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“No thanks!” was my initial reply when a colleague asked if I wanted to cover a three-week photo shoot aboard a megayacht. It would run right through the Christmas and New Year’s holidays, when my grown kids would be visiting, a rare occurrence nowadays. I had never been on a job for that long and didn’t have much info on the itinerary or what the charterer was looking for. The boat however, looked pretty amazing and when I told my family of the job and of my response, I was peppered with comments including: “Are you crazy?! This is a chance of a lifetime. You have to do it. Don’t worry about us.” With full support from my personal crew, I called back and accepted the job.

M/Y is a 208-foot converted open-deck crabber built in 1978 by Mississippi’s Halter Marine. During several refits, SuRi was is a solid, earth-exploring platform.

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