Stew of The Month – The Islander Magazine 2020
What did you do before yachting and how did your yachting career first begin?
I actually studied Theology in the University of Tartu and worked in a hot glass studio and luxury furniture gallery during that time. As many things in life, the start of my sea career was accidental. Matters of the heart took me traveling between Estonia and Finland and although scared of sea, I accepted a position on board a little cruise ship sailing between the two counties. My sea career started off in commercial shipping on passenger ferry boats and this was soon followed by working with High Speed Crafts. My last commercial job in 2008 was Head of Interior in Oman, where I was part of an infrastructure development project for the Sultanate, setting up a luxury passenger service. But yachting was always a secret dream which came true in May 2012.