meet promenades crew
Richard and Lisa work as a great team on Promenade running the charters for the past two seasons. Their youth and enthusiasm will win you over! They have found a boat they love, and it all has to do with the relaxed and professional attitude of the Promenade way! Owners Kerry and Bazza are on charters with them when requested or when Richard and Lisa take holidays! Richard and Lisa are joined by a third crew member when required.
Kerry runs the business end year round, and Bazza takes care of the engineering. As a team, we all work together to ensure that you have a wonderful time on our yacht.
Richard Rome is a Marine Coastguard Agency Licensed Yacht Captain and PADI Dive Master, born in Portsmouth, England, the home of yachting in the UK where his love for the sea and outdoor life began. Richard has an extensive marine back ground from engineering, boat building, to teaching sailing.
Richard has traveled the seas of the Mediterranean working as a charter skipper, done deliveries including trans-Atlantic crossings and has even been a captain of a semi submarine in Grand Cayman!
Besides sailing Richard has many other talents, he can turn a hand to the galley, having worked as second chef at a ski hotel in Europe, he will delight you with his fresh caught Tuna for cocktail hour or ask him about his renowned after dinner Irish coffees! Richard loves any thing to do with the water from the high adrenaline sport of kite surfing to gentle kayak safaris in the shallows. He is a keen fisherman and will be happy to teach you all you need to know to catch a tarpon, mackerel or shark!
Lisa Dixon was originally schooled in the UK and holds a bachelor of honours in Nursing. While travelling after finishing University, Lisa learned to dive and never looked back! She become a PADI Instructor in Thailand and has managed dive shops from Australia to Bermuda. While diving in Croatia, Lisa was introduced to yachts and Richard and this opened up a whole new career. Richard and Lisa spent two seasons as Skipper and Stewardess/flotilla leader in Greece. Deciding that they could work and live together, they changed locations and headed off to the Caribbean, and the rest is history! For several years Lisa worked for a catering company in the UK, where she was able to develop and expand her culinary expertise, providing a range of speciality foods for a variety of occasions. Her menus are inspired from her travels all over the world, with Greek being a particular favourite. Lisa has a keen knowledge of the underwater world as well as the spots to go in the British VIrgin Islands and looks forward to making your holiday as enjoyable as possible above and below the water. Both Richard and Lisa are keen underwater photographers.
meet the owners
Kerry Lynn Hucul-Cooper originally trained in advertising and public relations
for large hotels and dinner theaters. After living and working in various
countries, from England, Belgium and Germany to Canada, the United States and
Mexico, she operated a successful restaurant for six years before deciding that
a different way of life was definitely in order. After teaching SCUBA and kayaking
in the Bay of Fundy's frigid waters, she decided to make her trips south a permament
way of life.Over the past ten years with Promenade, Kerry has completed many
Caribbean yacht charters. Kerry holds her MCA Yachtmaster Offshore, is STCW95 compliant and has
been a SCUBA Instructor for many years, with thousands of dives with underwater photography being a particular passion. She is
very eager to share her part of charter paradise with you. Kerry mostly runs the business end of the charters nowadays, and helps out Lisa with the cooking while onboard. She has a passion for the out of the way spots in the British VIrgin Islands that she has learnt over the years.
Barry(Bazza) Hucul-Cooper originally hails from Australia and has been sailing for 30 years. Baz spent 20 year in trade school for various mechanics, holds about 14 different papers for welding to diesel mechanic, and as well has built several boats, including Alley Cat, a 37 foot catamaran that he sailed around the east coast of Australia for 18 months. Besides the fact that he can sail or fix anything on a yacht, he is an avid SCUBA diver and has a love of seeing new places. Bazza not only holds a local British Virgin Islands captains licence, but was the first person to obtain a MCA approved engineering license here in the British Virgin Islands. Bazza is a PADI SCUBA instructor and has an excellent old bottle collection that he has spent many hours underwater looking for. The upgrade in quality and innovations he has brought to the yacht over the years is amazing. Bazza mainly does the engineering side of the yacht nowadays, keeping it in top notch condition.
You can be assured that you will receive truly caring, friendly and professional service at all times. We look forward to welcoming you to our tranquil piece of paradise.
Promenade is the cover story in the August BVI Yacht Guide!! Pretty impressive! 
