Ferrari with Breakfast

Dysfunction & Failure to Superyacht Officer

Joe Hodgson (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

272 Seiten

2023
Fernhurst Books Limited (Verlag)
978-1-912621-62-0 (ISBN)

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The story of Joe Hodgson’s extraordinary life from a dysfunctional childhood, through his struggle to find a satisfying job to his experiences on 13 different superyachts, surrounded by luxury and excess, but fulfilled at last. It shows the transforming power of education, focus and direction, all of which he lacked, but managed to find.

Joe Hodgson left school with no ambition and no direction. Even though he was clearly intelligent (he passed the 11+ with no preparation), he lacked support and encouragement. So he joined the army at 17 as an oik in the lowest position with the lowest aspirations. After three years in the army, he realised there must be something more and enrolled at a merchant navy college.
Here he flourished, winning academic awards, but the decline of the merchant navy left him no opportunity at sea. He ended up in the fledgling mobile phone industry as an engineer, working silly hours and driving even sillier distances. He quit jobs in frustration, spent time on the dole and then took other jobs which were no better.
Finally, a tiny advert in an ex-serviceman’s paper was looking for an Electro Technical Officer on a superyacht in San Diego. He applied, got the job and flew out to a new life. He had found his niche as he moved from ETO to Chief Engineer on an array of luxury superyachts, working for the rich and powerful in the States, Caribbean and Mediterranean.
This book tells of Joe’s extraordinary life from a dysfunctional childhood, through his struggle to find a satisfying job to his experiences on thirteen different superyachts, surrounded by luxury and excess, but fulfilled at last.

Joe Hodgson was bought up in Lancashire in a dysfunctional family with no direction, ambition and only 2 O levels. He joined the army but wanted more and so went to a merchant navy college where he thrived. But he still didn’t have the direction to achieve his potential. After many years on unfulfilling work he applied to be an officer on a superyacht and got the job. He had found his niche and flourished in this tough environment.

Foreword, Introduction, Tribe, Impending Apocalypse, Fish Bits, Kittiwake, Crowd Control, Practised Danger To Security, Jankers, Jump Just Jump!, Half-Price, Write-Off, Feast & Famine, The Principal’s Shadow, Tequila & Salsa, German Roadmaps, Brown Boots , Upside-Down, Double-Bagged, Champagne & Lamborghinis, Braveheart, No Prisoners, Is It Yachty?, Sacked / Un-Sacked, Scupper Drain, Insanity, Fuelling, Black Ship, Eclipse, Marmite, Tea, Coffee & Aluminium, Baz, Baltic, Stand Up Sailor, How The Other Half Lives, Big Toe, Vive La France, Ferrari With Breakfast

Erscheint lt. Verlag	4.4.2023
Verlagsort	Leamington Spa
Sprache	englisch
Maße	129 x 198 mm
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
	Natur / Technik ► Fahrzeuge / Flugzeuge / Schiffe ► Schiffe
	Technik ► Fahrzeugbau / Schiffbau
ISBN-10	1-912621-62-2 / 1912621622
ISBN-13	978-1-912621-62-0 / 9781912621620
Zustand	Neuware