Following on from the unexpected attention generated by the “Automotive Obsession?” article in the last issue of SMARTS, many of our team immediately cried out that not everyone at Intergen is a Petrolhead! In fact the author of that article is also a keen sailor, so this feature centres on matters nautical.
Long-time staffers AJ and Gabe have been solitary voices in the car-fixated wilderness for some time, but recently there has been an influx of keen yachties to bolster their chorus.
In recent months we’ve ramped up our Business Development team with two great finds, Paul and Bruce. Proving that our recruitment policy is not exclusive to car freaks, these guys are both extremely enthusiastic and experienced yachties.
Paul started in dinghies shortly after learning to walk and has never looked back. Progressing up through the ranks he is now a versatile crewman, preferring the team environment of racing keelers for his thrills. He is also quick to point out that he doesn’t own these craft, but “relies on people much wealthier than me”!
Bruce has joined the yachting fraternity comparatively recently, but is on to his fourth vessel already, so isn’t wasting any time playing catch-up. Speaking of which, he has also crammed a lifetime of “learning experiences” into the past seven years. If you ever want to be cheered up, ask him about his Picton performance.
Given that Intergen is in growth mode, our Development & Integration team has been expanding too and amongst the new developers is Nick, competitive keeler crewman extraordinaire. Nick is the most active of our sailing set and gathers a regular Monday audience for weekend tales of the high seas.
Suitably enthused, an assortment of the rest of the Intergen team was recently inspired to embark on an introductory evening lesson on the RPNYC Sailing School’s two Muir 8.2 training boats. The novices were all smiles before they departed from the marina and discovered that the light breeze was in fact gusting at about 45 knots!
Our skipper cheerily described it as a “baptism by fire”. Paul demanded more, Elaine desperately wanted a cigarette, John-Daniel just wanted to be back on shore. All in all, a great team outing!