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Name:                           Andreas Draband

Birthdate and -place:     1961, Germany

Residence:                     on board sailing yacht Lime Light, currently in Turkey, Crete and Lanzarote

Languages:                    native language German, fluent English, basic knowledge of French and Turkish

Nautical Experience:             

1980 – 1982    Non-commissioned officer in the German navy, service on board a Missile Fast Patrol Boat; here also training in dinghy sailing

1984 – 2006      skipper of charter yachts (ca. 4.500 nm), sailing areas: Ijsselmeer NL, North Sea Islands, Baltic Sea, Balearic Islands, Spanish Mediterranean coast, Tyrrhenien Sea, Ionian Sea

since 2006         Owner of sailing yachts (Moody, Benetau 405); sailing areas: Turkey and Greece (ca. 2.500 nm until 2011)

08/11 – 06/14    Voyage with my sailing yacht Lime Light (Beneteau 405), Mediterranean Sea and Atlantic Ocean, 8 countries (ca. 9.000 nm)
(a.o. Turkey, Crete, Malta, Sicily, Sardinia, Corsica, Balearic Islands, Spanish Mediterranean coast, Gibraltar, Canary Islands, Madeira, Portuguese and Spanish Atlantic coasts, Ionian Sea, Peloponnese, Aegean Sea, Eastern Med)

06/14 – 12/14    Freelance yacht skipper in Marmaris / Turkey, Aegean Sea (ca. 2.700 nm)
Single-handed yacht deliveries (up to 57 ft, monos and catamarans) and checks of yachts // skipper for chartercrews, regatta committee boats and skipper training // interim manager of a charterbase; references: upon request

02/15                RYA courses, North Sea and Thames Estuary (ca. 200 nm)

03,04/15           Skipper for chartercrews, Windward Islands / Caribbean Sea (ca. 600 nm)

04/15 – 10/15   Freelance yacht skipper and cruisung instructor in Marmaris / Turkey, Aegean Sea (ca. 2.800 nm)

Licences:           
German: Amtlicher Sportbootführerschein-Binnen (1986), Amtlicher Sportbootführerschein-See (1987) // Advanced Open Water Diver (1999) // licenses of the “Deutscher Segler-Verband”: A (1986), BR (1987), SKS (2007), International Certificate of Competence (ICC Coastal Waters, 1987) // Fachkundenachweis Sprengstoffrecht (2009), General Ship Radiotelephone Operator’s Certificate (1987), Long Range Certificate (2010)

British: Sea Survival Training, First Aid, PPR, ML5 // Royal Yachtmaster Offshore, commercial endorsement (02/2015) // RYA Cruising Instructor (05/2015) ///  in spring 2016: RYA Oceanmaster

​Gold medal of the German Sailing Association "Kreuzerabteilung" for outstanding sailing performance (2012)
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