Motor Yacht Leander - Photos Interior

In the late 1980s, the British officer commissioned a new Katalina. Kusch wanted to use aluminium, and in light of the fall of the Berlin Wall, commissioned East German experts Peene Werft to build the yacht. The yacht hence has a steel construction hull with a bulbous bow and a classic canoe stern, topped by a three deck aluminium superstructure - having six decks in total. After shipping to Hamburg, the arrangement of the interior accommodation was undertaken jointly by English designers Katalin Landon & Pauline Nunns Associates, and interior decorator Heinz Vollers of Hamburg. She was refitted in 1998 and 2001.

Part way through fit-out, the British officer was taken ill, and decided to keep Katalina2. Flush from the sale of his interests in NCP car parks, former Royal Navy officer Sir Donald Gosling took over the final stages of the build at what was described as an excellent price. A later owner of the original Amels-built Katalina1, delivered in December 1992, Gosling named the yacht M.Y. Leander after the first Royal Navy ship he served on.

Super Yacht - Miss Rose (Photos)

Motor Yacht MISS ROSE is a attractive 2007 Superyacht of 39.6 meters in length.She has a draft of 2.1m and a beam of 8.0m. She can attain a high speed of 18 knots. The Motor Yacht was built out of GRP. She was constructed by Horizon Yachts a Motor Yacht builder. She was built in Taiwan. Here are some photos of Motor Yacht Miss Rose

How To Get A Job On A Superyacht

One of the questions that most people ask is "how to get a job on a superyacht". It certainly is a dream job and one that many young people all over the world are keen to get as it leads to a lifestyle of traveling the world while making lots of money and living rent free. Who wouldn't want a job on a superyacht? With that in mind we wanted to create a list of all the best places to get jobs and how to start finding your dream job on a Superyacht....

Getting Started

If you have no experience at all in working on yachts there are 2 main types of jobs that you will be able to get. For boys you can become a deckhand (lots of manual labor and basically cleaning the outside of the boat). If you are a girl you can become a stewardess (basically cleaning the inside of the boat and looking after the guests). The good news is that you can work your way up from there. There are other specialized jobs including Engineers, Chefs, Captains, Maseurs etc but you'll need specific qualifications for those. The good news is that for those specific jobs you will be able to pretty much walk in to a job.

Find A Crew Agency

There are lots of crew agencies around the world and you'll find a full list of those on Google. The main hubs for finding crew are in Antibes (South of France) for European jobs and Fort Laurderdale in Florida for Superyacht jobs in the USA and Caribbean.

Find A Job Day Working

One of the main things that you will have to start doing as a beginner looking for a job on a superyacht is to start day working. This means working for about $100 a day and you'll literally have to walk along the docks asking for work. It is quite common to find work on a superyacht because they often need an extra pair of hands to clean a boat between trips. This may open up in to a more full time position.

Drink In The Bars Around A Port

It might seem odd to go drinking to find a job on a yacht but the logic here is that all the captains and crews on superyachts spend a lot of their time drinking around the ports. Get to know them socially and a job on a boat might just open up.

Extra Resources

Here are a full list of resources for helping you to find your dream job on a superyacht...

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A look at Ferretti Yachts - Video

Ferretti Yachts

When one given passion continues for over four decades, it becomes history. Brothers Alessandro and Norberto Ferretti founded Ferretti in 1968, a symbolic year for the history of both the world and the sea. Three years later, in 1971, their first wooden motor sailer enjoyed great success when presented at the Genoa Boat Show. Fitted with both a sail and an engine, the yacht was 10 metres in length and especially comfortable for cruises. The brothers’ lucky intuition meant that soon afterwards Ferretti was listed amongst the most prestigious shipyards in the world.
In 1982, Ferretti presented its first motor yacht and began building sport fisherman models too, both open and flybridge. These yachts already featured revolutionary innovations which are still applied throughout the nautical industry today: a stern helm position, swinging windows in the salon which open out onto the cockpit, and an internal passage from the salon to the flying bridge. The nineties were characterised by research and development within the sphere of nautical engineering through establishment of the Engineering division, and winning performances in Offshore competitions. Over the next few years, the company expanded to encompass its current range, renewed year after year with cutting-edge design solutions.

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Photos Of Luxury Yacht Nomad (Foridian)

The luxury yacht Yacht NOMAD (ex Floridian) displayed on this page is merely informational and she is not necessarily available for yacht charter or for sale, nor is she represented or marketed in anyway by CharterWorld. This web page and the superyacht information contained herein is not contractual. All yacht specifications and informations are displayed in good faith but CharterWorld does not warrant or assume any legal liability or responsibility for the current accuracy, completeness, validity, or usefulness of any superyacht information and/or images displayed. All boat information is subject to change without prior notice and may not be current.




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Nomad Superyacht - Helicopter Landing

The luxury yacht Yacht NOMAD (ex Floridian) displayed on this page is merely informational and she is not necessarily available for yacht charter or for sale, nor is she represented or marketed in anyway by CharterWorld. This web page and the superyacht information contained herein is not contractual. All yacht specifications and informations are displayed in good faith but CharterWorld does not warrant or assume any legal liability or responsibility for the current accuracy, completeness, validity, or usefulness of any superyacht information and/or images displayed. All boat information is subject to change without prior notice and may not be current.

