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Category: Recruitment

 

Academic qualifications

Should crewmembers be listing any academic qualifications (so, non-industry relevant diplomas, degrees or other higher-education qualifications) on their CV?How do you, as crew, feel ab …more

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Category: Money
 

Salary standards

Crew are jumping ship-to-ship for better salaries, and as such the smaller boats simply can''t compete. Do captains need to get together to establish salary ethics and standards? And ho …more

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Category: Captains
 

Too much arrogance?

We know that there are some absolutely fantastic captains in this industry - we've been lucky enough to meet a great number of them - but there are also some captains who tarnish the na …more

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Category: Technology
 

Too much technology on the bridge?

Is the huge amount of available bridge technology actually hindering bridge operation? Are we relying too much on technology and less so on our natural awareness? …more

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Category: Career
 

Life after being a crewmember

What are the options for crewmembers who feel it's time to move their career to a land-based job, but want to remain in the superyacht industry? We want to hear from you about how you'v …more

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Category: Operations
 

Preference sheets

As captains and chief stewardesses, do you find charter preference sheets useful? Would more specific information make your job easier, or do so many specific requests make the job more …more

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Category: Tenders and Toys
 

RYA Tender Operators course

At the Monaco Yacht Show the RYA announced its new Tender Operators course, a course designed specifically to meet the tender-driving requirements of superyacht crew. The course include …more

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Category: Mentors
 

Where are yachting's mentoring programmes?

One superyacht captain has recently approached The Crew Report asking this very question. He pointed to the hospitality industry and their mentoring programmes, including the coaching o …more

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Category: Advice
 

Newby-Training and Recruitment

I am looking at completing a STCW95 course in Florida, possibly mid 2015. I am from Sydney Australia, 44 year old female by the end of the year, (eeeek!) and would like to know if the …more

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Category: Events
 

What do you want from the boat shows?

For crew the boat show season provides a hub of activity. But as a crewmember what do you look to get out of the boat shows? …more

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Category: Management
 

All-inclusive crew management

Jonathan Holloway, manager of Fraser Yachts'' yacht services, told The Crew Report he could foresee a change to yachting management structures, with the introduction of all-inclusive cr …more

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Category: Regulations
 

MLC AND HOTEL

FLAG STATE RESPONSIBILITY. ACCORDING TO MLC 2006Guideline B4.4.2 – Welfare facilities and services in ports69Health protection, medical care, welfare and social security protection6. Ho …more

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Category: Engineers
 

Engineer shortage

It's been a fact for some time that the superyacht industry is lacking highly skilled engineers. This causes its obvious problems when we consider recruitment, but what does this mean f …more

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Category: Training
 

Using your seatime elsewhere

At the recent PYA Sea Changes Seminar in Antibes, the MCA suggested that they are starting to look at whether they should be accepting seatime from other administrations.Currently, for …more

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Category: Opinion
 

Responsibility to protect the marine environment

Do the captains and crew (and owners) of superyachts have a responsibility to protect the marine environment, given the size of yachting''s carbon footprint? …more

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Category: Safety
 

Incident Reporting

The commercial sector has a mandatory reporting system (MAIB). This could be said to provide a helpful tool for captains and crew to learn from others' near-misses and mistakes made. Sh …more

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Category: Shipyard
 

Sea trials

As captains and senior crew, are you satisfied with the current process of a new build's sea trials? Do sea trials give an accurate depiction of the yacht's performance or are there way …more

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Category: Security
 

Petty theft

Should we be more concerned with petty theft on superyachts than piracy? Have you experienced petty theft on board? Please share your thoughts and experiences. …more

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