Sailing A Yacht Through The Northwest Passage

I watched a commercial on YouTube the other day for The Ritz-Carlton Yacht Collection and thought, heck yeah, I want to do that. Not as a passenger, but as crew. Having read Cecil Mackenzie's Donald Mackenzie: "King of the Northwest" and part of Peter Stark's Astoria, along with some articles about the recently discovered wreckage of the Lac De Belle, I feel uniquely qualified to be on board. Not steering the yacht, mind you, nor anything technical, but as the face of the company, something guest services related, where my winning personality and big, beautiful mouth would make the travelers feel right at home or at least glad they're here. If you've studied Mackenzie, like I have, you know that finding the right crew is crucial and not easy. So here I am. Sign me up.

Yachts have sailed everywhere you can think of, including the Northwest Passage. So why hasn't The Ritz-Carlton Yacht Collection gone there yet? I think they should. Thanks to Yelp, the experience will be nothing like the Tonquin's voyage around Cape Horn, with prickly Captain Thorn tossing shipmates overboard whenever they made him mad. That's not the Ritz Carlton way.

Cutting through the Northwest Passage on a luxury yacht strikes me as the ultimate combination of fun and adventure, especially if the crew knows what they're doing. Ever done it? What's it like? I've never been on a yacht, but I figure this is my best shot for landing on deck and having it paid for. I will give 1000% of myself, of course, and the guests will be talking about the experience for the rest of their lives, no matter how long that is.

Did I mention the food? I'm sure it's really good. They've also got art on the walls or whatever you call walls on a yacht. Ritz pulled out all the stops, except I don't think there's a Montblanc boutique on board, which is a mistake. People need to keep journals on this sort of trip. You don't want somebody who wasn't even there making up stories to fill in the blanks.

For those of you who know me and have gained the trust of Ernesto Fara, President of The Ritz-Carlton Yacht Collection, reach out and tell him that I'm ready to hit the high seas and make him proud, just as long as my wife gets to come along, too. And the pets, naturally.