Nautical Curriculum Vitae
Name: Andreas Draband
Birthdate and -place: 1961, D – Hamm / Westfalen
Residence: E – S’Arenal, Mallorca (Spanish residency)
Academics: German Abitur (A-levels) in 05/80
Languages: native language German, fluent English, basic knowledge of French, Spanish and Turkish
Nautical Experience:
10/80 – 09/82 Non-commissioned officer in the German navy, service on board a Missile Fast Patrol Boat
1984 – 2006 ca. 20 trips as skipper of charter yachts (ca. 2.500 nm); sailing areas: Ijsselmeer NL, Dutch North Sea Islands, Baltic Sea, Balearic Islands, Spanish Mediterranean coast, Tyrrhenien Sea, Ionian Sea
2006 – 2016 Owner of sailing yachts;
sailing areas: Turkey and Greece (ca. 2.000 nm until 2011 / see below)
08/11 – 06/14 Voyage with my sailing yacht Limelight (Beneteau 405), crew: wife and son
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, Aegean Sea, Eastern Med.
06/14 – 12/14 Freelance yacht skipper in Marmaris / Turkey (ca. 1.700 nm)
Transfers and checks of yachts / skipper for charter crews and regatta committee boats, fun regattas, crew and skipper training / interim manager of a charter base in Bodrum / Turkey
02/15 RYA courses, North Sea and Thames Estuary (ca. 200 nm)
03/15 – 04/15 Skipper for chartercrews, Windward Islands / Caribbean Sea (ca. 600 nm)
04/15 – 10/15 Freelance yacht skipper and sailing instructor in Marmaris / Turkey (ca. 2.800 nm)
11/15 – 04/16 Manager of a charter base in Arrecife / Lanzarote, Thinius Yachtcharter
04/16 – 02/17 freelancer in Palma de Mallorca: management of a charter base (Thinius) / technical and commercial support for charter bases, check-ins, repairs, maintenance, customer service, etc. / skipper and crew trainings
02/17 – 07/19 Iris Yachtcharter SL, S’Arenal (15 sailing yachts): base management, in charge of all areas // yacht deliveries / skipper and crew trainings
07/19 – 10/19 temporary contract, Yates Baleares / 1. Klasse Yachten, Can Pastilla (21 sailing yachts):
07/20 – 09/20 charter preparation, check-outs and check-ins
11/19, 02/20 B3onWater: training on the job in Croatia and Austria as instructor for Austrian sailing licenses
09/20 – 10/20 B3onWater and Sail Austria: skipper, instructor and examiner for the Austrian sailing licenses FB2 and FB3 and the SRC, theory and practical (Balearic Sea, ca. 650 nm)
10/20 Sea Teach, RYA Training Centre in Cala d’Or: theory instructor for the German Sportbootführerschein-See
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)
Gold medal of the German Sailing Association for “outstanding sailing performance” (2012)
Name: Andreas Draband
Birthdate and -place: 1961, D – Hamm / Westfalen
Residence: E – S’Arenal, Mallorca (Spanish residency)
Academics: German Abitur (A-levels) in 05/80
Languages: native language German, fluent English, basic knowledge of French, Spanish and Turkish
Nautical Experience:
10/80 – 09/82 Non-commissioned officer in the German navy, service on board a Missile Fast Patrol Boat
1984 – 2006 ca. 20 trips as skipper of charter yachts (ca. 2.500 nm); sailing areas: Ijsselmeer NL, Dutch North Sea Islands, Baltic Sea, Balearic Islands, Spanish Mediterranean coast, Tyrrhenien Sea, Ionian Sea
2006 – 2016 Owner of sailing yachts;
sailing areas: Turkey and Greece (ca. 2.000 nm until 2011 / see below)
08/11 – 06/14 Voyage with my sailing yacht Limelight (Beneteau 405), crew: wife and son
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, Aegean Sea, Eastern Med.
06/14 – 12/14 Freelance yacht skipper in Marmaris / Turkey (ca. 1.700 nm)
Transfers and checks of yachts / skipper for charter crews and regatta committee boats, fun regattas, crew and skipper training / interim manager of a charter base in Bodrum / Turkey
02/15 RYA courses, North Sea and Thames Estuary (ca. 200 nm)
03/15 – 04/15 Skipper for chartercrews, Windward Islands / Caribbean Sea (ca. 600 nm)
04/15 – 10/15 Freelance yacht skipper and sailing instructor in Marmaris / Turkey (ca. 2.800 nm)
11/15 – 04/16 Manager of a charter base in Arrecife / Lanzarote, Thinius Yachtcharter
04/16 – 02/17 freelancer in Palma de Mallorca: management of a charter base (Thinius) / technical and commercial support for charter bases, check-ins, repairs, maintenance, customer service, etc. / skipper and crew trainings
02/17 – 07/19 Iris Yachtcharter SL, S’Arenal (15 sailing yachts): base management, in charge of all areas // yacht deliveries / skipper and crew trainings
07/19 – 10/19 temporary contract, Yates Baleares / 1. Klasse Yachten, Can Pastilla (21 sailing yachts):
07/20 – 09/20 charter preparation, check-outs and check-ins
11/19, 02/20 B3onWater: training on the job in Croatia and Austria as instructor for Austrian sailing licenses
09/20 – 10/20 B3onWater and Sail Austria: skipper, instructor and examiner for the Austrian sailing licenses FB2 and FB3 and the SRC, theory and practical (Balearic Sea, ca. 650 nm)
10/20 Sea Teach, RYA Training Centre in Cala d’Or: theory instructor for the German Sportbootführerschein-See
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)
Gold medal of the German Sailing Association for “outstanding sailing performance” (2012)
