Knight - Crewed Luxury Motor Yacht Charter

CAPTAIN | Dave Schlitz (Australian)
Born in Melbourne, Australia Dave followed in his sister’s footsteps into the world of yachting and now, 14 years later, he hasn’t looked back! Though Dave has worked on a number of vessels he has been with KNIGHT for many years under her previous ownerships.
In school Dave grew up playing classic Australian sports such as Cricket, Australian Football and Skateboarding. He is a big fan of rock music and enjoys live concerts.
Dave enjoys being out in the open waters. Some of his favorite cruising destinations are in the Eastern Med such as Croatia and Palma, Majorca.

Fun fact: Dave was in a commercial as a child for a furniture store while singing and has appeared on TV show Deal or no Deal!


CHEF | Ingo Martens (German/Namibian)
Ingo was born in Namibia, South West Africa and has been in yachting for 11 years. He speaks many languages including Afrikaans, Dutch, German, English & Flemish.
He attended culinary school in Frankfurt where he completed an internship at Arabella Sheraton (dubbed one of the Finest Hotels of the World) and has been French Culinary trained.

In his spare time, Ingo likes to dabble in photography and fly his drone named Toby whilst in interesting locations. During a weekend of downtime, you can find him enjoying a movie marathon, listening to a variety of different music genres or attending heavy metal rock concerts.


CHIEF STEWARDESS | Maria Finnegan (British)
Maria is from Liverpool, UK and is the oldest of 4 siblings. Growing up, Maria trained in ballet and was a regional swim competitor. During high school and University, Maria worked in a restaurant, fine-tuning her skills of hospitality and service. After obtaining a degree in Art & Design with a focus in Buying and Merchandising, she took a role on Disney Cruise Line for an opportunity to be based abroad for a short term. She supervised the Merchandise department before venturing into yachting 6 years ago.

Maria has spent the first half of her career in the Mediterranean and more recently has enjoyed making the jump across the pond to cruise the United States and Bahamas. With a passion for travel, Maria is keen to venture further with a new itinerary of adventure.


2ND STEWARDESS | Gabi Pirinauskas (Enlgish)
Gabi is originally from Lithuania, but was born and raised in London her whole life. After school she started off working at an Estate Agents with casual pub work on the side until she discovered yachting from an article in 2019. She’s been in yachting now for 4 years, and this is her 3rd yacht. Gabi’s hobbies include Running, Swimming and most importantly, Travelling. Yachting has led her to travel to Dubai, the Mediterranean and the Caribbean, but is most excited for the upcoming South Pacific.


STEWARDESS | TBC
BIO Coming Soon!


BOSUN | Nathan Fourie (South African)
Nathan is originally from Rustenburg, South Africa where he previously worked on a farm and in construction. Nathan however decided to follow his passion and joined yachting industry. He likes hiking and one of his favorite places in Victoria falls in Zimbabwe. Nathan is looking forward to meeting all guests on board KNIGHT.


MATE | Trevor Hulbert (American)
Trevor followed his love for the water all the way from the lakes of Colorado to the vast ocean. Growing up near Grand Lake, he developed a deep appreciation for both snow and water. Since 2009 Trevor has been involved in both Yachting and Commercial boats.


DECKHAND | Matthew Holcombe (English)
Matt was born and raised in London, UK and spent few years in Hungary as well. He studied geography and got his passion for boats from his parents, who sailed around the world. Prior to joining his crew mates on board KNIGHT, he was involved in conservation where he looked after pigs. Matt’s hobbies include coding, squash, rugby, and sports in general. He worked as security guard at Wimbledon where he met Serena Williams, Pippa and Kate Middleton and played catch with Roger Federer.


ENGINEER | Francois Schoeman (Namibian)
Francois is from Namibia, South West Africa and has been a commercial diver for many years before coming to yachting.
Prior to joining yachting, Francois had his own construction business for 11 years and built his family house back home.
Francois made the transition to yachting engineer a couple of years ago and loves exploring new places, especially in Asia and South America.

He enjoys driving fast cars and fishing in exotic places around the world.