Superyacht Tatoosh Video

Originally built for mobile phone magnate Craig McCaw, Tatoosh was built at Rendsburg in Germany by Nobiskrug and completed in June 2000.[2] Design and Construction by Kusch Yachts.[3] She was purchased by Paul Allen in 2001 at a reported cost of $100 million.
Available for hire, Teodorín Nguema Obiang, the son of Equatorial Guinean president Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo paid £400,000 to hire Tatoosh for a Christmas cruise when he entertained rap singer Eve.[5] She is currently for sale from Fraser Yachts.

Tatoosh's features include:

* Five decks;
* a master suite, a saloon and other rooms on the top deck;
* a saloon with a French limestone fireplace, a dining area, staterooms and a ladies' powder room on the main deck;
* a shaded 6 feet (1.8 m) deep swimming pool with adjustable floor in depth, located aft on the main deck beneath a full overhang;[6]
* a movie theater;
* facilities to transport two helicopters on the top two decks;
* custom 40 feet (12 m) power and sailboats

Video Footage Of Helicopter Landing On Superyacht

Some of the biggest superyachts in the world have helicopter landing pads and many even have 2 choppers but rarely do you see footage of them landing on a boat which is what we get to see in this video. Check out the helicopter landing on the boats here.

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Helicopter Landing On Superyacht A

We've written about the Superyacht A in the past and now we have some amazing footage of a helicopter landing on the front on this amazing yacht.

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Superyacht A Yacht

A £200 million super-yacht has set sail on its maiden voyage to Norway, where its Russian billionaire owner stopped off to collect three Claude Monet paintings.The futuristic vessel, which has enough room to sleep 56, is even bigger and more expensive than the pride of Roman Abramovich's fleet, Pelorus, which cost only £100 million.
It was built for a fellow Russian oligarch, Andrey Melnichenko, 37, who is worth £4.6 billion and was ranked 172 on the Forbes list of the world's richest people.

Concept Video - Oculus Superyacht

Probably now more than ever with the global economy the way it is, designer E. Kevin Schöpfer's "Oculus" yacht is the stuff of dreams. Yet dreamy it is. At 250 feet long and featuring 12-foot ceilings, it's one roomy way to travel over the high seas at 25 knots. Its hull is prominently styled after the creatures of the sea, with an open-mouth-like backside and something looking a bit like an eye socket.

The Oculus is just a concept, but it's the flagship design for Schöpfer's new yacht line. Check out the gallery below for more of the Oculus.

Superyacht The Apoise - Video

Launched in 2006 with a refit in 2009, Apoise is a widely celebrated superyacht designed by Espen Øino. The 67m luxury superyacht offers a vast array of features and designs comparable to a five-star hotel, making her a unique and enviable vessel to own. On the run up to today’s auction, she has received global interest from buyers around the Middle East, North America, Europe and Australia.

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Inside A Billionaire's $300 Million Superyacht

This is one of the biggest yachts in the world and we get to have an exclusive look inside to see what the decor and look and feel of such a big boat looks like. This video shows the interior of one of the world's biggest yachts.

Superyacht Lady Moura (Video)

Lady Moura is a private superyacht. It was pronounced the 11th largest private yacht in the year 2006 in Monte Carlo, Monaco. It is owned by Saudi Arabian businessman, Nasser Al-Rashid. Although this is a slightly older boat it is still massive and can often be felt in Monaco.

Yacht ECLIPSE Amramovich's Superyacht : Video

M/Y Eclipse is a luxury yacht constructed by Blohm + Voss in Hamburg, Germany. The yacht is owned by Roman Abramovich, and is 170 m (560 ft) long,[1] and is due to be delivered to Abramovich in 2010 after the finishing touches have been applied. This makes Eclipse the world's largest private yacht, 11 metres (36 ft) longer than the world's previous biggest yacht Dubai, which belongs to Sheikh Mohammed, the ruler of Dubai.[2] The yacht's initial cost was estimated at € 340 million (circa $485 million US),[2] but a September 2009 report indicated that final costs could approach € 800 million ($1.2 billion US)

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Dubai - 2nd largest yacht in the world (Video)

Formerly known under the project names "Panhandle" and "Platinum", the yacht was built by Blohm + Voss and Lürssen.[2]

It was bought by Platinum Yachts FZCO of Dubai, UAE, and shipped to Dubai in a floating dock. The partly finished steel hull and superstructure were completed by Platinum Yachts, who also managed the interior design to match the requirements of the new owner, completed the interior and exterior outfitting of the yacht and delivered the vessel in 2006 complete with full Lloyds Register certification.[citation needed]

In 2008, the vessel's air conditioning installation was upgraded to suit the Middle East climate conditions in order to cope with the higher heat load as experienced in the Persian Gulf region. (Her original design specifications were based upon Mediterranean conditions.

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Boat Named "A" Megayacht Andrei Melnichenko

At 394'0" feet, A is a mega yacht owned by 36-year old Russian Billionaire Andrei Melnichenko. Designed by Philippe Starck, A is reminiscent of a submarine warship. Her unique shape and name has brought A some attention, including being dubbed the "ugliest yacht in the world" by a Wall Street Journal columnist and incurring rebuke from yacht enthusiasts that the design makes this pleasure cruiser look like a "stealth yacht" or naval destroyer. The mega yacht's name "A" is a tribute to Andrei Melnichenko and his wife Aleksandra Nikolic. A was built to be bigger and more expensive than Pelorus, the pride of Russian Billionaire Roman Abramovich, (owner of the Chelsea Football Club) who has since commissioned a new mega yacht called Eclipse.

