privately educated he went to Eastbourne college as a border from 1997 to 2002 and attained GCSEs & A levels. He has spent the last four years working on a variety of motor and sailing yachts as a deckhand & deck/stew.

He studied at a school named FlyingFish in Cowes, Isle of White where he attained his superyacht interior crew certificate where he learned the skills needed for silver table service, high-end housekeeping & laundry cleaning.

Since then Tom has grown from strength to strength in the boating world and worked on motoryachts as a sole steward for many summers along the French Rivera.

He loves to travel and experience new cultures having spent 6 months traveling through Southeast Asia, Australia, New Zealand and island hopping around Fiji. He enjoys playing golf, keeping fit and has recently taken up yoga. He also enjoys diving and has experience diving around Ko Tao in Thailand. He recently undertook a theatre acting course and enjoyed performing to a live audience. This was a great way to gain confidence and understand character portrayal.

Tom has also had a lot of experience in the catering industry working as a waiter & barman in some of London’s smartest restaurants. If you feel in need of a cool refreshing cocktail to tease your tastebuds then Toms your guy. So don’t be shy!