HALARA Yacht Charter

Captain: JD Barrier

JD BARRIER | Captain | French
Jean-Damien aka ‘’JD’’ was born in Bordeaux, France in 1983. After many years sailing dinghies in
Corsica he logically ended up working on various sailing yacht going around the world or racing in the
Mediterranean. He then decided to continue his career on some private motor yachts such as C Star, Lady
Christina or Ice Angel before spending more than 5 and half years on Lady Britt on the best charter
yacht around and learn from the top charter Captains. Captain JD holds a MCA Master 3000gt certificate
from the Isle of Wight in the UK where he studied on and off for 10 years. He was the first cadet to obtain
that qualification in 2015. He is an avid but noisy tennis player (he likes to raise a racquet!) and used to
work as umpire in the French Tennis Open Roland Garros where he was a line umpire for the
Ladies final in 2005. He loves skiing, sailing and a nice glass of red wine from Bordeaux or course.

RORY GUY | Chief Officer | British
Rory is from a cluster of small British islands called the Isles of Scilly. After moving to Cornwall, where he
studied sports science at University, Rory continued this path and began personal training in the city of
Bristol. After his time in the UK, Rory decided to take the plunge and enter the world of yachting. He now
has 7 years’ experience working worldwide onboard charter and private yachts. Rory has strong passions
for all sports especially golf to which he played at regional and national level within the UK! Although
the Safety Officer onboard, Rory is still fun and approachable so please don’t be afraid to ask him any
questions you may have, and he may even teach you some
moves in the gym if you’re lucky!

MARCEL ORBAN | Chief Engineer | Romanian
Marcel was born in Constanta, Romania, located on the west coast of the Black Sea. After studying
Maritime at the University of Constanta he gained his Class I ticket in engineering and has been serving as
an engineer on board commercial vessels and yachts since 2007. Marcel is dad to three wonderful children
and one French Bulldog! If he finds some free time, Marcel enjoys off-road racing, fishing and playing
backgammon. Perhaps he can challenge you to a game onboard!

ADRIAN PUSCASU | Chief Engineer | Romanian
Adrain was born in Constanta, Romania. He studied Marine Engineering at university for 5 years,
gaining his Y2 ticket. He spent 5 years on commercial shipping vessels before joining yachting
in 2015. Adrian is now married with two young children, and when he’s not onboard he likes to spend time
with his family in the mountains, or in Danube where he can teach his boys to fish. If you have any interest
in fishing whilst onboard, Adrian would be happy to help!

TOM JACOBSOHN | Bosun | Swedish
Tom takes his roots in Sweden where he grew up next to the coast. At a young age, he competed in
national sailing regattas until moving to London. He has several passions, one of them being endurance
rallying as he drives and maintains his own classic car. Yachting has been Tom’s bread and butter since
2020 though, before was aiming at a career in industrial and product design. Try not to mention anything
related to film cameras in front of him as you may be talking for longer than you’d like!

JOANNA JASS | Chef | Kiwi / British
Joanna has been a chef onboard yachts for 12 years. After being educated in New Zealand she
moved to London for a few years, before deciding to chase the sun and work in the
yachting industry. Basing herself in Palma De Mallorca, she turned her hand to cuisine and
never looked back. Joanna loves to use refined cooking methods such as French, Italian, and Asian
techniques as well as other culinary crafts from various cultures whilst also merging these with more
current and contemporary trends. Overall, Joanna loves to share her passion for food and enjoys
constantly evolving as a chef, allowing her repertoire to grow taking with her a broad skillset and
knowledge across the culinary board.

IZZY ANDERSON-RADMORE | Chief Stewardess British
Izzy is from the UK and has always had a passion for travelling. Beginning her hospitality career
at just 16 at one of Heston Blumenthal’s restaurants, she was trained in service to a very
high standard. After travelling to Australia, NZ, South-East Asia, and completing a ski season, yachting
seemed the best way to continue travelling the world whilst being able to work.
In her spare time, Izzy loves to keep fit with long walks or hikes, loves travelling with her
husband, spending time at home with family or just relaxing on the beach with an Aperol spritz
wherever she may find herself!

MILLIE MORGAN | 2nd Stew | British
Millie was born in Portsmouth, England before moving to Thailand when she was just 10 years
old. After finishing secondary school, she decided to move back to the UK where she began her
hospitality career working in hotels. With a desire to explore the world, she decided to join the
yachting industry so she could continue her career in hospitality, landing her first stewardess
position in 2019. Outside of work, Millie enjoys diving and participating in watersport activities, going on
adventures and meeting new people!

DANIELLE BEVAN | Stewardess | British
Danielle grew up in a small town in Southern England where she studied performance and
music. She had a lust for adventure since a young age and enjoyed camping with friends.
She is outgoing and loves yoga (which she is also qualified in!), scuba diving, festivals, and animals.
Her passion for adventure led her to working on a variety of different fishing and catamaran boats
for locals on islands throughout her backpacking travels, this then sparked her idea for a career in
yachting as a stewardess. Danielle is always positive, curious to learn new things and always happy to help


BRANDON CARTER | Deckhand | British
Brandon is from Leeds and spent his early yachting career sailing around the UK on sailing vessels
between 10-25M. After skippering several classic sailing yachts and doing a crossing from Nova Scotia
to Liverpool, in 2022 Brandon looked for a new challenge and decided to join superyachts. When he’s
not out exploring the local area Brandon is either watching or talking about football! He is a friendly face
to have around and always keen to jump in the water to assist you.

HARLEY HICKS | Deckhand | British
Harley grew up in Newlyn, a Cornish town on the UK coastline. After working numerous jobs in hospitality,
he decided to join yachting in 2023 where he fell in love with the industry and travelling around new and
exciting places. Harley enjoys helping guests share his passion of watersports. He is always super keen to
jump in the water to help out, answer any questions or even just have a general chit-chat!