RELENTLESS

Captain: Mike Mullen

CAPTAIN: Michael Mullen
Before joining Relentless, Michael was the longtime Captain for the Hollywood celebrity, Merv Griffin, and spent extensive time cruising in North America, Canada, and Europe with him. Prior to that he sailed a 54M motor yacht across the Pacific and worked in Malaysia, Singapore and Indonesia.
Michael grew up in England and worked as a fisherman in Scotland before getting involved in the Oil Boom in the North Sea and eventually becoming a Captain on anchor handling boats working with semi-submersible oil rigs in the North Sea, Africa, Brazil, Trinidad and Mexico.
He has been in yachting for over half his nautical career and has worked on yachts up to 100M. Now he spends his time as Manager and Captain of Relentless and mainly cruising the ports and anchorages of the Bahamas and Caribbean.

FIRST OFFICER: Oli Gillespie
Oli hails from London, England, and has been in the industry now for 10 years, long enough to have earned his Master’s ticket on yachts. Like most of us, he discovered the business by accident but with a love of the water and watersports, plus a penchant for travel, he has excelled in the industry. Oli is now a family man, with a wife and new son in Florida, and enjoys working on classic cars (a 1976 Datsun) and following his favorite English football teams when time permits.

CHEF: Max Biasiol
Max was born in Italy. He has been certified by FCS Culinary Academy in Italy and by the Golden Lotus Sushi Ryu in California. In 2010 he was nominated one of the 10 best Chefs in the Yacht Charter World by a panel of 10 Yacht Brokerage firms. Max has been in the industry for 16 years and during that period Max also was the executive producer of the famous food series “Hip World Gourmet”, sold in 22 countries around the world. He loves communicating his extensive knowledge of cuisines and world events to appreciative owners and guests. In his spare time, he writes thrillers, with three of them already published.

CHIEF STEWARDESS: Simone Seckington
Simone is from England and lived in Spain and Italy where she began working on yachts and her stewardess career. She returned to England after a while to attend University where she received a Degree in Communications and Audio Visual Production. Later she moved to Florida and once again returned to yachting. She loves animals, enjoys fitness and cooking at her new home in Fort Lauderdale.

CHIEF ENGINEER: PJ Lyndon
PJ has roots both in the UK and New Zealand and comes form a background in aviation, having served in the Royal Air Force as an Avionics technician and engineer. He has been in the yachting industry for a number of years now, and has spent time on some prestigious yachts both in the US and Mediterranean. He now spends most of his time looking after two or three Florida yachts on a a part time basis and being available for trips as necessary. PJ is very proud of his workplace and encourages guests to come on a tour of the Engine Room at any time!

BO'SUN: Christopher de Mouilpied
Chris is from the Isle of Wight on England’s South Coast and has been in yachting for the past 5 years. During that time he has managed to sail over 30,000 miles across the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans working on large sailing and motor yachts. He is now pursuing his Officer of the Watch qualification and looking to move up the ranks. He enjoys running, CrossFit and watching sports.

SECOND STEWARDESS: Rochelle Irle
Rochelle grew up in Johannesburg, South Africa, but moved to England as a young woman where she worked in some of London’s top hotels. She moved into the yachting profession to continue her hospitality career but in warmer climates, and has been on yachts since 2013. Like most of the crew, Rochelle enjoys watersports including surfing.

DECKHAND / 2nd ENGINEER: Louis Meyer – Knight
Louis hails from New Zealand and grew up in a beach town called Mount Maunganui where he surfed, fished and kayaked, establishing an early bond with the sea. He spent a summer teaching at a Summer camp on the Chesapeake Bay in the USA, where he found out about the Yachting industry and a future career path. He has a Mechanical Engineering degree and enjoys spending time on deck and assisting in the engine room. He is our Information Technologies whiz and watersports king, so if you need assistance in those departments Louis is your man!

THIRD STEWARDESS: Veronica Duble-Stratton
Veronica is originally from San Diego, USA and spent time growing up in California and El Pescadero in Baja California Sur, Mexico. With the ocean so much a part of her life, she decided to combine a career in the hospitality industry with her love of travel and oceans, and has now been in yachting for over 3 years, during which time she has travelled to the Caribbean, Northern Europe and the Mediterranean polishing her skills and striving to provide the highest level of service.Veronica loves any water sports activity, especially surfing, and hiking.