Super Yacht Video Ferretti 630

Ferretti 620, result of cooperation between Studio Zuccon International Project, the AYT (Advanced Yacht Technology), the Group’s naval research and design centre and the team of architects and designers of Ferretti Group’s Centro Stile, replaces and re-examines the Ferretti 592, from which its origin and inspiration come. Ferretti 620 features spacious areas for socialising, both on the main deck and externally. The lower deck has two large guest cabins and a full-beam master cabin with large, open view windows, typically a characteristic of much larger yachts. Externally, the profile has been made ‘lighter’ through the insertion of four large windows in the hull: two large windows with portholes which can be opened have been fitted at bow, in the VIP cabin, and two oval windows with double portholes light the guest cabins. The cockpit has been extended in length and rendered more usable through insertion of a fixed teak table and relocation of the gangway to the left – a typical solution for much larger yachts – in order to make the access point for boarding more functional.

Super Yacht Neubau Video

Here is one of the biggest Yachts Around called Neubau which is a beautiful yacht that is well over 400feet in length. You can see the yacht up close and personal in this video.

Roman Abramovich New Yacht Eclipse - Secret Video

Roman Amramovich who has some of the biggest yachts in the world and is worth Billions of Euros has just launched the new yacht Eclipse which can be seen in this top secret video where the superyacht is leaving the dock.

Freak Wave Hits Superyacht - Video

In this amazing video we see a huge wave coming in and hitting a superyacht while out at sea. In the video you can see the wave coming from miles away.

How the Web 2.0 Sites decline
Who Looks at your Facebook
Video Production Dublin

Social media blogging

For those of you looking for content here just to let you know that I don't blog here any more and have instead moved over to Simply Zesty where I blog about social media and online trends. Here are a selection of some of the bigger posts that I have written over the last couple of years...

50 Social media blog posts worth Bookmarking
Top 50 Tech blogs in the world
Who views your Facebook profile
Getting the most out of social search
Do Twitter Retweets send you traffic
Who unfriends you on Facebook

Paul Allen Superyacht Octopus - Video

This is a short video with some great clips of the Superyacht Octopus which is owned by Paul Allen who is one of the biggest most successful entrepreneurs in the world. A superyacht video of Octopus

Tatoosh Super YAcht

One of the most beautiful superyachts in the world at over 400 feet this is Tatoosh. This super yacht is the perfect place for chefs and superyacht chefs.





Yacht jobs

I thought I would share some links for Superyachts...

Facebook profile

You'll be able to check who views your Facebook profile by checking in here and generally find all the latest social media news here

If you are looking for a clinic anywhere in the world check out What clinic

Two Blogs

Working on 2 other blogs now...

This one about google products and how to see your FAcebook profile visitors and this one about Manchester United

Go check em out!

Manchester United

If you want all the latest about MAnchester United with the latest team news and fan photos then head on over to Glory Glory Man U the second blog I have with all the news about the best team in the world. We also do a little weekly video show on Youtube which you can see here below...

Simply Zesty

I am no longer posting on this blog but you will find me over on Simply Zesty which is a social media agency based on Dublin. You'll find me writing over there about Facebook and how it's traffic is growing rapidly and sending lots of traffic to websites. Facebook is one of the topics that we cover the most as it happens. You'll also find Insurance in Dublin here including car insuarance. You'll also find some smoked salmon stuff here.

Online Insurance

If you happen to be looking for any form of online insurance then this is the site for you. The site is a new Irish website that offers a wide range of insurance quotes including the best home insurance prices in Dublin. You'll also find some great quotes for Health insurance Ireland.

They also do a great job on Home insurance and for all you drivers out there motor insurance in Dublin is also well priced.

New REstruants

You can check out all the latest restaurant reviews from Dublin here on Lookandtaste and this is our latest for Cafe Novo at the Westbury hotel.

Restaurant reviews

We have just started doing some great restaurant reviews over on the Lookandtaste site includeing on the L'officina in Dundrumand Michaeals food and wine and Oliveto - a Real Italian Restaurant and Avoca in Wicklow as well as lovely Dublin city center restaurant Saba. You all get great Asian food at cafe Mao as well as one of the best brunches at Odessa Dublin.

Some

We have just launched our latest set of free recipes over on look and taste which is my video recipe cooking website. We have lots of free recipes including some from Celebrity chef Heston Blumenthal and Gordon Ramsay. Smoked Salmon recipes

New Video Content on Lookandtaste

If you are looking for cooking videos we have just launched a new free section over on the lookandtaste site that guides you through all the basic recipes. Our plan is to fill it with all the best food videos and cooking content so as our users could make the most of the content.

Rising Sun Superyacht

This is the stunning Rising Sun Superyacht which is one of the biggest yeachts in the world and belongs to Larry Ellison.


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Various New Projects

I have moved on from this blog and now teach people how to cook with videos on Lookandtaste where we have over 500 video recipes.

I also run a social media agency in Ireland that has clients who need social media services.

You can see who viewed your Facebook profile here.

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Supryacht video in St Maarten

Short video of a stunning yacht moored in the harbor in St Maarten

Super Yacht Octopus

Some good video footage of the superyacht Octopus in St Lucia with the helicopter leaving the back of the boat.

