KIRILL

Kirill was born in Ukraine, but grew up in Israel since the age of 10. He picked up his passion for sailing after attending a maritime high school where he first learned sailing. After high school he joined the military in Israel where he served for 3 years. Once his military service was complete he returned to sailing, as that is where his passion was.

Kirill had completed  the RYA Yachtmaster Offshore course in South Africa and later joined multiple Atlantic crossings, skippering two of them himself on a 67 ft sailing catamaran. On these trips he mastered the celestial navigation skill with navigation by the sun and the stars, having an old-school sextant device onboard.

Kirill then began working for a flotilla charter company in Croatia, which he did for three seasons sailing all over Croatia and also in Greece and in the BVIs. In between the summer sailing seasons in Europe, Kirill also been worked as a sailing instructor. 

Most recently, Kirill has been working as a captain on a 62ft yacht, then progressively on a 67ft sailing catamaran, both privately owned by an Israeli family, cruising mostly in the Mediterranean but also sailed all the way to explore the Caribbean islands.

Within the last two years Kirill met Shahar and they have been happily working together as a couple and team aboard the privately owned vessel.

Apart from sailing Kirill is a free spirit and loves nature, travelling, meeting new people and exploring new cultures. He loves hiking, water sports, kiteboarding, scuba and free diving. His favorite sport and martial art is the Brazilian Capoeira that actually taken him to Brazil four times where he stayed and travelled over 6 months. Brazil became his favorite country and culture, and he also learned to speak Portuguese while there.