Jikan

Crew Profile

Alessandro Sasso
Captain of Jikan
Born in Bari in 1971, Alessandro has been the Captain of Jikan since 2019. Until 2002 his professional experiences outside the yachting industry where mostly in large and medium-sized telecommunications and construction companies in Italy and the Caribbean.
After his first ocean crossing he decided to take up professional yachting bringing together his passion and work.
He started his marine career in 2003 working as Captain and Project Manager for yacht buildings in Taiwan, Philippines, Malaysia, Borneo and Singapore.
He has been Captain of regatta and cruising sailing yachts, including catamaran, mono hull, motor displacement and occasionally also fast cruising power boats and displacements yachts, charter and private cruising.
Captain Alessandro has sailed extensively in the Mediterranean, the Atlantic, the Caribbean and as far afield as Asia and the Indian ocean, with a total of more than 50,000 nm at sea.
Italian mother language, he speaks fluently English, French and Spanish.
Always showing a strong work ethic combined with passion for the sea, he provides guests with an ideal cruising experience during their time on board wherever it may be.

Master 500 Tons, OOW 3000, Yacht Master Ocean Certification MCA/RYA (Captain up to 200 tons. Ocean).
Basic and Advanced training IMO STCW


GIorgio, Deckhand
Lover of the sea, passionate about sailing and boats of all kinds, with a particular preference for sailing boats.
Giorgio has been sailing since the tender age of three months old on family and private sailing boats, mainly in the Mediterranean Sea.
He had the opportunity to cultivate for seven years a competitive career on dinghies which taught me dedication as well as consolidating the basic and professional notions of sailing.
Since summer 2018 Giorgio has been working as a seasonal sailor and for the last two years, he has been living and residing on board a 16-metre sailing boat in Imperia. Giorgio is sociable, polite, predisposed to work in a group.

Basic Training STCW and Italian nautical licence over 24 nautical miles.
Italian mother language, English spoken.




Roberta
Roberta
Stewardess-Chef on S/Y Jikan

Roberta is the cook / Stewardess onboard of Jikan. After a degree in Computer science, she understood that her true calling was cooking.
Born in Brazil and raised in Italy, Roberta’s cuisine is a perfect combination of international and Mediterranean food with a special mention to seafood.
She takes care of every detail on board, providing a professional and attentive service to the guests.

Basic Training STCW, RYA Powerboat level II, HACCP
Italian and Portuguese mother language, English basic, Spanish basic.