
Marc Wellnitz, Captain, Canadian-German
Captain Marc was born in Canada to German parents and grew up in the Caribbean. His diverse background allowed him the opportunity to learn German and Spanish. He began his career in yachting in 1990 and traveled extensively throughout the Caribbean, Bahamas, Mexico, and the west coasts of Canada and the U.S. His passion for water activities is far reaching, including, sailing, scuba diving, skim boarding, water skiing, wakeboarding, and paddle boarding. He also has experience in free diving. In 1999, Marc received his captain’s license, and he now currently holds his 500 GRT license. He has acquired many other credentials over the years while running private and charter yachts. Marc is married and has two young sons who live in Florida.
Travis Ahlf: First Mate, American
Travis grew up in Seattle, Washington but has had the opportunity to live abroad in Germany. He has also traveled throughout Asia and Europe. Travis began his boating career in 2005 working on cruise ships based in Alaska, Hawaii, and the U.S Pacific Northwest. It was there that he developed his deck and service skills. He enjoys snorkeling, paddle boarding, and extreme beach volleyball.
Jay Adams: Chef, American
Chef Adams graduated from the restaurant and hotel Culinary School in Milwaukee, WI in 1980. During college he has worked at city clubs, top 10 restaurants, hotels and country clubs. Adams has been certified from the American Culinary Federation as CEC with 16 years as executive chef. Chef Jay was acquainted with the yachting industry in St. Croix while working at the Buccaneer Hotel. He now has been working on private yachts for almost 3 years. Areas of expertise are seafood, Mediterranean, Asian, American regional and Caribbean. I enjoy spice variations and challenges.
Julia Timmins: Chief Stewardess, Canadian
Coming from the land of diversity, Toronto Canada has always been one of Julia's favorite hot spots of the world. From a child, eating out and enjoying good food and service has always been a common niche in the Toronto night life.
Amongst finishing her studies in Law, a need for travel, and new experiences put her on deck in the south of France just about five years ago, and with that she became a true lover of the sea. From The Mediterranean, Caribbean and even the Indian Ocean, seeking out the best of food, service and entertainment has become a favorite hobby, and sharing that through the travel and adventure of yachting gives Julia much happiness. Her avid passion for fun and the sea makes Julia a lover of all water sports, including scuba diving, fishing, snorkeling and jet skiing. Along with her need to provide the best there is, she enjoys showing guests the trip of their life time, something they will never forget.
Ann Abellanosa: Stewardess, Philippines
Coming from the coast of the South Pacific in the Philippians, Ann has always been around the sea. Her father is a boat captain and with that, her love for the sea and travel has been with her from a very young age. Ann has been working on yachts for five years, and her sense of adventure has hardly weakened. From Private villas to large 200 foot yachts, Ann has travelled and lived many places. Along with fishing, snorkeling, playing Tennis and even roller-blading down the promenade, Ann likes to be active. She is hard working and enjoys all sports. Her pleasure is making your stay as great as possible and with her positive attitude and experience, there is no doubt she will exceed your expectations.
Craig Longstaff: Engineer, British
Engineer Craig was born in England and has been working on large yachts for several years. Previously Craig ran his own property renovation and construction company based in the French alps for 5 years. He is a keen snow skier and scuba diver. In 2009 Craig was the engineer in an expedition to complete the North East Passage around the top of Russia in a Sail yacht, the expedition got to within 12 miles of reaching their goal but had to turn around due to the ice concentration. He is an experienced global traveler having worked in Greece, Spain, France, Australia, New Zealand as well as traveling extensively throughout Asia. Besides being a keen engineer he has extreme towel folding skills.
Nathan Sklornko: Deckhand, American
Nathan was born on the west coast of Florida. His love for the ocean comes from being on the family sport fisher where he would spend all his free time. He recently moved on to yachts in the hope of establishing a career in yachting and one day going back to sport fishers. He is an avid fisherman and enjoys all water sports.