'I ditched uni plans to get paid £3k to travel the world on luxury yachts - my life is like Below Deck'
27.10.2023 - 14:29
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A teenager who decided to skip university now earns £1,000 a month travelling the world on millionaire's superyachts - and people think her life is just like Below Deck. Brooke Ransome, 19, gave up her plans for uni and worked in bars and dance schools so she could save up £3,000 for a three-week deck steward training course.
She then travelled to Palma, Mallorca, to hand out her CV in dockyards and landed a job as a stewardess on a massive 252ft luxury superyacht in Equatorial Guinea. After four months sailing in Africa, she moved to a bigger 290ft superyacht touring the Mediterranean, visiting France, Italy, Monaco and loads of Greek islands.
Brooke said the job is tough - she has to handle each glass with gloves and take photos of the window to prove it's perfectly clean. She also has to carry out strange requests such as serving a single banana on a silver platter and cleaning the entire boat every day.
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But, it meant she got to visit fancy islands like Napoli and Mykonos, polish statues worth £200k and use £300 glasses during meals. Brooke earns £3,000 - plus tips - per season, which usually lasts three months.
The deck steward, from Newcastle, said: "I've got my dream job - I'm literally getting to see the world through a porthole. It's really helping me grow as a person - and you don't need any qualifications to join. I decided not to go down the traditional route of uni - I wanted to travel more and live while I'm still young."
As a stewardess "everything has to be perfect", she said. "There can't be any specs of dust anywhere, and I had to