Catamaran Sur Leau

Alexandra was born and raised in South Africa. After her schooling she graduated with a diploma in interior design. She started sailing at the age of five and competed in her first race by the age of eight and fell in love with sailing.

With 19 years of yachting experience, Alexandra has visited many different destinations including Americas, Africa, Asia, Mediterranean and the Caribbean. She’s passionate about her career and striving to always give the highest level. She is very creative, organized and attentive to guests and crew. Alexandra has a genuine love of life, adventure, travel and people. In her free time, you’ll find her in the water, taking photographs, hiking a mountain or exploring local cultures.

Chef: Micaela (Micky) Markides

I am a young professional chef with an admiration for fine food and nutrition. I am classically trained with an honors level degree in culinary arts. Constructing unique dishes has become my biggest passion, being a perfectionist, I take the utmost care in every meal I make while putting an immense amount of effort into presentation. Along with being a chef; I am also a professional athlete, so developing meals to particular dietary requirements and nutritional value is something I also hold highly. I enjoy tapping into my creative side and expressing myself through food and continuously creating and developing new ideas with the aim of pleasing the individuals whom I prepare food for.

Engineer/Deckhand: Samantha Skovlund

Yachtmaster Offshore, AEC, PADI open water.

Sam grew up sailing in the Pacific with her family on their 43’ sailing boat and later settled in the north island of New Zealand. Always spending time with her dad fixing things on the boat. This led to a love of making, remaking and repairing any number of things. Because of her experiences from a young age, she found it natural to enter the yachting industry and pursue her career in engineering. After completing two courses she is now working towards her MEOL.

Sam’s interests include travel, drawing, painting and adventure style sports. She is energetic, fun and her love for the sea and sports is apparent in her behavior.