Catamaran Twin Flame

Chef Christian Doyle

Hailing from sailing-centric Annapolis, Maryland, Christian’s origins are in the maritime community. It was here that she fell in love with the beach, tall ships and the ocean. Making her way down the coast, she studied psychology at UNCW and following graduating in 2006, it was a cheap one-way ticket and the dream of being an island girl” that brought her to St. John, Virgin Islands. It was in the Virgin Islands that Christian fell in love with and learned to respect the beauty of sailing. Her passion for hospitality, food, health and wellness is what eventually brought her to study holistic culinary nutrition at Bauman College in Berkeley, California. Once becoming a certified natural chef Christian worked with private clients, top restaurants in Virgin Islands, and cheffed on Luxury catamarans/Motor yachts. Her flexibility, excellent team work, and positive attitude has rewarded her the opportunity to work along side a number of talented chefs and charter crews. There is no stopping Christian from continuing her education in the culinary/charter world.

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Kieran & Michelle met back in 2012 in Mexico whilst working in the dive industry as instructors and photographers. Since then they have been on an unstoppable adventure that has taken them across the Caribbean, Americas, Europe & SE Asia.

They have now been in the charter industry for 5 years and are definitely enjoying their home in the British Virgin Islands. A country full of history and secrets that has allowed them to slowly discover more and more as their adventure continues.

Both Kieran & Michelle were led to the ocean by a passion for scuba diving and adventure, it is was this passion that formed the foundation for a life destined on the ocean. Being on boats has been an integral part of their lives since they were young and it was a natural progression to move on to running sailing yachts in the Caribbean.

Michelle is a trained chef, completing the Ashburton Chefs academy in 2017 to add to her extensive personal experience of working under an array of incredible Yacht & Restaurant Chefs. She also has dive instructor rating and is a qualified captain that thrives on deck.

Kieran is an accomplished diver as well as Captain. He enjoys most water sports and has a keen interest in marine life.

Following Irma & Maria in 2017, Kieran & Michelle spent 15 months living on Tortola rebuilding a hurricane damaged catamaran and returned it to the charter fleet. This was an invaluable experience for any charter crew rebuilding a yacht from the ground up and learning every aspect of the rebuild, repairs and upgrades along the way. Here they collectively developed a strong knowledge of Boat Building, Project Management and general Marine Engineering.

In addition to working on charter yachts, Kieran & Michelle’s other passion is adventure and photography. It is this combination that led to the birth of Panga Expedtions. For the past 6 years they have been travelling the world, capturing incredible footage from both above and below the surface and have been featured on countless National TV Channels/Online Media Oulets including Nat Geo, Discovery, Shark Week, GoPro & Google. Whilst enjoying brief sponsorships from GoPro, Light & Motion and other adventure sport companies to help capture incredible footage.

They’re now working on developing a worldwide itinerary that will include guided trips to participate in; Humpback Whales in water interactions, Tiger Shark Dives, Wakeboarding, Whitewater Kayaking, Mountain Biking whilst being filmed in 4K. This will be operated during the hurricane season and will allow them the opportunity to both charter and pursue their dream of running expeditions.

Twin Flame will be accompanied by a third crew member Markee Serecin.

Kierna Brown Qualifications

RYA Sail Yachtmaster Offshore CE 200 Tonnes

MCA AEC

RYA VHF

STCW-95

ENG-1

PADI IDC Staff Inst.

AIDA Level 2

EFR Inst

Michelle Preciado Qualifications

Certificate in Professional Cookery

Level 2 Award in Food Safety in Catering

PADI Open Water Instructor

STCW-95

RYA Competent Crew

RYA Day Skipper

ENG-1

RYA VHF Certified

DAN Insured

AIDA Level 2 (Freediving)

EFR Instructor

Markee grew up in Pittsburgh, PA and had found a love for the water since before she could walk. Growing up cruising the 3 rivers of Pittsburgh Markee wanted a little more adventure, so she spent many summers on Lake Erie where she found her love of sailing through dinghy sailing. Eventually Markee grew up and had a career in fitness where she owned her own gym, but the Sea was still calling her name. So she sold everything and made her way into the yachting industry. Sailing Croatia, Greece, Montenegro, Sardina, and the Caribbean.

Markee Serecin Qualifications:

RYA yachtmaster coastal

USCG 100 ton

Powerboat level II

STCW 95

First Aid/CPR/AED