See who views your Facebook profile

Social Media Time Line Decade

Over on Simple Zesty We just wrote a blog post with a time line of how social media has evolved over the last decade. We wanted to try and show that social media has evolved over a ten year period rather than just being something that has just popped up recently.

New Blog

It wouldn't be another day without another new blog and this time it is about a true passion, Fooball. Head on over to the blog which is about Manchester United and has match updates, videos and all the latest about the club.

Social Media in Dublin

For those of you who have been reading this blog for years you may want to head over to my new blog which is for my social media agency in Dublin which talks mostly about social media and how it affects our daily lives. We try to give as many real examples as possible and today we have a video about facebook and where the future of social media is headed.

This may only still be a concept yacht but it is still very impressive and hopefully not that far off being built. It would be amazing to see a superyacht of this size and style finally hit the oceans.

Superyacht Octopus Video

This is a video of the superyacht Octopus as she docks in Argentina. The video is on slow motion but you can clearly see her up close as she docks with her helicopter covered up and the crew on the decks.

Find Me Over Here

Since I gave up the boats I have been working back in Ireland and I started my own online PR and social media agency Simply Zesty. I write on the blog over there now and talk about stuff like Facebook, Linkedin and Twitter and how you can use them to improve your presence online through social media. I'll update this blog here with the odd video every once in a while but i'll mostly be writing about blogging over there.

Luxury Yacht "A"

Yachts have changed a lot in style in the last few years but I think we can all agree that this yacht called "A" is a new style alltogether from anything superyachts have looked like before.

Dubai - The Largest Yacht in the world

In this video you can see the largest yacht in the world from Dubai. It is a monster measuring more than 500 Feet

Facebook Guide

The Ultimate Guide to Facebook is a crucial guide to all the different areas of Facebook that you need to know about

Social Media Marketing Diagram

I just spent a load of time designing this diagram about how to promote your blog by using social media tools and mixing it up with some offline marketing. Let me know what you think.

Facebook Profile Who Views Yours?

If you want to check who is viewing your Facebook profile you should check this post and download the application to see who is stalking you on Facebook. It makes for very interesting reading and you will be surprised at the people who view your profile the most.

Simply Zesty Social Media

I am no longer writing on this blog and will instead be spending lots of time over on Simply Zesty writing a bunch of great content. Join in the conversation over there and see what you think about some of the following posts...

SimplyZesty

10 Facebook Fan Pages

Who Views Your facebook Page

Good Times to use Twitter

Blogging

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Social Media

Videos

September

Advertising

Search

Apple Brand

Twitter Board Room Video Footage

This is a short video we made about how Twitter would make money over on the Simply Zesty Blog just for a bit of a laugh.

Simply Zesty Online PR

I have started a new company called Simply Zesty which does online PR and social media. We blog about social media every day on the main blog covering subjects like Twitter and facebook as well as doing video interviews like this one with Jon Snow. You can check out some of the services that we provide here and the clients that we represent here. If you need social media for your business contact us here
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Get Food Porn For Your Website Or Blog

For the last couple of weeks we have been working away on the next stage of FoodandFizz and I have to say I am pretty excited about it. Put simply it allows you to embed lovely food porn into any website that you might own and have a constantly updating stream of food photos. Food Bloggers can either embed their own photo stream or bigger publishing sites can have a beautiful recipes page that updates automatically with 20 recipes every single day. Hopefully this will turn out to be a wet dream for publishers who need traffic all over the web and we can then roll out the next stage of Foodandfizz. You can see a video here on how it works here and here is a live stream of photos. Go ahead and get it on your site now and see what you think

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This Blog Has A New Home

You can go and read everything that you used to read on this blog over at the new location

THE NEW BLOG IS HERE

Superyacht Chef Has a new home

Click here to go to the amazing new social network for Yachties YachtieFriends.com

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Video recipes on iFoods

It has been so long since I have actually written anything on this blog so just to update you all here goes... I have quit the yachting business and am now working full time on the site iFoods.tv which is basically a place to teach people how to cook through the medium of video. We have over 130 video recipes already with more planned every day of the week. We also have a social networking element to the site where users can swap photos and interact with each other by uploading videos etc. So it is goodbye to the world of yachting and full on into the world of teaching people how to cook through video!

Jose Murhinho Quits shock Chelsea

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Mourinho's position was the subject of continual scrutiny last season
Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho has sensationally left Stamford Bridge, according to BBC Radio 5live football correspondent Jonathan Legard.

The news comes just 24 hours after the disappointing Champions League draw against Rosenborg.

Legard understands that Mourinho has texted senior players, including skipper John Terry, with the news of his departure from Stamford Bridge.

There has been no official word so far from the Premier League club.



Mourinho joined Chelsea in the summer of 2004 and led them to the Premiership title in each of his first two seasons in charge.

Last season they finished runners-up to Manchester United but won both the FA Cup and Carling Cup, a trophy they had also collected in 2005.

His achievements also saw him voted as Premiership manager of the year in 2005 and 2006.

However the Champions League trophy eluded the club and this season's campaign started with Tuesday's shock 1-1 result against the Norwegians in front of a crowd of just 24,973.

It was their third successive game without a win following a 2-0 defeat at Aston Villa and a goalless draw with Blackburn in the Premier League.

Those results have left Chelsea fifth in the table - two points behind leaders Arsenal and with a visit to Manchester United to come on Sunday.

