Charlie Birkett
My time onboard yachts definitely felt like more of an education to me than all my years at school. I always loved the water and dreamt of being a professional sailor or a yacht designer since I was 5 years old. It turns out my skills on the water were better than my design skills so after my first job as a sail maker, seeking a position as crew was the next logical step. What I recall most fondly about my time at sea was the close knit feeling of camaraderie between the crew and the sense of our jobs being a lifestyle as well as a career – things which we strive to replicate here at Y.CO...
PARTNER & GROUP CEO
Charlie Birkett
Today I am still mad about the sea and sailing and am trying to instill that love in my two boys. They seem more into cars than boats for now, but if they grow to be like me they will learn to love both. As a family we enjoy living on the Côte D’Azur enormously, the outdoor lifestyle here - beach lunches after a morning on the water, or a family barbecue at home before racing around the forest on quad bikes - that is real quality of life. Work hard, Play hard is a good balance in life and having interests that spread the different seasons is important. Sailing in the summer and skiing in the winter is what we live for.
When time allows though, I am not afraid to admit that I don’t want to grow out of my passion for mixing music…. Although as a DJ the crowd is much smaller these days!
