ft. lauderdale

Working on a Yacht FAQs

by Jerri on July 24, 2007

Hi Jerri,I accidently stumbled upon your blogspot after I googled “yacht crew and antigua”….haha anyways…I graduate from the university of florida next saturday, and my plan is to head down to the caribbean and work in yachting like you did….and i’m also pretty much flat broke like you were when you went to barcelona ( [...]

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Life as a Chef Aboard a Private Yacht

by Jerri on April 23, 2007

I found another yachtie out there on the web. Niall’s site, The Life of a Private Chef has a lot of video footage of St. Martin, Antigua and other some places in the Med. Looks like he’s retired from yachting like me, but you can still follow his adventures in the archives!

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I’m a travel writer…sort of!

by Jerri on January 18, 2007

I submitted an article entitled, So You Want to Work on a Yacht?, to eZine.com and it was accepted. If you are one of the three regular lurkers on my blog then you’ll recognize it as basically just an article I’ve posted on here. I’m just crossing over…to where I’m not sure. I am also [...]

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Episode #1 (12 mins)One girl, her backpack and a passion for travel is a brief introduction to the podcast and the host. The podcast will discuss travel for those who want to live the lifestyle of a traveler and not a tourist.

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Boston: We have arrived!

by Jerri on June 10, 2006

We got into Boston on May 29th after a week underway from Ft. Lauderdale. The trip up was incredibly smooth and actually pretty pleasant. My roommate and I are way into Scrabble these days so between our watches that we have every six hours we were down in the crew mess playing Scrabble which I [...]

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I bought my first surfboard!

by Jerri on April 30, 2006

I bought a 7’6″ surfboard today! $415 plus a leash and enough wax to last me a lifetime. I am OFFICIALLY a surfer girl!

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From Antigua to Ft. Lauderdale

by Jerri on April 2, 2006

From Antigua to Ft. LauderdaleWe left Antigua today for Ft. Lauderdale. Today was supposed to be our day off before we left for FLL on Monday. Big plans to go to the beach today (for the billionth time since we’ve been here). I’m crushed. Ok not really. I’m sick of Antigua. I’ve been sick of [...]

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