MY WAY

Captain: Pascal Le Guillanton

Pascal Le Guillanton
Captain (French)
Pascal has over 22 years of experience in the yachting industry and 17 of them - as a Captain on both private and charter yachts in the waters of Cote d'Azur, Corsica, Sardinia, Spain, Italy, Croatia, Turkey and Greece. Pascal is French and speaks fluent English and Italian. During the years of charter experience, and having served guests of various nationalities, he has learnt to adapt and reply efficiently to individual requirements. Pleasant, fun, professional, reliable, volunteer are just few words to describe him.
Passionate about his job, Pascal is a responsible Captain that will put every effort together with his crew into making the guests enjoy their stay on-board. He is always going to assure a professional and discreet service and receives great praise and feedback from previous guests.

Thomas Robert
Chief mate (French)
Thomas started his career working during the summer months on ships for the French Navy. Soon after, he started his first contract on a passenger ship, where he completed three contracts gaining different skills such as carpentry skills, inventory and organizational skills on the deck. Thomas joined the yachting industry in 2012, working on few boats and having different duties – organizational and navigational. He loves water sports and he is even a diver so he can ensure our guests their fun stay aboard. Thomas worked together with very experienced captains and first mates which helped him to progress his career in Chief Mate position and now is ready to share his knowledge with the rest of My Way crew.

Greg Turner
Chief engineer (South African)
Greg has joined the yachting industry after having his own plumbing company. Since 2010 he has been on different sizes of boats working as a Solo Engineer or in a team, learning from the best chief engineers in the industry. Greg gained a lot of experience and knowledge to be able to get his Chief Engineer Certificate and be part of My Way crew, where he would ensure our guests that we will keep on sailing. He is very keen on all sorts of mechanic and engineering, and mainly he is a Motorsport enthusiast. He says his passion now is his beautiful 2-years old daughter.

Alessandro Del Gaudio
Chef
After his economic degree and a working experience in solar energy in Spain Alessandro got a chef course and apprenticeship in Valencia in 2008. He traveled extensively across Asia and Australia and then since 2010 joined yachting industry. During these years he worked both in private and charter, sailing and motor yacht. Various ocean crossings and boat shows. His passion for food, his pleasure to research the freshest and best ingredients, his Mediterranean background with exotic and modern please will please any clients on my My way.

Galiya Le Guillanton
Chief Stewardess
Galiya’s love for travel, people and desire to broaden her horizon to new cultures and ways of life brought her to the yachting industry. Having university degree in Accounting and Auditing, she left her career to explore the world. She joined her first yacht in 2011 and since then had the privilege of working on several yachts growing up very quickly to the position of Chief Stewardess. As Chief Stewardess, Galiya takes great pride in working closely with guests to ensure their perfect vacation aboard. Her work experience gave Galiya the desire to continually strive for the highest standards of guest care. She is delighted to now find herself onboard M/Y My Way. Galiya looks forward to welcoming guests aboard M/Y My Way for what will surely be a truly memorable experience. She speaks Bulgarian, English, Turkish and has a base in Russian.


Simona Cocarta
Stewardess (Romanian)
Simona has joined the yachting industry in 2014 after 4 years spent in a 4 Star Hotel, working closely with the different departments. Before that she gained excellent communication skills during her sale manager experience. She was voluntary helping in a pet shop and even she had her own one. Taking a good care of the animals, assisting vets and making happy the customers were part of her day to day routine. Simona is dynamic and enthusiastic person. Her dream to travel around the world and meet other cultures lead her to the yachting industry. Now she is part of My Way crew showing how valuable asset she is for our boat. She is able to adapt her style of service to the different clients’ preferences. Simona speaks Romanian, English and some basic Italian and Spanish.

Lee Mcdonalds
Steward (British)
Lee has joined the yachting industry with many years of experience in hospitality. Managing Liverpool's busiest restaurant for 6 years and looking after a team of 80 people, he has picked up many of the skills needed to succeed in the job that he loves, looking after guests and team members alike to the highest standard.
Working onboard My Way for his second season, he has gained a real knowledge and passion for the boat. He is really looking forward to the season ahead.
His loves in life are most certainly his family, and close behind, sports! An outdoor and very active individual with a thirst for adventure, Lee recently trekked to Mount Everest Base Camp and is already planning his next big climb.

Ben Nicholson – Deckhand
Nationality - British
Ben grew up in North Yorkshire. He moved to south of France seven years ago and started working in the yachting industry both on boats and ashore. His love to the sea brought him back onboard yachts and he joined My Way two years ago. Spending winter time organizing and improving the deck, now he is more than exited to make our guests’ stay unforgettable life experience. He is ready for taking you wake boarding, water skiing, out for a donut ride or bringing out the jet skis.
Ben currently lives in Northern Italy with his Italian girlfriend and their adorable five years old daughter.