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Even if you rely on a yacht-management firm, it’s helpful to have more than one source for information on operational best practices. To provide the industry and owners alike with better insight when it comes to paying crew, YPI Crew created the Yachting Salaries website in early 2016. It collects figures voluntarily entered by captainsContinue Reading
Let’s face it; the holidays are insanely busy for all of us. And that includes your crew, especially if your yacht chartered or otherwise entertained guests for Christmas and New Year’s. Give them a break, while encouraging career development, by sending them to Caribbean CrewFest. Caribbean CrewFest is a multi-day event mixing mixing merriment withContinue Reading
See the red-shirt-clad person on the upper deck? Though hard to tell, that’s a bicycle they’re atop. This is Gene Machine, and this is the crew’s way of keep pace with the yacht as she makes a transatlantic journey. More to the point, it’s the crew’s way of raising £20,000 (about $25,400) for two health-relatedContinue Reading
If you’ve ever wondered what it’s like to work aboard a superyacht, here’s your chance. A crewmember who just wrapped up a year with Seawolf put together this video. That’s 365 days of line handling, night watches, ocean crossing, galley dining… and watertoy “testing,” on-shore touring, and more. There’s stunning scenery of St. Lucia, theContinue Reading
Professional organizations exist to foster relationships, and let skilled people make a bigger impact on their industry. With that in mind, the International Superyacht Society (ISS) is offering a sponsor-driven one-year free membership for megayacht crew. The ISS has long focused on attracting businesses within the yachting industry, to support the broader industry itself. However,Continue Reading
Crew-placement agencies, yacht-management companies, and more are increasingly encountering counterfeit marine certificates. Some of these are of such good quality that they’ve fooled a number of reputable yachting-industry professionals. Until, that is, a check of the school listed on the certificate reveals it doesn’t exist. International Yacht Training Worldwide (IYT) has a solution that itContinue Reading