Oliver is originally from beautiful Surrey in the UK, however his family moved to Spain and so he lived there from a young age and now has an excellent grasp of the language.
He has worked on yachts for 2.5 years and has worked on some well-known industry yachts. We are very happy that he has chosen us as his next adventure.
Outside yachting, Oliver is an International Judo competitor and was the British Champion back in 2018. He also has a passion to play and watch rugby and take part in recreational sailing.
We hope you enjoy getting to know Oliver as much as we love having him on board.

Richard was born and raised in West Wales in the popular seaside town of Tenby. Richard’s Dad owned a passenger boat which took tourists on island cruises during the summer months. This is where he started to get into the boating way of life and at the age of 17, Richard joined the RNLI Lifeboat Station at Tenby where he worked for 12 years.  In 2001 he joined his first motor yacht. Richard is a big rugby union fan having been a keen player during his younger years.  Richard is a father of two young children who live in England with his wife Jo. Richard maintains a safe environment onboard as well as maintaining a professional and happy crew.

Michaela was born in South Africa but grew up in the Southern UK where she found her passion for health, fitness, nutrition, and the outdoors. After spending a year as a nutritionist in London, she decided to make a change and pursue her desire to have an active career outdoors.
Michaela has been in the yachting industry for a year and a half and joins us from 60m MY Alfa G. She has high ambitions to climb the ladder and as she progresses in her yachting career, in her spare time she’d love to open an organic cafè and water sport hut on a beach front.

Lee is from the UK but resided in many countries growing up.
He joined the Merchant navy in the year 2001 allowing him work on several types of vessels in all regions of the world before finally obtaining his MCA Chief Engineer unlimited COC, he has also been involved in several new build projects in Dubai and South Korea before coming into the Yachting industry working mainly on large explorer yachts on worldwide itineraries.
Outside of work he is a keen scuba diver and enjoys physical activities such as hiking and the gym. He is currently working toward his AFF sky diving license and wishes to obtain his pilot’s license in the future.

Luke joins us from Norwich, UK with over 10 years experience in the marine industry, starting out as a cadet on commercial vessels and the last 5 years on yachts. He is dedicated to his position and has extremely high standards. Aside to being an excellent engineer, Luke is also a pilot and light aircraft engineer. He also enjoys flying helicopters and restoring classic cars. When he’s not flying around the skies in his free time you can find him back in the water turning his hand to various water sports, there is no end to his talents!
Luke is a pleasure to have on board and looks forward to meeting you all.

David comes from a lifelong career on the sea. He began as a cadet in the Royal Auxiliary Fleet and is now an accomplished Chief Engineer with over 13 years experience working onboard various sized yachts, with over 5 of those as Chief.
David is very busy at home with his wife, 2 boys and baby girl on the way. In his own time, he still manages to get out and about on the golf course, plays football and squash as well as keeping fit in the gym. After travelling the world for a year, He picked up a keen interest in snowboarding, scuba diving and kiteboarding.

Zander entered the yachting industry in 2022, embarking on various trips in the Bahamas and the Mediterranean as a deckhand onboard MY Second Love.
Prior to his yachting career, he successfully completed his BCom Economics degree. A passionate sports enthusiast, Zander actively participated in rugby, cricket, mountain biking, and paddle sports during his school and university years. Growing up near the ocean in Cape Town ignited his deep-seated love for being on boats. Now, as a new crew member on Huntress, Zander eagerly anticipates making a positive impact on the team and enhancing his skills as an individual.

Bryn was born in Cape Town South Africa; he grew up in a small town called Stellenbosch near the coast. He is our youngest crew member at age 18.
He discovered his love for the ocean at an early age through surfing and sailing with his uncles. At school Bryn played Rugby as flank and enjoyed playing soccer as well as supporting his favorite team, Manchester United. As soon as he finished school, he headed to the United States to pursue his passions even further in the yachting industry.
Bryn hopes that his passion evolves into a lifelong career and thanks to Huntress it has began. 

Elizabeth was born in Durban, South Africa. Growing up on the beach she has a strong love for the ocean. After finishing school, she moved to Cape Town where she studied visual communication majoring in Art Direction and went on to study photography.
Her love for the ocean and desire to travel led her to yachting. Liz previously worked onboard Motor Yacht Chopi Chopi which is where she fell in love with the industry. In her free time, you’ll find her at the beach, doing yoga, taking photographs or outdoors in nature.

Bill officially began his professional yachting career as a kid growing up on the Connecticut shore and years later his career as a captain was launched and he proceeded to serve onboard various sized motor yachts. In 1990, Bill was at the helm of a busy charter yacht where he remained until he joined Cakewalk II in 1995 and supervised her through an award-winning 18-month refit. Bill remained a loyal and trusted leader of the Cakewalk series of yachts from construction to the helm. Once the Cakewalk program concluded he assisted with several colleagues with the delivery for the 60 Meter Huntress from British Columbia to West Palm Beach Bill joined Len Beck as rotation captain on the Huntress yachts.