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This couple is on lockdown at work, which happens to be a luxury superyacht off the coast of Monaco. Here's a look into their suite life on deck.
This couple is on lockdown at work, which happens to be a luxury superyacht off the coast of Monaco. Here's a look into their suite life on deck.
Chrissie McClatchieMay 14, 2020, 18:42 IST
Bianca and Joe have been on lockdown aboard a superyacht in Monaco.Courtesy photo
Joe and Bianca are a British-South African couple who work on a private luxury yacht that splits its time between the Greek Islands and the Mediterranean Sea.
Summer events and travel bookings hit an abrupt pause due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and the couple found themselves on lockdown aboard the yacht along with three other crew members.
The crew has been keeping busy with baking, reading, and Zoom trivia nights — and Joe and Bianca were also recently able to go ashore for a socially-distanced hike.
Yacht crew in ports around the world have found themselves confined to the luxury vessels that are both their places of employment and their home.
In Monaco, Joe and Bianca are a British-South African couple who have spent the last three years working onboard a 196-foot private yacht that typically spends winter in the wealthy Mediterranean principality and cruises the Greek Islands in summer.
Normally, the yacht would be preparing to welcome its first guests of 2020 for the Cannes Film Festival. The red carpet event was scheduled to start on May 12 but has instead been adapted for an online format in June.
With travel still on hold in most European countries, the duo — like everyone in the yachting industry — face an uncertain summer season that most agree won't start until July at the earliest, if it gets underway at all.