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Life and death on a superyacht: 'If something goes wrong, they can just raise the anchor and leave'
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Crewing can seem a glamour-filled job. But at least three young Brits have lost their lives, as Rupert Neate reports
Sat 26 May 2018 08.00 BSTLast modified on Mon 25 Nov 2019 12.21 GMT
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If Dirk Zimmerman’s boss fancies a fresh tomato salad, the 35-year-old German hangs up his chef’s apron, dons a headset and takes to the skies. Zimmerman, who has been working on superyachts for more than a decade, has lost count of the number of times he’s been sent out on a ship’s helicopter or seaplane to source food, from courgettes in Oman to truffles in Argentina or vine tomatoes