LE GRAND BOGAVANT

Crew Info:

Captain Oscar Recarey grew up in Coruna, Galicia Spain and since an early age he had a special connection with the sea – following his father who was a merchant captain. Oscar is multi-lingual and is fluent in English, French, Italian and Portuguese and has a working knowledge of German. He began his professional yachting career in Mallorca in 2013 first as a marine mechanic, and as he gained experience, he obtained his captain’s license. Oscar has worked on a variety of charter and private yachts and has experience captaining both motor and sailing yachts throughout the Mediterranean. In his free time, he is an avid fisherman, and enjoys bike riding and scuba diving. He is an extremely competent captain and has practiced a very meticulous maintenance routine on all the yachts he has worked on. He takes great pride in the appearance and presentation of yachts under his command to ensure the highest standard for the guests and owner. Oscar has a positive attitude and delightful personality, and is very enthusiastic and responsible in all his work.

Larissa Ortiz earned a Bachelor’s degree in Journalism, a Masters in Digital Marketing, and has hotel and hospitality training. Prior to her yachting career she worked in software sales, as reservations manager in a hotel and as head hostess in a busy restaurant where she also organized large group dining events. She started working on deck on sailing yachts and then moved to motor yachts where she handled interior detailing, provisioning and guest care. With silver service training she advanced to the chief stew position on motor yachts up to 93 meters. By assisting her chefs, she learned cooking skills and oversaw the preparation of healthy crew meals, guest snacks, and provisioning. She is a total team player and problem solver – calm under pressure - and always maintains a positive and humble attitude. Larissa has a meticulous attention to detail and keen sense of guest comfort or needs.