Mourinho signed a five-year contract in 2005 and quashed speculation in January that he would leave Stamford Bridge in the summer by saying he was happy to see out his deal if he received "real support" from the club.

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iFoods video recipes are now free

Well folks a lot has been happening here at iFoods since our launch 3 weeks ago and as promised we have some very exciting news. We are very happy to announce that we have agreed sponsorship with a company and what makes it so exciting for you website visitors is that everything on iFoods will now be free to view! Yes FREE. No more having to subscribe for some videos, it means that every single time you feel like cooking you will have the choice of a hundred recipes and unlike cookbooks or some other sites it will all be free! This was always our intention and now that we have the right partner to help us with this we are extremely happy and so glad that you can all benefit from it! This comes into effect on the 10th of September and we hope you’ll all be there cooking the unlocked recipes! Enjoy!

Check out these great new iFoods videos

Here is another one of the new professionally produced videos that we are now showing at www.ifoods.tv


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iFoods goes live

After a lot of hard work we are happy to announce that the cooking videos that started here 6 months ago as a hobby as now turned into my full time job!
www.ifoods.tv

Check them out and let us know what you think.

Castro might actually be alive!

Perez Hilton went with a worldwide scoop that Fidel Castro is Dead and it now seems he is back tracking! Although he may actually be dead how would a fat celebrity blogger know about it before Reuters, AP etc

Read below to see him exposed as a Liar



According to Channel 10 News in Miami:

Rumors circulating from Miami to North Carolina and calls coming in to Local 10 said an announcement would be coming from Cuba by the end of Friday that Fidel Castro is dead. While Local 10 doesn’t usually report on rumors, the magnitude of how far reaching this was couldn’t be ignored.

What may start as a whisper, quickly grows into a chorus of thousands.



The rumors have circulated for years. Usually every couple of months they’d start, but in the past week, the rumors have been in overdrive.

Local 10 called its contacts at the White House. Spokespeople there said they were aware of “no change in Cuba.” A spokesperson of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said “it’s all rumor and that Castro is fine.”

An ABC news source in Cuba said all is quiet in Havana and as far as he knows, no announcement is pending.

In fact, the president of the Cuban National Assembly Ricardo Alarcon is reported to be on the beach in Varadero and would presumably be in Havana if a major announcement was imminent.

Local 10’s assignment desk also contacted police departments , which said they are monitoring the situation and taking it very seriously. Miami police said they are in contact with the FBI “hourly.”

Castro might actually be alive!

According to Channel 10 News in Miami:

Rumors circulating from Miami to North Carolina and calls coming in to Local 10 said an announcement would be coming from Cuba by the end of Friday that Fidel Castro is dead. While Local 10 doesn’t usually report on rumors, the magnitude of how far reaching this was couldn’t be ignored.

What may start as a whisper, quickly grows into a chorus of thousands.

The rumors have circulated for years. Usually every couple of months they’d start, but in the past week, the rumors have been in overdrive.

Local 10 called its contacts at the White House. Spokespeople there said they were aware of “no change in Cuba.” A spokesperson of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said “it’s all rumor and that Castro is fine.”

An ABC news source in Cuba said all is quiet in Havana and as far as he knows, no announcement is pending.

In fact, the president of the Cuban National Assembly Ricardo Alarcon is reported to be on the beach in Varadero and would presumably be in Havana if a major announcement was imminent.

Local 10’s assignment desk also contacted police departments , which said they are monitoring the situation and taking it very seriously. Miami police said they are in contact with the FBI “hourly.”

Fidel castro dead

It is being reported through blogs at this stage that Fidel Castro is dead. It will be announced within the next couple of hours and of all people Perez Hilton "broke" it!

We don't know if we should be happy or sad. This is one of the best countries in the world and it will be interesting to see how it plays out!




Perezhilton claims Fidel Castro is Dead, announcement in Miami 1 hour, no networks reporting this but blogs buzzing
Police in Miami are only holding off to make sure people do not flood the streets of Miami. Why is no major network covering this yet? Have they had too many false warnings? If you can get to Miami this weekend go!! Go now! This will be the biggest party the world has seen in years!

iFoods new site

Here is the new site! If anybody wants to put these buttons on their site we would be eternally grateful!

Back in the real world

Well folks I'm back in Sunny Ireland and that is no lie, after a month's non stop rain it is actually sunny today! I've spent the last month in wonderful castle Leslie up in castle Monaghan filming for the forthcoming iFoods which was pretty exciting but very very tiring! The good news is that we have 100 videos in the can and are in the post production stage now! Basically in 6 weeks we will be up and running! There is a huge amount of work to be done but we are getting there! I'll continue this blog and have regular video posts on our progress. Things should be getting exciting soon with lots of PR including radio, newspapers and TV so you'll be able to follow that all here!

Other good news is that my uncle has just delivered the first check to the orphanage in Zimbabwe and they were very very thankful. They are using it to feed children as we speak and have just posted a letter of thanks to me which i will share with you all as soon as get it. Keep the donations coming! Now that I Have my feet back on firm ground i am going to step up the fundraising efforts as well with a few events on the horizon.

So lots happening, once again sorry about the lack of posts but working 16 hour days filming in a castle with no internet was literally like being stuck in the middle ages!

Leaving the boats

Well it all came to an end today and i finished working on boats forever! Well i suppose you never say never but if the business goes well the next time i'll be on a yacht is hopefully as an owner and not cooking for others!

