Trip to the Reflection of Moon.















Hola Amigos,


My adventure started in 2006 afther a phone call of a friend.He invited me to sail with the lovely Fiddlers Green.This is a wonderfull square scooner.Owend by Doug a fabulouse australian dude.
I had the oportunity to sail with him and his wonderfull crew.On the 10 of june 2006 from Amsterdam to Lisboa. This became a trip of a month.No engines onley the wind would bring us somewhere.What was for me a trip of a life time.
The onley boat I sailt before was an Optimist when I was 12 years young.
And suddenley Im there on this clasical beauty.Ready to set sail to places wilder than I dreamd of.Wat a moments never to forget.
When I came back home in Barcelona things changed completely .
I started to clean boats in Platja d'aro.Untill Thomas called me in Oktober to ask if I was interested to sail with him in November to the caribbean.Not a moment I hasitade .So there I went again .Up to Tenerife where I meet the boat.This time an Oyster 54ft.A beautiful boat it was.And this baby will bring us all the way to the other site of the Atlantic.So there we went with a crew of 6 on the 14 of November.Sails up to Cabo Verde and from ther to Antigua.We arived there the 4 of December.Over there I did a lot of day jobs,one delivery from Sint Maarten to Antigua.This was so nice .I was in a small Beneteaux sailing up wind all night long.
Amazing.I went for my STCW95. A week later I was sailing on the S/Y Livet.Then we where the 14 of january.This boat was something special.A 82ft steel mama.Function,Rehabilitation project for 3 Danish Kids.On this one I sailt from north to south caribbean for tree months as first mate social worker and much more.Very special job that not even is a job but a beautiful program to bring jongsters back on a good track.

From Trinidad I flew back home on the 9 of April.To take a nice brake.
Now 1 of july Im ready again to sail away.

Thanx for reading.The book with a finer story will come out somwhere this life time.
Big smiles.

Just Enjoy
















This morning I woke up and had a not so plesant mail from the owners of the oasis.

The project is cansellet becouse sirious reasons.

Let us hope all the best for the mother of Jesper.
Never the less the show goos on.
I need a good shower now to wash away the caribbean and centrall american adventure that was growing for two months in my head.

And change the planes 180%.
Life is full of surprises.
So lets go to Palma and find my luck there.


Hello my dear friends.
I just had 2 months of great times in my home country.
And adventure is already nocking on my shoulders.
F**king emotional but the spirits flowing around like crazy.
Yes im going back to the place where the sun goes to sleep.
To places I even didn't dream about.
This is how I like it and where I feel my self living the moments on the spot.
Stars wil dance with me, the bright white moon guiding me thru the night on the dancing waves.The smooth light of the morning sun makes me happy.No need for an alarm.Living with the time of nature.Flying on the good feelings.Moments that take my breath away. Pura Vida

CV Maxime

MAXIME VERBIST
Nationality: Belgian
Date of Birth: 2nd of January 1979
Languages: Dutch, French, English, Spanish,Catalan, Italian
Unmarried
European Passport
Tell: +34629539455
Email: maximeverbist@gmail.com
Blog: www.maxsails.blogspot.com

Profile
I’m an energetic, hard working self-motivated person who performs excellent in a team. At the age of 6 I started sailing Optimists and it has been my passion ever since. In the meanwhile I gained work experience as a plumber, sports instructor and a chef. Now I want to start a long-term career in the yachting industry, preferably as skipper.

Qualifications
• Driving license
• STCW95
• VHF license
• Yacht master coastal (commercial endorsement)
. MCA/AEC
• experience as chef and sous-chef

MARITIME EXPERIENCE

June'11
Catch 49
delivery from Ibiza to Mallorca


May,June'10
S/Y DOLPHIN
Relief crew and cook.
From Panama to Mallorca


July,august,september'09
freelance skipper
for CM charters
Oceanis 474


June'09
SY CLIOPS
Skipper of a charter Bavaria 47
Sails around the Pelopnnisos in Greece

May’08
SY EMMA
Skipper of a charter bavaria 44
Sailed around Croatia(Islands of Zadar)

July ’07…
SY SILVERMOON
Danish Project ship
Sailed all around Denmark
Deckhand & social worker


Jan – April ‘07
SY LIVET’82ft,steel schooner
Danish Project ship (Rehabilitation of 16-17 year old kids)
We sailed from Antigua to St Lucia –St Vincent –Trinidad
First mate

Dec’06
‘SUNSAIL’42ft,Beneteaux
Delivery St.Maarten - Antigua

Nov – Dec ‘06
‘SY Fizz’, 53ft, private
Transatlantic crossing Tenerife – Antigua, watch leader / crew cook

Aug ‘06
Port D’Aro boatyard, Barcelona
All-round yacht maintenance, mooring yachts, refits

June ‘06
‘SY Fiddler’s Green’, 78ft, private classic square Schooner
Amsterdam – Lisbon, deckhand / crew cook

Languages
• Dutch Native
• French Native
• English Fluent
• Spanish Fluent
• Catalan Basic understanding
• Italian Basic speaking
• German Basic


References
Dan (SY Fiddlers Green): livingoil@hotmail.com
Thomas Plog (SY Fizz): fizz@fizz.gb.com
Mike Forbs (SY LIVET): fish2tan@yahoo.com
Jean Cloude (SY VOLTERRA): jcvau@free.fr
Further references available on request