Simon grew up spending his summers on his parent's “summer cottage," a classic Vindö 50, and got his first boat when he was only 7. He has been working on boats of all sizes for the past 12 years, including passenger ferries in Stockholm, RIBs, offshore construction vessels in the North Sea and most recently as Project Manager at HOC Yachts in Stockholm & Visby. He was recently a manufacturing engineer at Candela Speed Boats, and currently works offshore with SubSea7 off the coast of Norway. Simon was a Watch Captain on SPICA for the Gotland Runt Offshore Race in July 2021.