I woke up early this morning and went to the airport in St Thomas in the US virgin island to get my flight to puerto rico. I looked at my boarding card and knew it wasn't a good sign when under my "seat number" was written.....co pilot, no jokinh i swear! Basically it turned out to be a 6 seater plane and there i was literally sitting with my face pushed up against the windscreen!

At one stage my knee actually bumped into one of the leavers and the captain got a bit ratty with me! Anyway i survived and got to Puerto Rico and caught my conecting flight to NY!

I've just come back from a quick walk around times square, Maddison Square garden and a bot of shopping! Stumbled upon a little traditional Irish Pub in the middle of all the madnes here and got a great pint of guinness and a roast turkey dinner! There are hundreds of wonderful places to eat and i end up in a pub! I guess i am jut fed up of cooking fancy food for the past 6 months and wanted something traditional!

So i'm off to get a good night sleep as tomorrow i'm going to try and see as much of this great city as possible!

Sad to have left yachts but looking forward to the future! Filming starts in 6 days!

Whats going on???

Well firstly i need to apologise for a serious lack of posts over the last week. This has to be put down to having guests on board and working very long hours! We are still in the British Virgin islands and i only have 5 more days of being a superyacht chef! I have to say it is tough working on the yacht and trying to get iFoods set up at the same time! There is just so much to do!

Filming starts on the 7th May at castle Leslie in Ireland and the good news is that this blog will continue to follow what i am up to from day to day! There should be lots going on as we will be promoting it and travelling around a lot! I can promise that it will be just as exciting as usual the only thing that will be changing are the locations!

Also as far as the charity work is going the good news is that the total is slowly creeping up and there that means that there is something for me to take to the orphans in Zimbabwe. The other good news is that now that i am back on terra firma i will be organsing some big cooking events to raise even more money! we should see the total really moving soon, but in the mean time please please keep saving lives and donate!

So to sum up there are lots of exciting things happening and i hope you make the transition from Sea back to land with me!!

Virgin islands video

Well we are still in the Virgin Islands and having a great time! I only have 15 days before i step on the plane and go back to Ireland to start the new business! So it's time to do as much as possible with the time that i do have left and enjoy the incredible views, a few last cocktails and the islands in general!

we are off to Peter island in the morning which is good as it is more isolated and we can practice our diving so as i can get the courage to finally dive head first from the roof! Not leaving this boat without doing that!

Well i hope you are all well in your different parts of the world.

British Virgin islands

Well we finally left St maarten and have now arrived in the BVI's, which really are wonderful islands! We had an 8 hour trip today and for the second trip in a row were lucky enough to see whales! They were breaching and basically playing around but i was n such a rush to get the camera for you my loyal readers that i missed nearly all of it and ended up with no footage!! We are here now for about 3 weeks and indeed i will be getting off the boat here to go back to Ireland and start the business! Starting to get a bit sad about leaving the boat's and the wonderful lifestyle that i have but i guess it had to all come to an end sometime! At least i don't have to go back and work for somebody else which is one positive!

Below is the video i made today with my brand new video camera, gone is the shaky little hand held one! I have also had a bit of a chance to surf around in the last couple of weeks and i found a couple of great sites. Blogging is a wonderful thing and i've made plenty of friends through it. My new favourite site is msglazewhich tells the story of a cool American chick cooking in a three star restaurant in France! There are some cool video recipes on there as well and it's well worth a read!

Video of st Maarten

Well folks it's easter weekend and i am sure you are all enjoying yourselves with lots of good food and drink wherever you all are. It's one bad thing about doing my job, is that you don't get to spend much time with friends and family, however on the flipside i am lucky enough to be in the beautiful sun drenched caribbean. Today i am still in St Maarten and i take the camera up to the roof of the boat for a good look around. This is as close as we can call home as all the big boats are here and it's a chance to catch up with all our friends! No doubt we'll be out tonight enjoying a few beers and telling tall tales about being at sea since we last met. Tomorrow it's off to another paradise location, the BVI's or British Virgin Islands as they are better known! Happy easter

Whale watching, Antigua and St Maarten

Well after a few days in Antigua watching cricket and having a good time it was time to head 8 hours north to the little island of St Maarten. It's pretty much the centre for big yachts in the caribbean and we all love coming here as we get to hang out with all our other "yachtie" friends from all the other boats! On the way up we saw a couple of cool things, one man made, one natural. The pod of whales we saw took the breath away but i wasn't really fast enough with the camera and then seeing the biggest yacht in the world, the Maltese Falcon took the breath away again, really stunning! We tied up here in St maarten and are all heading out for some well deserved beers now!!

England world cup cricket Video

Another day in the caribbean and another cricket match. Once again we happen to be at and England match and have another wondeful chance to wind their fans up! This time we are slightly out numbered and it is me against about 300 of their fans! A great day out with lots of beers had and a wonderful atmosphere! They stole my hat, we wound them up but it all ended in smiles and we all shared a beer together afterwards!!

Freak Rogue wave

We spend a lot of time in beautiful spots of the world watching idyllic sunsets and drinking cocktails on these superyachts we work on but every once in a while we have to enter big seas and get slammed by massive waves. These superyachts cross oceans and sometimes there really is nowhere to hide. You have to remember that although big some yachts are only 1/50th the size of an oil tanker. When the weather gets bad everybody goes to bed except for the captain and officers driving the boat and rides it out but sometimes something needs fixing urgently outside like a loose hatch or banging door. These guys are in just that position on a superyacht, the video is slightly long and not much hapens but the anticipation is key, you will literally not believe this!!Totally and utterly crazy!!!

