Julie, I received your book as a gift last spring. I am just now getting ready to head south (I’m from Ohio). I thought the book was GREAT! I come from a sailing background and was invited to cook/stew on a private 65′ yacht for six months in 2007. I wish I knew an inkling of what you share in this book before I took off. Since then, I captained a sailboat in the Bahamas for a year in 2008 and took 2009 off for health reasons. I’m ready to get back into the industry and will need all the insight I can muster to find the right gig. I head to Fort Lauderdale January 30th. Wish me luck.
— Laurie S.