
These activities typically take four to six months.

‘In a way it has been like a ‘homecoming’ and I am really loving being back on Twizzle, a yacht which is very close to my heart and has been an enormous part of my life.’Ī 10-year superyacht refit typically involves extensive engineering work, painting, and modifications to interior design. Hoskins appreciated his eventual return to captain this superyacht. Once that trip ended, Hoskins knew his seafaring career would continue. This trip included sailing around Cape Horn with Skip Novak (an authority on polar sailing) and visiting such remotes sites as Robinson Crusoe Island and Saint Helena. From 2010 to 2017, Hoskins was first officer on the yacht before he left to circumnavigate the planet as captain of Aquijo-a high performance ketch.

The current captain of Twizzle is Luke Hoskins.

After its current 10-year refit is completed, Twizzle will be poised to charter with enough goodies to woo even those who disdain leaving home: air conditioning, satellite television, WIFI, snorkeling and scuba equipment, a dive compressor, two kayaks, water skies, windsurfers, paddle boards and a retractable centerboard that allows the yacht to maneuver into offshore shallows. Twizzle has circumnavigated the earth twice under two sets of owners and has also flashed its panache by winning an award from the International Superyacht Society for best interior, and also taking third place in a regatta in Saint Bart's.
