Meet the Crew
Captain (French)
Pascal Le Guillanton
Pascal has over 30 years of experience in the yachting industry and 23 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.
Chief Mate (French)
Adrien Chausson
Truly passionate about the sea, he first wanted to be a marine biologist. He has been working now in the yachting industry for the past 14 years, and still loves it! He had the chance to navigate all around the world for few years, with some icy navigation in Svalbard or Alaska, and some tropical navigation in Polynesia or Galapagos. He is now enjoying my time in the Mediterranean sea, closer to his home in Antibes. He loves all water sports, tried them all, love diving and always ready for adventure See you soon on board!
Bosun (English)
Rhys Channon
Born and raised in beautiful Cornwall, England. These days, Rhys splits his time between the sunny shores of Florida and my homeland. He’s have been working aboard yachts for the past 7/8 years on all sizes of vessels all around the world. During his down time he enjoys traveling to many exotic places surfing while his other interests are, scuba diving, skydiving, sailing, snowboarding and wake boarding. The crew would describe Rhys as a joyful and sociable person, he always has a story or fact to say to bring conversation in, he is dedicated to his job and you can definitely tell!
Deckhand (South African)
Tristan Abbott
Born and raised on the east coast of South Africa where the sun always shines and waves always flow, Tristan grew up on the ocean and is a confident seaman. He takes pride in his job and will go out of his way for everyone around him. His father originally wanted him to get a trade in the royal navy but he diverted his route and ended up in the yachting industry. He will ensure that your safety is his priority and that you always have a smile on your face, in a few words Tristan is young, fit, eager and approachable.
Chief Engineer (Croatian)
Josip Bastek
After finishing Maritime School and obtaining license as commercial engineer, I started my professional career on cargo ships as 2nd Engineer. I spent 8 years as engineer on commercial ships. After that, I started with my yachting career. I have been Chief Engineer aboard Yachts for the past 20 years, over which time I have gained a lot of skills and knowledge.
2nd Engineer (Philipino)
Jonathan Dugan
Jonathan was born in Pablo, officially known as the city of San Pablo, the 1st component city in the province of languages Philippines.
Jonathan graduated in the Philippines as a Bachelor of Science and Business Administration (BSBA). He started his career in the yachting industry in 2010, completing all necessary courses and making the new adventures begin.
Started working as a deckhand but keen on gaining more knowledge about the boat’s function, made him ready for a new challenge – changing the department into engineering.
Jonathan has a very positive outlook on life, a smile that is contagious and down to earth personality.
Chief Stewardess (Ukrainian)
Marina Molohina
Marina hails from Kiev in Ukraine. Originally from a cruise ship background she transitioned to yacht in 2018 looking for pastures new. She completed her first sommelier course in age of 18 and extended her wine knowledge working on a cruise ship as a sommelier. Marina has been enthralled with the wine world ever since. She always had curiosity to explore the world and a career at sea provided the best path. In the past 9 years she has visited Africa, Asia, Latin America, Caribbean and got to know Europe well.
Marina has varied experiences on motor and sailing yachts and has worked for prominent persons such as the Gucci family. With a creative flair and warm personality Marina aims to make your stay onboard Come Prima a memorable one. To add to her many talents Marina is also fluent in English, French, Ukrainian and Russian.
In her spare time Marina enjoys hiking, going to the gym, and TRX.
Marina looks forward to welcoming all guests onboard Come Prima with a ready smile and attentive ear to fulfill your every need.
2nd Stewardess (South African)
Jana
Growing up on the east coast of South-Africa and hearing her fathers stories about his time at sea made her fall in love with the ocean and keen for an adventure. Jana’s big heart lead to her spending lots of time volunteering and helping the less fortunate in her free time. Combining her friendly, caring nature and hospitality knowledge she decided to become a stewardess. Her bubbly personality and contagious smile wil never fail to brighten up your day.
3rd Stewardess (Ukrainian)
Yelizaveta Ponomarenko
Liza (short from Yelizaveta) is Ukrainian and was born in a small town 20 km from the capital - Kyiv.
Her whole childhood she was taking part in piano classes, art school and dance classes. Liza finished college and got a bachelor degree at “Hotel and Restaurant Management”.
Before Liza’s yachting career she had been working at Hilton Kyiv where she spent 1 year getting her high level skills with regards to service and hospitality.
In 2016 Liza moved to Dubai where she got a chance to jump into the Yachting industry where she spent 3,5 years working for one of the busiest charter companies in the Middle East.
November 2021 she had a big opportunity to be a PA at the Grand opening at F1 in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
For the past 7 years Liza has been living between two countries UAE and Ukraine. In her free time she loves to spend it with her family and friends, read books and explore the world.
During her time on board she is striving to do her best to make our guests feel comfortable and homely whilst giving her best service skills.
4th Stewardess (Thailand)
Phannarai
Bonni is 27 years old. She comes from a remote village in the North of Thailand. Her parents own a farm and rice fields that is where she discovered her passion for cooking. She then got an international Thai chef diploma. Her first job was a nursing assistant. Her dream was to travel and discover the world that is why she joined the fantastic industry of yachting. She hopes to grow in the industry.
Chef (French)
Richard Villareal
Richard was born and raised in France in the 70’s but is originally from Vietnam. At a young age he gained his interest in cooking. While he was living with his family, he would take pride in helping them cook as he was a true gourmet. He began his culinary studies in Paris, where he achieved a diploma in French cuisine and began to grow in the food industry. He spent many years cooking in the homes of royalty from Monaco and Qatar. He was also a chef in the immigration ministry in France for four years and later worked in Mandarin’s oriental palace in Switzerland.
After some time, he decided to open his own independent catering company, which was open for 12 strong years, but sadly closed due to the pandemic; that same thing happened to his two restaurants in Thailand. His most popular catering client was the Paris yacht marina, where he provided exceptional food to many occasions. Summer seasons, though, he would always enjoy working on a yacht.
Richard loves carrying his tennis racket everywhere he goes and hunting for a competition. During his travels, he always discovers something unique from the culture and interpretates it into his recipes, as he thrives off a challenge. He shows passion in cooking Vietnamese, Japanese and Thai Dishes, however, is confident with all cuisines including Italian, Mediterranean and many more.