“Ring-ring, ring-ring” My hand was shaking as I held the phone to my ear, pacing up and down in the salon. “Da” My Russian boss answered. “Um, Hello sir, this is Melissa, your yacht engineer calling from Sardinia.” “Da” His impatience was clearly in...
Engineer Mel Thunderbolt loves boats. Sailing them, working on them and fixing them (although she could happily do without the shore power cable system.) Join her as she describes her sheer love of yachting, a lucky escape from an engine...
We engineers have to have ‘know-how’ on every little thing, but I'd take a pair of overalls and the hot sweaty heartbeat of the engine room over a chamois any day. One day I will find myself doing an oil...