46ft (14.0m) Sail yacht.

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Captain Richard Stalford has a long history on the water with both power and sailing vessels. Richard took his love for the water and turned it into a professional career as a Water Resource Engineer. He is also an American Sailing Association Instructor and a SCUBA Schools International Instructor. Richard is a licensed Captain with the US Coast Guard attaining the level of Master of 100 Gross Ton vessel and has logged over 15,000 miles on Labe Yoseph alone. He has retro-fitted Labe Yoseph himself and has an intricate knowledge of marine systems and sailing. Teaching has always come naturally to Richard and he is very comfortable communicating and makes learning easy and fun.

One of his many loves is to teach sailing and diving. It is very rewarding for him to help beginners with their sailing career either as a day sailor or as a more adventurous participant in the sport. He has had many of his students purchase boats, and a few live in the Caribbean enjoying what it has to offer. It is very rewarding for him to be part of changing people’s lives for the better.

Amanda has had a varied and successful career in general management and business development in the IT and media sectors. As well as excelling in a corporate career, she has always maintained a passion for wine, food and hospitality. Entertaining guests with her culinary skills and appreciation of fine wines around the globe has left her with many satisfied appetites. Amanda undoubtedly delivers to Labe Yoseph charters a unique culinary experience with international flavour and style. Our charters experience an around the world eating and drinking extravaganza in seven days, romantic menus for lovers, or even Caribbean Catch seafood samplers and more.  With her desire to be on the water and taking into account all this varied talent being at sea and in the charter business Labe sports a winning combination having her on board. Amanda excels at providing a quality service in everything she does. From an early childhood of being raised on a farm in New Zealand to the corporate world in England, her varied and wide reaching background has permitted her a unique view of people and the world which she brings to bear in providing service on Labe Yoseph. Her sailing and boating experience has permitted her to winch and haul with the best of them and is always in the right place at the right time to lend a hand and get the charterers involved if they so desire. The commensurate entertainer, Amanda loves to engage with the charterers and makes an extra special effort to make sure everything on Labe Yoseph is seamless and rich with style.