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Knowing what to pack for when you first step onto a yacht can seem like a daunting task and is one of the most frequently asked questions by green yacht crew. This article should serve as a handy guide on what to pack when you’re coming to look for work on yachts.
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It's a fact that many older captains are being passed over and, while pay is often cited as the reason, in reality there may be many factors at play. Here a 53 year old captain vents his frustration and The Crew Coach offers some ...
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The Crew Coach is delighted to announce the winners of the 2017 Superyacht Scholarship, a global competition offering four winners an extraordinary head-start in their luxury yachting career. Each scholarship prize package is wort...
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Building on the success of the 2016 Superyacht Scholarship, The Crew Coach is delighted to announce that the 2017 edition is now open, giving four more young crew members the opportunity of a lifetime to develop their career in th...
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Q: Katie, Stewardess, 24: “I saved up for so long to come to Antibes and get a stewardess position, but now I have one I’m not enjoying it at all! It feels bad even admitting it - but I can’t bear the lack of freedom onboard and I...
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James Benning was the winner of the Exterior Department in the Superyacht Scholarship Competition launched earlier this year by Alison Rentoul. Just a few months on and James has already landed his first job as Deckhand onboard 55...
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Chosen from a total of 263 applicants from all over the world, Zhara Bathe was the Interior and Grand Prize winner of the Superyacht Scholarship Competition launched by Alison Rentoul, The Crew Coach. Just two months on and Zhara ...
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The four winners of the Superyacht Scholarship Competition, launched by Alison Rentoul, The Crew Coach, were announced in a live webinar in March, chosen from a total of 263 applicants from all over the world. We recently caught u...
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We’ve all heard about, or experienced, discord amongst crew. The horror stories of crew members screaming at each other or falling out because of personal differences or miscommunication, or a combination of the two. Tensions can ...
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Q: Tiffany, Stewardess: “I heard something about STCW certificates needing to be updated by the first of January next year but I’m confused who this applies to and whether I need to do it - can you clarify?
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My boyfriend and I are in Antibes looking for a couple’s job: he is a deckhand and I am a chef. We’ve been told by practically everyone that because we’re new in yachting we don’t have much hope of getting a job together, how can ...
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The Crew Coach discusses which Food Hygiene Certificates crew will need as an entry-level stew, and whether it is compulsory for everyone, or just for chefs and stews.
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The old Antibes vs Palma debate has been going on for decades, but there are benefits to both, depending on what you’re looking for, your budget, and your personal preferences.
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Winners of the Superyacht Scholarship Competition, launched by Alison Rentoul, The Crew Coach, were announced in a live webinar today, 2 March.
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While captains may find working on one job before moving onto the next, The Crew Coach explains why the natural way of doing things is actually better: at least in theory.
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At the end of last year my first mate left because he said my inability to listen was doing his head in. The thing is I’m not really sure exactly what I’m doing wrong a lot of the time, or what to do about it. How do I learn to li...
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Welcome to the working life of a superyacht captain, a leadership role unlike any other. With anywhere between five and 50 employees and a legion of suppliers and contractors, running a superyacht is like being the CEO of a large,...
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It’s only a couple of days until IMS Shipyard and ACREW unite forces to host a variety of educational workshops for captains and crew in Toulon. The event that takes place on the 9th and 10th December includes ACREW’s signature bl...
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When longstanding crew resist changes to the system and culture brought about by new crew members, captains must find a way to bring harmony to this team of two halves.
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It's extremely important for all yacht crew to use discretion with any photos taken of boats, particularly those that you or your friends work on, to avoid getting yourself or friends into trouble.
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Q: John, Chief Engineer, 41: "After several friends told me about luxury yachting I recently made the move over from commercial, but I don’t really understand what’s so great about yachting.
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Considering we demand professional candidates that are well suited to our yacht’s individual culture and demands, it’s not surprising we sometimes fail to find the right candidates when our descriptions are so vague.
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When it comes to job offers, everything can change in an instant. The job may evaporate, the captain might choose someone else, or the yacht might decide to delay the hiring decision, so it's wise to keep looking right up until th...
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Wondering what to do after yachting? In her final article in this series, Alison Rentoul looks at how to decide what your best direction should be, what to take with you along the journey and how to create a roadmap to get you the...
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In the second installment of her series on how to make the transition ashore, The Crew Coach, Alison Rentoul, shows us how our life experience to date can help to identify and guide us towards the next chapter.
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There are a numnber of ways in which you can minimise the fallout when resigning from a yacht job, and it’s important to start with why captains often react so badly to crew quitting.
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I know from first hand experience that leadership skills can be learnt – as I had to learn everything I know about leadership myself, having not shown a lot of great ‘natural’ talent in this area when I first found myself thrust i...
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Yachting's Golden Handcuffs hold tight, and the longer you’ve worked in yachting the tighter they grip - a healthy disposable income and the freedom and luxuries it affords you are pretty hard to give up. In my series for OnboardO...
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Luxury yacht crew performance and interior service training specialists, The Crew Coach (TCC) and Interior Yacht Services (IYS) have joined forces to provide superyachts with a combined training solution that helps crew reach the ...
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When one captain was faced with the issue of two of his crew going out and bringing some girls back to the boat, he was faced with the dilemma of the most effective way to punish them without it negatively effecting anyone else on...
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