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Each year, the recruitment specialist YPI Crew analyzes trends in crew hiring, among other issues related to the hands on deck. In its latest survey, it finds encouraging insight into megayacht crew jobs. Not only are position requests rising, but also they’re rising especially aboard mega-size megayachts. YPI Crew has been analyzing hiring trends since itsContinue Reading
Crew-recruitment agencies and yachting media often portray crew openings as opportunities to travel the world. While accurate, there’s more to the experience. In fact, an extensive, first-of-its-kind superyacht crew survey finds some compelling, and alarming, issues. While half of the respondents enjoy their jobs, more than three-quarters encounter leadership problems. In addition, low morale isContinue Reading
These days, more people realize that overall health involves both mind and body. In high-pressure jobs, such as those of some superyacht crew, it’s even more important to take account of both. Aboard charter yachts, for example, crew can turn in working days that would exhaust many adults. Then, too, consider that, whether aboard privateContinue Reading
Congressional representatives are increasingly learning about the economic impact that megayacht owners and the industry have. It’s in large part due to the work of the U.S. Superyacht Association http://www.ussuperyacht.com (USSA), the trade organization representing the large-yacht industry on American soil. Next week, as part of the annual American Boating Congress (ABC), the USSA willContinue Reading
It may seem like a hyperbole to call a cooking competition combat. However, it really is a battle: a battle against time, and of course fellow talented chefs. Ultimately, it’s a battle to win over taste buds. So, when 12 superyacht chefs went head to head recently in a competition akin to the Food Network’sContinue Reading
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