We are back, we were talking about women and
we were talking about the preparations and all
the activities planned around the 8m.
Tomorrow is the meeting of women and
leadership and I think Monica is
right now in the kilometer near the
city accompanied by one of the
people. protagonists one of the
protagonist women in
tomorrow's event Mónica is like that or
not That's right Alfredo we are on the terrace
of the hoo with one of the protagonists of
this event tomorrow third edition of
women and leadership and we are
lucky today to be with Ald captain
of the merchant navy Very good afternoon
good afternoon how are you good We are looking forward to
tomorrow's event to be able to hear testimonies
like yours in your case well And in the
case of many of the women that we are going to be
able to hear Tomorrow you do a
job, a super important mission in an
area that is normally seen more
as that of men. That's how it is, in the end,
well. I also come a little to
make that visible, not the areas, the two
areas where I have worked for a while, in the
armed forces. And what is the
Merchant Navy? Well, it is true that
such young women enter those
officer positions. No, well, we are a
bit of a spearhead. And well, that is why
we also come a little to transmit
those experiences, those sensations, and
also a little to make visible Well,
that's not our job there Well, you
have a lot of experience at sea in the
subject of sailing, you spent 3 years
actually living on a boat, but after that
you were given the opportunity to carry out two
expeditions, one of them as captain
How did this come about? Well, the truth is that,
since I graduated
in nautical engineering, I was very
excited to do work to do
projects that really connected
me more and well, at first it was difficult. I
had to start my
professional career on gas tankers, these
ships. great, no, it didn't fulfill me
so much and well, on my own I have been
accumulating other experiences, fattening my
resume a little, also in well,
expeditions in things more to
do with adventure and all that and well, I
was lucky enough to know this
company that that I was going to
Antarctica that I did expeditions and the
truth is that they trusted me a lot for
me apart from well everything that has to do
with navigation, the harshness, the cold
or what is a little more technical, not
Sailing that Well, I've been doing
it for many years, not like you said, well,
living on my boat. For me it
was also a very important leadership position. It
wasn't like having a
crew under your charge, which in general is usually
even older than
you. No, maybe eh some with more years at
sea and in the end for me well eh Well it
was a challenge and it has been an
experience that really in these
these months eh it has almost changed my
life the truth is man I imagine it is
something for change your life, what moments
would you highlight? Eh Well, of those that you have
experienced in that process, I don't know, I imagine that
you must have faced a lot of
complications. Well, I remember very
strongly my first passage of the Drake, the
Drake Strait is that little piece of sea
that includes Well, from Tierra del Fuego,
from the southernmost part of the
continent, which is Chile, Argentina, to
where the Antarctic Peninsula begins, no,
and it is well known globally. Well,
by all sailors because it is a very,
very complicated sea where they are
set up. Very high waves,
temporary winds and it's quite unpredictable, no.
And well, I remember, no, being there a
little dizzy. It's a little difficult to be a
captain and be dizzy because you have to
hide it very well and well. I don't
like putting on a good face there, but
deep down, Well, I I turned around with a
plastic bag and I was there vomiting
no and I remember it like saying wow I have
read so many things and I have seen so many
documentaries books about
Antarctic explorations and suddenly I am here and not
looking outside and being bad not because it
was bad upset but smile and
say wow I mean I want to be here and I
'm enjoying it. These are not moments of
great tension but I imagine that there are also
other moments that stay with you
forever. The good thing is that the
good things that have been Yes yes incredible
incredible to me above all Well, when
I'm working with people I usually
also enjoy seeing a lot, no, eh,
also the crew, the girls,
the guys who are working with me
at times when we have had
whales, encounters with seals, penguins,
glaciers, impossible to see, landscapes, moose,
that Well, we've all enjoyed it
together and what and what, you look at yourself. You don't
look at the people you're
working with and say, Well, I've still gone, I don't
know how many days without sleep, it's being
really hard. I don't know, I've done a lot
less for my family, but, damn, but.
We are enjoying this together and
those moments are worth it, an
unforgettable experience, I'm sure you had many women
around. Well, really, yes, yes, what
happens in this in these topics and and and well, it
is quite remarkable is that
women tend to be often
relegated in the handsome boats. not
only in management but within the ship,
many times the same
contracts are made, that is, well, you are a sailor,
but really, I'm going to give the
example, if there are two, if there is a sailor and
a sailor, normally the man will
do more deck work. more
physical more about navigation and the woman Eh
well sadly he's going to end up dedicating himself a little more
to cooking cleaning
managing a little bit eh Well then those
tasks a little more eh that thing about the home
let's say and it happens a lot It didn't
shock me a lot when I arrived and It is something that
as a captain is an incredible commitment that
I have, that is, to try when I
get to the boats to ensure that there is
real equality, no and that and that they are
divided Well, not all those roles
then Well, there is still a lot of lack of
presence of women and Let them be
because they are tremendous, I'm
telling you, well, the navy I
was working with was incredible, nothing. She
didn't get seasick. So, good in
this sense, then you have to continue
improving in your case as a captain. So
you've Have you noticed a real equality or have there not
been moments in which you have not
felt that good, the truth is that with
me with my company with my
crew Yes, but of course then you are
sailing and you are in an area in which
you have to speak on the radio in the What do you have to do,
for example, to go do a lot of paperwork
at the prefectures, to the maritime captaincy,
no, then, of course, you show up with
your folder, say no, I'm the captain, and of
course they see you like that, not with 20 years or so
and a woman like that, where are you going, no, and many Sometimes they are
like looking, Hey, but where is
the captain? Where is the person in charge?
And well, sometimes it is true that
you have to make your place or you arrive at the port, no. And
how to make yourself really respected and
really taken seriously, eh, it is difficult
and it shows a lot. Good thing, no,
we're not very used to seeing it and And
that's what we have to make room for. The truth is, we
have to get used to valuing the
talent that we have. And of course I
want to talk, we have to finish now
because we ran out of time, we
would stay talking to you all
afternoon. but if I'm not mistaken I think that
one of your projects in the near future is to
be able to go on an expedition on a boat
surrounded by women, only that is Yes yes yes I
have that idea I
really want to I already had the experience
last year of crossing the Atlantic aela and I
feel like doing it again But this time
it's only with women, no, well, here
we know all those discoveries
years ago, not from America. Those great
voyages on ships that were carried out
only by men and purely by men,
no, well, I feel like doing it a little too, well.
eh demonstrate how purely with only
women we can do it and
also give access to so many women who
are perhaps more beginners and who
would like to have that experience,
motivate themselves and really see themselves and
believe that they can be there,
continue training and really occupy
those positions, thank you very much, Beg,
and congratulations on your work. Thank you
very much, Alfredo, because to continue
knowing a little more, we have to
attend the women and leadership event tomorrow,
because we don't have time to
know everything
our interviewees have behind them, how angry I get
this, it's true, we always go with the
hustle and bustle of time, no, but take advantage and
leave her the resume for when she mounts
that female expedition, you
too sneak in as a cabin boy, I'm leaving, I'm leaving
with her, you send us a camera and
we make a PR, you as a sailor. you
as a crew member Well if you
both look like a sister good well well don't
have so much trust in
me better as captain to her look look
what two of you do look like sisters if you look like you are
from the same family Look sister
separated at birth separated at birth we
could be s you a the TV And you to the
boat like that movie well I
'll come back to you now Monica until now
you to Boston and I to California No well the
same the same well eh let's talk about that that
until now Monica