The end of Superyacht Chef

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Well folks it's a sad day as i have to announce my retirement from the world of yachting. After three years and travel to all corners of the world i am finally calling it quits! Nothing to do with the job but more to do with what is happening over at my other blog iFoods .I started it just over a month ago with all the best video recipe i have and it has turned into a bigger success story than even i could ever have imagined! So now myself and a group of investors have deceided to make it into a professional company and produce over 500 video demonstrations with proper camera men and a full production company. We will be filming in Ireland in May and launching at the start of June. We are looking to bring large partners into our operation and have some intersting options already, we never could have imagined the interest there was out there for this sort of stuff.

So where does this blog go from here? I guess it continues following me around and i take the camera with me but instead of exotic locations and superyachts you will get an insight into the world of starting a company and rapidly expanding a golbal brand and a whole new way of cooking! The most important thing for me is the fundraising and i hope to continue that and indeed think i will be in an even better position not that i will be able to leverage my higher profile to make more money for the cause! For those of you interested in cooking, just go to iFoods . I also have connections in the yachting world an will continue to write and post videos about superyachts.

Don't worry we still have a month of travelling around the caribbean and exotic places before i go into filming Ifoods. The onlt thing that worries me is going back to rainy Ireland, how will i ever cope???

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Crisis in Zimbabwe

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All is still well folks and i am in St Lucia today enjoying some down time. It's off to another cricket world cup game tomorrow and to see the English take on Kenya. The good news is that we have passed the $1000 mark with the fundraising and i thought we could celebrate that by showing you a couple of videos of what life is like in Zimbabwe. The first a beautiful montage with some incredible music, every time i hear it it makes me so happy, this is how i remember the Zimbabwean people, the happiest most content people in the world. Unfortunately things are a lot different today and the second video shows what it is like today.

Just imagine what it would be like in your country if the opposition leader had his skull fractured by the main parties thugs??This is not acceptable and we cannot just sit and watch this happen. Getting to $1000 has been a great achievment but we need to push on. I still intend to go to Zim in June and our money will make a difference.
Thanks for your help and please please keep donating.

Amazing dolphins

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Well firstly I would like to apologize for the lact of posts over the last week but unfortunately in this modern world we can sometimes be at the mercy of technology! Especially if you happen to be working on a boat! We lost a part of our satellite system and lost all internet which felt pretty similar to what it must be like to lose your heartbeat! I felt like what an addict must feel like when they are coming off crack, it just feels like your whole world is empty! Anyway the good news is that my camera was still working and I got plenty of good footage and have heaps of stuff to update you all with! After such a lengthy absence I thought I’d better start you off with something good and here it is.. we were sailing up the Grenadian coast when we came upon a huge group of dolphins, luckily I had the camera with me and managed to catch them putting on a bit of a show for us!! Check it out!

Video Demo for TV

Well there is good news and bad news. First the good...I spent the day at one of the nicest beaches in the caribbean playing frisbie, snorkling and eating nice food. The bad news is i took the camera to get great footage but it ran out 1 minute after getting there, so no video to make you all jealous today!

What i do have is a funny video of me cooking! In the last week I've been asked by a couople of different production companies to provide a sample tape of me cooking to be pitched at TV execs for possible cooking shows. Now I thought to myself that instead of doing something fancy and trying to impress them with my cooking ability i'd make a plain old cheese sandwich! My warped logic behind this was if i could make a cheese snadwich sound interesting then maybe i could make anything sound interesting! Then again maybe they are laughing at me this second saying "what sort of a nutball have we got here?"

Let me know what you think of the video, remember it's all very tongue in cheek and i really don't expect you to make it at home!!
If you want to see my real recipes on video pop over to iFoods my other site

Video recipe(The perfect steak)

Well a lot of people have tried to cook the perfect steak but i've never really seen it done properly so for your own benefit i've deceided to do it here. I had to look after the boat on my own today so i thought i'd let you share my dinner and see this beautiful ribeye being cooked to perfection!!

Ingredients
1 Ribeye steak
Olive oil
salt and pepper
Splash of good balsamic vinegar

Australia v. England(St Vincent)World Cup

We were up at 5.30 this morning and off to St Vincent by plane to go and watch the start of the cricket world cup and the eagerly awaited match between England and Australia. We just about made the flight in the morning and arrived at the ground in good time. Most of you probably hate cricket and think it's boring, but all i'll say was if you were here in the caribbean at the moment listening to the steel bands and drinking rum you'd see it a lot differently. See cricket is more about the day out and the carnival aspect than the sport itself. The locals here in the caribbean have been crying out for something like this for some time now and even though the stadiums may not be 100% finished they will more than make up for it with their passion and friendly spirit.

If you're watching the video there is bad language from Will my drunken Aussie mate who can best be described as overjoyed by beating the English!

We got to speak to all the players afterwards and watch them in the nets which for cricket fans was a great bonus! A really fantasic day out.

