28/10/2026
It takes serious stamina, and a team spirit you can’t buy, to deliver a season like that - physically and mentally. Sixteen-hour days, back to back, for over five months. No break, no days off, no brain rest. Constantly thinking about boats, safety, brokers and giving hundreds of guests every day, the best possible experience on the water.
When I first partied here in the nineties, the season was three months and I was doing a very different kind of sixteen-hour day back then! Our first boat of season ’26 was April 4th, our last is yet to go out on November 2nd - that’s 7 months end to end which is insane.
Watching our young captains keep going day after day, honestly, they’re made of different stuff. And now they’re all heading off for the winter, it’s like watching your kids leave home, ten times over - I’ve only got one actual son!
This winter one’s off to sail the Atlantic, another to drive cruise ships, some are travelling, others return to their studies so they can continue to be the very best captains they can be.
I’m so proud of every single one of them - Dani, Victor, Felix, JC, Javi (Bufi to me), Jimmy, Joan, Mikel, Joel, David..
.and while we’re all glad for the break - I can’t wait until they come home again next season and tell me all about it 🩵
For me and Marc though, it doesn’t stop. We just shift from survival mode to preparation mode - just with a bit more sleep and a little less panic!
.and on that note, Season ’27 bookings are live! More on that after a few days off 😉
Emily ✨
