Women still only account for just 2 percent of yacht captains.
“If people watch the show, they see I learned every aspect of the boat and that I’m a team player,” Yawn toldYawn started out as a boat washer in south Florida after answering an advert in the local paper. Not long after, the boat owner employed her full time and sent her to maritime school to get her captain’s license, covering the cost of her certifications and continued education.“You don’t need to haul heavy lines across the deck to be a captain,” she says.
Caswell believes self-confidence and good diplomatic skills are integral qualities for any good captain. “You need to be strong and own what you do,” she says. Yawn agrees. “I encourage every woman to become a female captain. All it takes is a willingness to learn. I know it’s hard for some to accept that I’m the one that’s driving the boat, but I just keep it light-hearted. I know it’s just how they were raised.
Since qualifying in 2010, Van Bebber has clocked an extraordinary track record. “I’ve been on expeditions to previously unexplored locations, had a new species of damselfish named after me, and have piloted dives with Richard Branson and Bill gates,” she says. “I love the opportunities that my job presents.”
broker Lea Tintaud, it was a “carpe diem” attitude that gave her the can-do attitude she needed to learn to pilot helicopters.“In my early twenties I fell seriously ill with stage four cancer,” she told. “I felt like giving up and my doctor told me to think of something I had always wanted to do and to promise him I would do it. I told him as a joke that I wanted to be a helicopter pilot.
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