"If you want a limited career, have limited knowledge" - Tony Robbins.

​Sandra Jordaan, also known as The Yacht Purser, embarked on her yachting career in 2006 after graduating from university, knowing that she would never be happy working a traditional 9-5. 

After working on some of the busiest and most prestigious charter yachts in the industry and having travelled to all seven continents, during her ten-year career, Sandra is now a sought after yacht crew career coach, mentor and purser teacher. The Yacht Purser is a PYA Partner and proud She of the Sea Ambassador and Pledge Signatory. Sandra is also the 2020 partner for the Adrift Film Festival, a non-profit which celebrates yacht content creators and donations benefit YachtAid Global.

I grew up around boats all my life, having set sail at the age of two on my parents 33ft sailing yacht, from the UK to start a new life in Ibiza in the Balearics. I had a child seat strapped to the mast, where I was sat whilst my parents navigated their way down.