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Originally Posted by funjohnson
Wouldn't want to own one (would love to have the cash it takes), but instead crew for a bit. Something like a quick jump from the Med to the Caribbean
Matt
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A good friends son had a year after graduating from college before his Air Force pilot
training slot began and was trying to figure out whether to begin a masters degree program or what other options he might pursue. I suggested that he should temporarily become a boat bum and he liked that idea so headed for the Caribbean, where wandering the docks/pubs of
Antigua he met the first mate of Berlusconi's Perini Navi and as luck would have it, they needed a
deck hand and he got the job. As the junior
member of the crew it was his responsibly to be in charge of the "toys" so that meant that when Berlusconi's daughter (working as a model at the time) and her friends showed up for a
vacation aboard he was the one who had to take them waterskiing, etc. and when they went into town he was the
dinghy driver so had to go along too. Contrary to what you might expect, the Berlusconi's were very nice people and rather than expecting him to cool his heels at the
dock when ashore would invite him to join them for dinner or whatever else they were doing. And when his year ended and he had to leave, Berlusconi had him flown back to
New England in his private jet. He had a VERY good year!