Estelle, our skipper and her crew all speak English, French and Italian.  They are friendly and professional and look forward to welcoming you on board Wild Tigris.

SKIPPER

Estelle Blet 30 years, fluent in French and English is a very experienced sailor, and has been skipper on board Wild Tigris since December 2004.  She has managed the complete refit and modernisation of Wild Tigris during Winter 2005/6.  Estelle has skippered many large yachts ranging in length from 32 to 80 feet (10 to 25 metres).  She has sailed in the main cruising areas of the Med, French Polynesia, Hawaii, Seychelles and has competed in Atlantic races, Quebec in Canada to St Malo (France) and New York to Cogolin (France).  Estelle holds a French Professional Skipper’s Licence (BPPV); Yachmaster offshore licence (Southampton GB); trained on board merchant marine ships and received Diploma as a Merchant Marine Officer; qualified sailing instructor (Brevet d’Etat d’Educateur Sportif Voile).   She has been working as a skipper for the last 7 years and brings on  board Wild Tigris a wealth of experience.  Estelle enjoys all water sports and as a qualified sailing instructor is looking forward to encouraging you to learn or improve your sailing skills.

CHEF

Benoit Robin, French, 27 years, has been chef aboard Wild Tigris since 2004.  He is fluent in French, English and Italian, holds a professional qualification as a chef (BEP) from La Rochelle, France.  He has learned his skills in top class restaurants in France, Le Claridge in La Rochelle; Hotel/Restaurant Le Miramar and Le Boticelli in Monaco.  He was worked on board private yachts catering for up to 25 persons.  Benoit is a very accomplished chef  and can produce a great variety of dishes from around the world, including French, Italian, Moroccan, Asian and Indian.

STEWARD / MATE

Philippe Travadel, 36 years, fluent in English and French , is a very experienced mechanic and has worked in shipyards in St. Martin.  He has an engineering  diploma in masonry and concrete steel structures.  He is a very experienced sailor and has worked as an instructor in Guadeloupe, and sailed in the French championships for catamarans in St. Raphael.  Philippe has worked on many charters  in the Caribbean  as a waiter and deckhand.  He brings on board Wild Tigris a wealth of experience and looks forward to welcoming our guests .