Erica Lush

With 4+ years of experience in the industry, Erica has worked as deckhand, mate, and captain on sailing and power vessels 30’-120’ LOA. She has hands on experience in hardware and system maintenance, worked on a wide variety of yard projects, and sailed 20,000+ offshore miles including one Atlantic crossing. Between June 2010 and September 2013 Erica was Lead Instructor at Conanicut Yacht Club where she taught sailing to children and adults in dinghies and keelboats and turned a trial class into a regular offering. Erica’s experience of maintenance in sails, hydraulics and hardware is invaluable as well as her experience in keeping passengers safe on high load yachts. Sailing on a number of different types of yacht in different positions makes her a great team player on Maiden.