Kimberly Thomas:  

Life After high school I attended SIU and received my degrees in Aviation Flight/ Aviation Management. After college I slowly advanced and earned my first type rating in a jet in 1995, which just means in basic terms...Captain. During 1995 and 1996 I left the US and flew all of Europe, Eastern Europe, Africa and South America. I had enough excitement by then and came back to Chicago where I continued to fly corporate jets mostly in the US. During my time back in the states I became involved in the Marine industry and helped manage several of my jet clients yachts. Finally I earned my 100 ton Captains license and in 2003 I made a giant Leap of Faith into the yachting industry and took over running a 115 foot motoryacht which just happened to be named Blind Faith. Since then I have spent most of my time in the islands of the Bahamas (there are over 720). We are both a private and a charter yacht so we meet lots of interesting people. Most of our days consist of fishing, snokeling, scuba diving, and maintenance of the boat. In November 2006 we sold Blind Faith. Check out the September 2006 issue of Yachting Magazine under The Top 5 Hottest Yachts and we made it to #1 on the list. Hope everyone is well and happy. UPDATE--- My boyfriend and I decided to sell our 70ft. Motoryacht and buy a 110ft. Broward motoryacht to charter. We closed on January 19th and have been out of the water since the 23rd of January. We shoul...Expand for more