Bart has been in the water all his life growing up with parents who had a sailings school and sail charter business. He has been sailing all his life and captained many boat for deliveries, charters and privately. Bart de Zwart, also called Mr Endurance is known for his Stand up paddle crossings and expeditions all over the world. Bart studied tourism in Holland and then left top explore the world. Sailing every year for about 3-6 months in the Mediterranean, Red Sea, Atlantic and Caribbean. Then started semiprofessional windsurfing, and sailing, then owning windsurf centers in Greece, Venezuela and later Maui. In 2005-2008. he sailed around the world with wife and daughter.
He became a professional Stand up paddler since 2010. He always had a passion for the long-distance racing on a SUP he won the 11-city tour (the tour de France of stand up) 4 times In 2018 he won the SUP category of the Yukon 1000, world’s longest paddle race. 1000 miles through the wilderness of Canada and Alaska.
Bart is a waterman, with big wave license, captain license, big wave surfer, windsurfer, wing foiler and stand up paddler racer.
CHEF: Dagmar de ZWART
Dagmar was a graphic designer in Germany until 1992, then spend the second half of her career in watersports.
She learned how to sail in 1990. From 1993 onwards she owned and managed windsurf centers with her husband in Greece, Venezuela and Hawaii. From 2005-2008, she sailed around the world with her husband and daughter.
In 2009 she started with her husband a windsurf learning and rental center in Maui.
Cooking has always been a passion of her, and in 2019, Dagmar started advanced cooking classes.
In 2020 Dagmar and her husband started working full time on a 57 ft Catamaran as chef/captain couple.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
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SAMPLE MENU
SY ZEN QUEST Sample Menu by Dagmar DE ZWART
Breakfast Buffet
Coffee and Tea, Milk, Alternative Milk option, homemade yogurt, Oatmeal, seasonal fruits Egg dishes (scrambled, sunny side up, frittatta, omelet…), Sweet dishes (clafoutis, French toasts, Austrian Kaiserschmarrn, vanilla bread pudding, pancakes, crêpes citron, banana bead, muffins…), marmelade, honey, algarve sirop, maple sirop, nut butters Breakfast meats and variety of cheeses.
Sample Lunch Menu
Potato pumpkin soup, served with cream, roasted seeds, homemade bread, assorted cheeses Buddha Bowl, assorted greens, glazed salmon furikake filet Chicken/veggie Shawarma wraps, with greens Tagliarini with homemade pesto Homemade Italian flatbreads, mixed greens Linguini with sweet potato cashew mousse Angus Beef burger / Beet burger on a brioche bun with spicy chili dressing on mixed greens Leek potato watercress soup
Sample Appetizer Menu
Tuna carpaccio on salad bed with capers and vinaigrette Salad from mixed green, cucumbers, avocado, sliced oranges with an orange vinaigrette Chilled watermelon with a feta/mint assembly, balsamic reduction Eel sauce ahi poke on mango salad Bombay curry soup Mixed greens, beet and goat cheese with apricot reduction Parmesan pattie with rainbow salad Caprese salad with a balsamic vinaigrette
Sample Entrees Menu
Pan seared crusted sesame ahi, resting on a bed of white rice with wakame seaweed salad, green bean assembly with a variety of caramelized mushrooms and a side of wasabi mayo
Chicken skewers drizzled with a creamy satey sauce, a side of grilled pineapple, mango chutney, caramelized bananas and a cucumber balsamic salad
New Zealand Steak, side of carrot spears and potato towers,herb garlic butter and a green pepper velouté
Tahitian Poison cru, in lime juice marinated raw red tuna with coconut milk,bell pepper, tomato, cucumber on rice
Asian inspired tuna with furikake egg roll
Glazed honey soy wild salmon on a coconut brown rice bed, grilled peaches with roasted parmesan zucchini slices
Chicken medallions on a red lentil mousse, avocado strips, eggplant crispy slices with a drizzle of apricot sauce
Jumbo shrimp broccoli spicy curry on a rice dome
Sample Dessert Menu
Passion fruit Mousse next to ½ opened passionfruit Lava brownie with raspberry coulis Key lime pie on a caramelized cookie crust with key lime shavings Apple raisin pockets with a dulce de leche drizzle Tiramisu Raspberry mousse with dark chocolate shavings on a chocolate sauce Lychee Mousse Green Lime Passion fruit ice cream dome
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