EVEREAST

Crew Profile

Captain: Theo Abelle

Description: Théo was born and raised in Marseille, France. Coming from a family of sailors, he spent his childhood navigating the waters of France and Corsica on a sailing boat with his grandfather during the Summer holidays. This led me him to his career at Sea. Theo started his yachting career on DEIANEIRA, a beautiful 42m classic motor yacht from 1951 and spent four years on board. He then worked as a second engineer on HAPPY DAYS, a 47m ISA and continued up the ranks to the 60m Perini Navi sailing yacht TAOUEY as first officer. Throughout his career, he has travelled all around the Med, from Greece to Gibraltar. Apart from being a Captain, he is fan of Jazz music! His main hobbies are playing instruments such as cass-guitar, piano and Saxophone. When not at Sea, he’s riding his motorbike in circuits for competitions. Theo’s experience, combined with his focus on safety, natural passion for the Ocean and eagerness to please guests makes him a great Captain. His favorite saying is “as long as the weather allows it, everything is possible!”

Chef: Karolina Unikauskaite

Description: Chef Karolina is coming from a small port town in Lithuania, she always wished to explore different horizons and succeed in chefs career.  She moved to Spain for three years , worked  with best chefs of Granada. She decided to pursue her dreams and  continue to improve her skills, went to one of the best French culinary schools  called Le Cordon Bleu. The passion to travel and explore cultures and cuisines of the world  brought her  around the globe visiting and living in places like Spain, Mexico, Sweden, Dubai, Balkans, France. 
Karolina can offer really  wide variety of cuisines starting from Mediterranean to Eastern European, Latino American, Asian fusion. She is very good in finding how to please everybody’s taste, even from modest home cooking to the ones who has a very sophisticated pallet.


Chief Stew: Jane Usachova

Description: Born in Belarus, she grew up in Israel. She speaks English, Italian, Russian, Hebrew and French. She served in the Israeli military for 2 years, moved to Genoa and got a bachelor Degree in industrial design from Genoa University of Architecture. She loves traveling and see new places but her love of the Sea brought her to yachting 8 years ago. She worked on several charter yachts like Seawolf, Castellina and New Star, serving guests in Croatia, Greece, Italy, SOF... She loves hiking, extreme sports, yoga and drawing. She is confident and passionate about her work and continually strive to make each guest experience on board memorable in every way.


Stew: Rudelie Van Den Vergh

Description: Rudelie was born in South Africa. She started yachting recently, the dream came true. She has a passion for travel and love interacting with people from all over the world! . Reading, Swimming, Hiking, Water Skiing, Drawing, Spending time with Friends are her main hobbies. With extensive experience in hospitality and a deep passion for providing exceptional customer service, she will go above and beyond to ensure guests needs are catered for. Their experience is the most important thing, seeing a smile on the guests faces is what she cares for! She strives to give them a wonderful experience that they can cherish, and make them feel at home onboard. She makes a really good Bloody Mary as well!

First Mate: Jules Anzelin

Description: Originally born in Bordeaux, in South-west of France, I've been passionate about the ocean since I was a child ! I passed my 200/500 captain's diploma in Saint Jean de Luz in the Basque.
I started working in the yachting world in 2016 on a motor yacht in Saint-Tropez and since then I've been working on boats for 8 years now, sailing mainly in the Mediterranean (Corsica, Sardinia, Balearics, Greece, Italy and the French Riviera).
I'm passionate about sport fishing, since I was a child and I have fished in rivers, lakes and from the coast. I like to be close to customers and meet all their expectations.


Deckhand: Stephen Marte

Description: Stephen was born in the USA. He started his yachting career on board EVEREAST in 2022 because of a deep love for travel and experiencing different cultures while in a structured hard working environment. His hobbies include immersing himself in nature in any way possible and a strong passion for surfing along with tapping into his creative side with things like film and photography. He is confident in his abilities along with strong communication skills and enjoy making everyone feel involved and informed. He treats any guest with the upmost respect and attentiveness while striving to make everyday they are onboard better than the last.