Andreas Draband
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) // yacht deliveries
11/15 – 04/16 Manager of a charter base in Arrecife - Lanzarote (ca. 250 nm)
04/16 – 02/17 Palma de Mallorca: management of a charter base / technical and commercial support for charter bases, check-ins, repairs, maintenance, customer service, etc. // skipper and crew trainings (ca. 200 nm)
02/17 – 07/19 base management, in charge of all areas, Arenal - Mallorca (15 sailing yachts) // yacht deliveries / skipper and crew trainings (ca. 800 nm)
07/19 – 10/19 Yates Baleares, Mallorca - Can Pastilla (21 sailing yachts):
07/20 – 09/20 charter preparation, check-outs and check-ins
04/21 – ...
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 Mallorca - Cala d’Or: instructor for the German Sportbootführerschein-See and the SRC
05/21 – ... OnWater, Mallorca - Palma: instructor for the German Sportbootführerschein-See and the SRC
permanently: skipper of sailing yachts and trainer
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), SRC and SBF instructor (2020) /// 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)
Yachtcharter agency, partner of Yachtbooker
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) // yacht deliveries
11/15 – 04/16 Manager of a charter base in Arrecife - Lanzarote (ca. 250 nm)
04/16 – 02/17 Palma de Mallorca: management of a charter base / technical and commercial support for charter bases, check-ins, repairs, maintenance, customer service, etc. // skipper and crew trainings (ca. 200 nm)
02/17 – 07/19 base management, in charge of all areas, Arenal - Mallorca (15 sailing yachts) // yacht deliveries / skipper and crew trainings (ca. 800 nm)
07/19 – 10/19 Yates Baleares, Mallorca - Can Pastilla (21 sailing yachts):
07/20 – 09/20 charter preparation, check-outs and check-ins
04/21 – ...
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 Mallorca - Cala d’Or: instructor for the German Sportbootführerschein-See and the SRC
05/21 – ... OnWater, Mallorca - Palma: instructor for the German Sportbootführerschein-See and the SRC
permanently: skipper of sailing yachts and trainer
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), SRC and SBF instructor (2020) /// 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)
Yachtcharter agency, partner of Yachtbooker