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| CREW PROFILES |  | | Captain: Bijan Kalantari | Nationality: US | | Number of Crew: 2 | | Crew Profiles:
Captain Bijan Kalantari
A US citizen and New Yorker since the late 1950’s, Bijan began sailing in the early 1970’s and obtained his USCG 100 ton license when he decided to begin chartering in 1987. Having owned a number of yachts over the years, his sailing experience has taken him through much of the Eastern Seaboard from Virginia to Nova Scotia, and countless points in between. Bijan has sailed through most of the Bahamian islands north of Georgetown on his previous yacht a 42 ft. Sparkman & Stephen ketch, Anita Kay.
Bijan completed his first New York to Bermuda sail aboard Anita Kay in 1992, and then engaged in summer charters in the Northeast. In 2001 he extended his chartering to include the winter months in the Caribbean.
This migratory pattern became routine and Bijan acquired ANAHITA in 2004, overseeing its complete refit for charter. Inspired by the yacht’s performance and charter amenities, and in search of new horizons, Bijan sailed ANAHITA to the Mediterranean in the spring of 2008, and covered the Cote d'Azure, Corsica, the Gulf of Naples -- including Sorrento, Capri, Positano, Amalfi, and the Aeolian Islands north of Sicily. He sailed across to the Med for the 2009 and 2010 summer charter seasons covering the east cost of Italy, Croatia, the Greek Islands, and Turkey.
His quiet nature and gentle manner belie Bijan's accomplished and fascinating background. Prior to chartering he enjoyed several very successful careers, the first of which was in classical ballet performing with the Metropolitan and New York City Opera Ballets. Later with his late wife Bijan opened Lothars -- the French high fashion sportswear boutique at Fifth Avenue in New York and North Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills. In 1975 he established his own real estate development company in Manhattan, and continued as a developer and builder until the mid-nineties.
Bijan is a genial charter host and expert sailor who charter guests look forward to joining time and time again.
Chef / Mate Roseanne Morin
As chef and owner of the Cortina restaurant in North Bay Ontario, Roseanne was known for her original cuisine and unfailingly high standards. Welcoming culinary challenges Roseanne jumped at the chance to work with the Canadian Olympic Team developing high-energy fitness-oriented meals for athletes in training.
Her first sailing experience opened her eyes to being a sea-going chef, a career which Roseanne embraced with gusto! Prior to joining ANAHITA in 2008 Roseanne worked for four years on charter and private yachts in the British and US Virgin Islands, St. Martin and the Grenadines.
Snorkeling and scuba diving top the list of Roseanne's favorite pastimes. In Ontario she volunteered in a soup kitchen for the homeless and still has a special interest in humanitarian holidays in Thailand's Changsian Babies Home.
Roseanne's menus encompass a variety of international cuisines and she cheerfully accommodates special requests, offers tasty adaptations for special diets and loves to create original hors d’oeuvres and desserts.
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