PRIMA
DONNA CREW
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Harry and
Gaby, the crew aboard the Prima Donna "When Harry and Gaby found
me in the harbor at Majorca, they called me the 'First Lady'.
And that was the beginning of a beautiful friendship. "Harry,
my new master, began his sailing career at age eighteen. He
served in the German Navy as First Aid Officer and afterwards
had a successful business as a sports physiotherapist. Harry
is an accomplished sportsman and has excelled in skiing and
mountain climbing. He's an enthusiastic fellow who delights
in taking my guests ashore for a long afternoon of pub crawling
or sight-seeing.
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"Well, the
three of us spent the next six months in Majorca getting to
know each other. Harry and Gaby painted my hull a brisk nautical
blue. They refinished my lovely teak decks and refurbished below
with a homey, continental flair. "Did I tell you -Harry and
Gaby come from Bavaria, near the storybook town Oberammergau
and the schloss Neuschwanstein. Between them they speak German
(with that ever so charming Bavarian accent), as well as English,
French, and Italian.
"And Gaby
is such a dear. She earned her stripes as a cook, a banquet
manager, a travel agent and by teaching in the hospitality industry.
She worked in the finest hotels in Germany and some truly exotic
destinations. As our chef de cuisine, she whips-up the most
amazing old-world and international fare. Sometimes the aromas
wafting from my galley make me wild with hunger! She uses only
the freshest and finest ingredients and everything is done á
point. See the sample menu page of this site for some of our
divine menu offerings. Or name your own favorite, Gaby is always
happy to prepare a special meal or cook-up your "catch of the
day".
"There's
lots of things to do besides sailing and dining. You can snorkel,
or water ski, kayak and we have a water tube and something called
a ski-bob, for the young and the young at heart. Harry, Gaby
and myself love having responsible children on board. "Well,
after I had been brought to my prime, we paddled around the
Med. for a few years. But I am a Nautical, and a '62 at that,
and I grew homesick for the Islands Under the Wind. So we bid
adieu to the rock pool and sailed for the Indies. And here we
have been for the last eight years. In Trinidad, in Grenada
and St. Lucia and, now, moored in that most convenient and beautiful
of harbors, Charlotte Amalie in St. Thomas. "For an exhilarating,
yet relaxing vacation you'll find no finer choice that a week
or more with us. Do come. You'll find out why I'm called the
Prima Donna, the First Lady of the Caribbean Charter Fleet"
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