MAOYA Charte de Yacht

CHEF: Marie Laure SECONDAT
Education , Licenses & Certificates
2015 CIN (French seafarer Diploma) - Ship Cook Certificate (FR) including Cooking Diploma, Hygiene and Food Safety, STCW 2010 - 2021 CRR (French Radio Operator) / BACPN Pilote Driver under 12m/39ft

Marie Laure is from Toulouse, south west of France, birthplace of French gastronomy. From an early age, and surrounded by cooks in her family, she was able as an heritage to learn all the the traditional recipes of her region and other French specialities, season after season, she has had the opportunity to work with renowned French Chefs, from who she was inspired, other dishes of the Mediterranean, and much more since she has been improving her techniques in yachting for ten years, to date Marie-Laure is able to offer you at your convenience, a traditional cuisine, Italian, Greek, Turkish, Asian, vegetarian, and other atypical dishes that she will adapt to your desires, and your eventual diet obligations. This season, her dishes are inspired by chefs like Yotam Ottolenghi, Jamie Oliver, Donna Hay and Frédéric Anton cooking style.

She is making your travel like a dream, she loves using local fresh products, and creating juice, smoothies, generous healthy salads, she plays a lot with a lot of variety oils, vinegar, pepper and other condiments, she is always available to your desires.
She appreciates young people learning easy and funny recipes for children.

FIRST MATE: Morgan FERDINANDE
French Certificate “Yachtmaster Coastal”
MCA AEC - RYA Day Skipper / Tidal Sailing

Morgan has been working as deckhand on sailing yachts from 72 to 135 feet since 2018, this year he is joining this project on MAOYA with Jimmy COLLIN as captain for a second summer season.

In 2017 Morgan started his career as a seaman starting on laser and working is way up drove by his passion for the sea. After his first season working as a deckhand he confirmed his choice of being a seaman and now has obtained his captain licence.He has gained technical knowledges working for a company based in the Caribbean providing support for Lagoon and Beneteau yachts. His enthusiasm for the sea brings him to make different activities like scuba diving, apnea, and windsurfing.

Morgan in quality of first mate has the expertise to comply with the safety rules under the lead of the captain, he assists the captain during the navigation and he will participate in all on-deck operations and all services provided to the customers. He will be responsible with the captain for the running of deck equipment and machinery.

Presenting individual
Morgan lives in Martinique. He is a joyful and positive man, he thinks about the well-being of the persons around him and he likes to share his interest for the sea during a snorkeling « guided tour » to discover the marine wildlife of the places we will be visiting.