On New Year’s Eve 2013, it became clear to me that the taste of life had changed. Nothing happened, I just stopped dreaming.
When I tried to sit down and write 50 of my wishes, I only squeezed out 7 of them, and they were not easy. They were all material and had nothing to do with personality.
Having got to an interesting person - Alexander Gula (I will introduce you to him very soon), I realized that the closest emotional shock was an event associated with the Sail, which my grandfather inherited from Odessa. I almost threw it out in the shed, but I couldn't. And I stood there for 10 minutes with this old tarpaulin bag in my hand, and I couldn't breathe.
By parsing children’s and current hobbies, KPI at work and this event has turned out an impressive list of 53 dreams, including a luxury car and the successful implementation of SAP at work
The next step was to choose the most important desire for yourself. So I decided that I wanted to learn how to fly a sailboat.
And everything indicated that this was my desire and it was true. The introduction of SAP in the background, although participated in the semifinals.
I did not know how to realize my dream, but it was a task for Santa Claus, because it became a wish made for the New Year. The power of intention worked that time.
Then briefly the events developed as follows:
- i'm being offered a new job
- leaving Enter
Released exactly a month to get the rights of a yacht captain and vacation with his beloved wife!
Thanks to the personal efforts and mentorship of experienced instructors, I learned the basics of sailing. Then training:
- 2 weeks in the indian ocean daily outings on the walking catamaran hobbycat k1 (+ its coup)
1 week in Montenegro with 2 sailors who first got on the yacht, Elan 35
10 days of coaching with Alexander Taranenko in Turkey
2 weeks of regatta in Greece and passing a storm of 8 points (43 knots of wind) three in a 45-foot boat, where the third sailor is first on a boat and does not know how to swim.
- participation in the weekend regatta on the Emka class yacht
Obtaining GIMS rights - all categories
- 1 week in Turkey - # Friendly Regatta, first self-organized
- a drawing received from a 6-year-old boy - "you are a good captain" + happy eyes and love for the sea, and nothing can be more expensive.
Among the series of sailing events comes the realization that 14 years of my career led me to the fact that responsibility (at that time I am the CFO of the group of companies and + director of the production daughter in this group) and income is growing, and happiness from this process is less and less.
on april 16, 2014, i made a key decision - to direct all my efforts and resources to my favorite business - sailing yachts and confidently moving in this direction.
For today:
1. The #Friendly Regatta sailing event is organized and regularly held around the world. In 2016, we held 10 events. About 40% of participants are permanent. We have been to Montenegro, Turkey, France, Croatia, the Seychelles, the Canary Islands, Malta, Sicily and continue our program in Baikal, Sardinia, the Bahamas, the Dominican Republic and other unique places.
2. The program of the training center for yachtsmen for crossing the ocean "Ocean School" alone and with a crew was launched. The preparation consists of two important stages: personal training and the creation of special yachts to achieve the goal of the program participants.
The program was created on the basis of the experience of a yachtsman - a loner, twice rounded the globe and a repeated winner of races across the Atlantic, who has built yachts and sailed for more than 50 years.
3. A workshop was held with V. Yazyakov on the yacht “Daughter of the Wind” in the Canaries in December 2014 “How to walk on water”. Guide to action”.
4. Organized and launched a romantic club "Parus Club", where meet and meet like-minded people forever bound by love for the oceans and sails, volcanoes, waterfalls, underwater world and sky.
5. The third year we organize an event for children ParusKids - Academy of Young Navigators.
6. Together with Alpine Guiding, the first ascent of Kilimanjaro is planned.
7. And for the new year, we continue the dive regatta invented a year ago, together with the school 50bar.ru, this time in the Bahamas.
Actively gaining experience in navigation and professional knowledge:
- Passed the course "Rescue on the water" international system ISAF
- The storm course "Gest" on the sports maxi-yacht IMOCA is completed
- the level of competence for certification of skippers under the international system is confirmed
Sailing school Parus Club started its work
In short, the right passion and awareness in choosing the application of their forces becomes the main thing and favorite work.
Looking back, I see a lot of missing signs:
- grandpa wanted to put me on the boat
in school, i made a ship with an electric motor, a cabin and other important attributes of a ship
The main development of relations with his beloved wife took place in Thailand on a sailing catamaran
- and many others
It's important to see them!
It does not matter what your “main business” is, it is important to work, love and enjoy life and it will definitely appear. Whatever you do, you develop yourself!
Don’t stop there, develop – the ocean, the preparation and the right boat are ideal for growth.
I get a lot of your feedback and warm words that I get every time I receive newsletters and posts on social networks. Thank you for expressing your emotions. Thank you for your support and love of the sea.
Thank you!
