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The sudden closing of borders due to COVID-19 and the related bureaucratic red tape in trying to get permission to leave has caused owners and their crews a lot of stress over the past year. Add in the fact that many crew spent significantly longer periods of time onboard, without seeing family, and the stressContinue Reading
Today is International Women’s Day, a global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural, and political achievements of women. It further marks a call to action to accelerate gender equality. We can think of no better way to celebrate International Women’s Day in yachting than by re-publishing an interview with the co-founder of She of theContinue Reading
ACREW assists current and aspiration crew in receiving training to further their skills and their careers. Surveys about crew satisfaction, however, some of which reveal that crew retention is just 60 percent, spurred the company into action in a new way. It has launched ACREW+, a multi-focus initiative to boost crew productivity, collaboration, and morale—andContinue Reading
Mental-health awareness is growing in the superyacht sector, especially when it comes to crew. The International Seafarers’ Welfare and Assistance Network (ISWAN), which supports seafarers, surveyed crew in 2018, discovering startling stress statistics. As a result, it has launched Yacht Crew Help. This free, confidential, multi-lingual, 24-hour helpline offers phone support, in addition to emailContinue Reading
Editor’s note: The Crew Network and Fraser Yachts recently held a superyacht short-story competition, encouraging crewmembers to share true and fictional accounts of life onboard. Entries came from around the world, telling tales of romance, drama, and comedy. One such story, “The Birthday Cake,” earned second place. Written by Capt. Stephen Crosthwaite, a build captainContinue Reading
For the past six years, Capt. Jason Halvorsen has been at the helm of Marcato. This rugged 141-foot (43-meter) explorer megayacht has visited lots of interesting and picturesque places on earth. Among the fascinating places he has seen, Patagonia is certainly a memorable trip. Despite that, though, a trip to the Bahamas several years agoContinue Reading