GERMANIA NOVA 55m FNM, 2011

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Justin holds the highest grade Norwegian Master Mariner certificate. He has spent his entire life at sea; in the Norwegian navy, long line fishing with his family North of the Arctic Circle and then on charter yachts both power and sail. The last command he had was a gaff cutter from 1908 which he sailed for two years including around Cape Horn and to the South Pacific. Justin has sailed with John on several yachts including the 3 masted schooner Shenandoah of Sark where Romy, Germania Nova’s Engineer also worked. During his time away from the sea he spends his time with his family that live near Barcelona and goes skiing with them in Norway and the Pyrenees.

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Captain, Master Mariner

Justin J Holvik

Head Stewardess

Katie Byng Kate was born and raised in Nottinghamshire, England and developed a love

for the ocean from her scuba diving parents. Following in their footsteps and becoming a SCUBA instructor she quickly realized that a life at sea would suit her. Her life's ambition is to visit every country in the world and has chosen a career which enables her to fulfil this. Kate's aim is to ensure that the guests have a wonderful time and to share in the peace and tranquility that sailing on Germania Nova brings. Kate's interests include underwater photography, videography, running, yoga, reading, cuisine and expanding her knowledge of the world. She would love the chance to dive the Titanic, search for shipwrecks and treasure and participate in underwater archeology.

Stewardess

Heather Ray After graduating secondary school in Arizona, USA, Heather went travelling around the world for two years to have many great experiences whilst meeting new people. After studying in London for a year she decided to look for a job on a sailing yacht to continue doing what she loves the most: travelling, learning and the sea! This led her to join Germania Nova where she makes use of her strong background in hospitality and a keen eye for detail. Heather strives to make guest as well as crew feel special and welcome.

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Chef

James Nightingale

James worked as a Head chef & General manager for the Fine Dining restaurant The “HH” in Devon. He left that position to pursue his career on board super yachts, the plan is to save enough money to buy and renovate houses in England & use his pre cooking background job as a carpenter to get them "ship shape" and rented out and hopefully bring an early retirement for him and his girlfriend. (One can but hope & dream!) James endeavor's to provide culinary perfection in line with the classic grace of Germania Nova.

GERMANIA NOVA 55m FNM, 2011

Mate

Ben Tcharny

Ben was raised by the sea in Sidmouth, Devon, UK. He has always had a passion for classic yachts and the flawless carpentry involved in them. The biggest influence on Ben were the 6 years that he spent on the 2 masted schooners Mariette and Eleonora F, this is where he learnt all his large gaff sailing skills. The last 2 years have been spent building modern classic's in the UK.

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Deck Stewardess

Jessica Woollacott

Jess lived in Devon all of her life and decided a year ago that she wanted to start a new journey doing something completely different from farming and living in the countryside. She grew up riding horses since the age of two and enjoy country traditions such as game shooting. Her father is a keen yachtsman and his love of sailing and passion for travel is one of the many things that inspired Jess to leave the beauty of Devon and make her way towards an adventurous life on the water.

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Victor came from the training scheme in Mallorca called Jovens Navigants. He has been on board Germania for almost 4 years and enjoys his life on the high seas. Victor is lighter on his feet than he looks and is very strong and is the one that we turn to when we need a little extra strength. He has also sailed on SYMerrymaid a beautiful 100 year old classic.

Bosun

Victor Torres

Deckhand

Patricio Schmidt Patricio was born in the Rivera Maya, the caribbean coast of Mexico. Growing up there he naturally embraced all that comes with a life by the sea. He started his sailing career with hobby kats taking out tourists from a resort. Since then he has worked onboard day charter catamarans and delivered small cruising sailboats in the Mediterranean, North Atlantic and Caribbean. Today he thrives being onboard a classic schooner because of the pure traditional ways of sailing. His ultimate goal is to own a beautiful and small sailboat to circumnavigate the world.

Junior Deckhand

Bethany Smith Bethany is our youngest crew member and she is from North Wales but for the last 8 years she has been living, travelling and home schooling on her families yacht. They spent 3 years in the Mediterranean and a year in the Canary Islands before sailing South to Gambia and exploring her massive river. In her spare time she has entered in game fishing tournaments and regattas. She loves dinghy sailing, scuba diving.

Bethany fell in love with Germania Nova when she saw her in Trinidad in 2015. Since then she has kept in touch with the Captains and was delighted when they offered her the position as Junior deckhand.

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GERMANIA NOVA 55m FNM, 2011

Deckhand

Olle Ljundahl

Growing up Olle sailed around the world with his family which made him an adult with an open mind and a hunger for adventure on the high seas. Fate led him to his first encounter with Germania Nova sailing into Admiralty Bay, Bequia in the West Indies. Inspired by her Beauty, the captain and his crew, Olle joined Germania Nova the following summer. Much of his previous experience comes from smaller yachts sailing the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans.

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Romy is another that has spent a life at sea. He worked for eighteen years as the Chief Engineer on the three masted gaff schooner Shenandoah of Sark. He has rounded the world four times and been around Cape Horn three times. If something is broken and Romy can not fix it then it can not be fixed. The only time that Romy has been seen looking worried was when the fuel froze in the fuel lines of Shenandoah after being storm bound up a fjord in South Georgia for a couple of days.

Chief Engineer

Romy Penaflorida

Deck Engineer

Max Composto

Max was born and raised in Palma de Mallorca and his family are now living on a 50ft catamaran sailing through the Pacific. He has already completed 5 Atlantic crossing under sail and has worked on an 80ft Swan as the Mate/Engineer. The main passion in Max’s life is sailing and soaking up the atmosphere of the high seas.

Builder: Factoria Naval de Marin

Naval Arch.: SDC Hamburg

Length: 55.42m / 181’8

Beam: 8.2m /27’

Draft: 5.6m / 19’

Guests: 10 in 5 Cabins

Consumption: 55 lph

Cruising Speed: 9 knots

Flag: Antigua-Barbuda

Year: 2011

Class / MCA: GL+100 A5 / MCA

Type: Gaff Schooner

Hull Type: Full Keel

Construction: Steel Captain Justin J Holvik

plus 12 Crew

Summer Charter Rates – MYBA Terms

€ 80,000/week - High Season € 70,000/week - Low Season

Tenders;

Farrows & Chambers 6.5m classic wooden launch

DSB 5.1m rib with 115hp engine

www.germania-nova.com

GERMANIA NOVA 55m FNM, 2011

Winter Charter Rates – MYBA Terms

$ 95,000/week - High Season $ 90,000/week - Low Season