7 Magical waterfalls

Well folks i told you things were a bit quiet for the last couple of days but after a day off today there is plenty to report! We were up and about early and made our way up through the haert of grenada to a magical place called the 7 Falls. Once there we hired a guide who took us on a magical 4 hours trek through the rainforest down to seven waterfalls, guess you never saw that coming! The walk was tough work but getting to the falls was so so special. Grenada is very untouched by tourism and the whole couple of hors that we were there we had the place to ourselves! The water was ice cold and we had to jump from all sorts of different places sometimes into a space of water only a couple of feet wide from a tree 30 feet up with about 5 foot of water. The guide kept telling me to land softly but all i could think as i was hanging off the tree waiting to jump was "how the f#ck do you land softly when coming down from 30 feet???"


Well in the end we all made it and it was one of the best days i've ever had in the caribbean! we trekked back up the hill, past our guides hidden marjuina plants and had a few beers at the top and talked about what daredevils we all were!

I'm in bed early tonight getting ready for a 5.30 a.m start as we have to catch a couple of flights up to St Vincent to watch the cricket world cup! It's Australiaia v. Enland tomorrow so a day of drinking and abusing English players awaits us. Lots of red stripes will be involved so tomorrow's post could be pretty interesting!!

Working hard in Grenada

Well folks i've been working hard cooking for heaps of guests so not that much to fill you in on. What i can say is that the response to Donating has been incredible. The blog has only been running for over 3 months and already we are very close to breaking through the 1000 dollar mark! As i said the trip to Zimbabuwe is in June to hand over the first funds. I'll be spending a week there filming and helping to put the money to good use. In the meantime i have plenty of fundraising ideas so keep reading!

I have also been busy cooking recipes over on iFoods so hope you are all cooking away!

A new feature that i am ading to the site that you will find on the right hand side of the page is a feature that allows you to submit your recipe of choice to be cooked by me. It will cost $19.99(all to the zimbabuwian cause of course) and i will do one of my usual productions. I'll credit you with the recipe and give a bit of it's background! It'll be a pretty neat way to have your favourite recipe produced and be able to show it off to your friends!!

Bouncing around

Well folks the good news today is that after yesterday's appealwe have started to raise quite a bit of money and the total is climbing nicely. The bad news is that i am stuck at sea and getting thrown around by the rough weather so making a video would be tough, as it happens even writing this is tough. I do get seasick quite a bit(great idea to work on a boat)so keep having to abandon the laptop and run out for fresh air! Luckily i posted a couple of recipes over on iFoodsbefore we set off today so that should keep you all cooking and amused!

Well i've just been outside again and the good news is that i can see Grenada and the end of the rough weather is in sight!

I have another favour to ask all you loyal readers! I need some ideas for fundraising. I basically need to raise as much cash as possible before i go to the orphanage in June. I'd love to come up with something interesting that would keep all you readers involved as well. Maybe sponsoring me to do something, a big raffle. I was thinking i could organise a raffle with 10 dollar tickets and the winner gets me to cook ameal for 4 for them? Let me know what you all think and get your thinking caps on for the sake of the African kids!!

First pictures from Africa

These are the very kids that your money will be helping

Well it's taken a while but i have the first pictures from the orphanage in Africa where i am trying to help all the kids. My Uncle and grandmother visited last week and after a week of grappling with the computer(he is not a tech wiz by any stretch of the imagination)the pictures have arrived via my uncle.

The work being done at the Orphanage is incredible but they are very low on funds and do not have enough money to both feed the Orphans they have or to continue the building work required to house them. As you can see from the photos conditions are very cramped and the children although very well cared for are living the most basic of lives. They could fill the orphanage many times over but are struggling with what they already have and survive on the small amount of donations they recieve from the church. We NEED TO GET MONEY THERE IMMEDIATELY!!
The kids were happy to see my grandmother and uncle, although my grandmother told me"she was shook up"afterwards.

Having the conditions described to me first hand by my uncle has really invigorated my appetite for fundraising. I will be making my first trip there in June and hope to deliver the first money at that stage. The aim is for this blog to start supporting the orphanage and building additional facilities within the year. It is not good enough to just support them financially, we need to develop a support structure for the place and give these kids and future generations of kids a chance. This will only happen with YOUR support, i hate to harp on but please please donate a small amount, it will help saves lives. I love doing this blog as i find it fun but i would also like to see it start making a differnece in Africa which is what i started it for. Thanks for your ongoing support and it'll be back to fun stuff tomorrow, we just can't lose sight of the goal!

Sailing through the Grenadines

We have made our way along the chain of islands that are the grenadines for the last few days. They really are one of the most beautiful chain of islands with turquoise water, reefs and caribbean charm everywhere. It reminds me a lot of Tahiti. I jumped into the water yesterday and was in it for over an hour, i literally had to be dragged out to start cooking dinner for the crew!

Shopping here is like nothing you would ever experience. When we come around the corner a fleet of little boats with locals clutching everything from lobsters to dolphin fish to baguettes(where they get those i have no idea). The lobster here is the best i have ever tasted. You place your order with the local and he speeds off in his boat, 20 minutes later he's back with 2 beauties just pulled out of his trap and still full of life! This really is the way to cook! staright from the Ocean to the plate, couldn't be any fresher.

Hope you are all enjoying my recipes over at ifoods

Srawberry muffins

Well i like to give you a breakfast recipe every Saturday morning so as those of you with a clear head from Friday night can have a bash at it. Today it's strawberry muffins and i hate saying this but a fool could make these they are that easy! You really will struggle to go wrong!