Yes, it's possible to find a superyacht job opportunity almost anywhere there is a coast and harbor facilities that can handle one of these large luxury vessels. But realistically, there are only a couple of areas of the world where the odds of easily securing a crew position are in your favor. Read on ...
Find Deckhand Opportunities All Over the World
By Dan Sevets
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Deckhands on luxury yachts get to travel all over the world. Moreover, when not working, they get to enjoy the pleasures of exciting and often exotic ports of call. But if you're just starting out looking for deckhand job opportunities, where do you go?
The easy answer is: Anywhere the big yachts go. You may find mega- and superyachts almost anywhere there is coastline and good port facilities. If you're in the United States, for example, you may well encounter some billionaire's luxury vessel at the moorings in Seattle, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Boston, New York or Miami, just to name a few.
To stand the best chance of finding deckhand opportunities, you must go to where the big yachts congregate in large numbers. That means, first of all, the ports of the Mediterranean, and secondarily, the ports of the Caribbean. These are also the ports that will have active hiring agencies that are dedicated to filling crew jobs on those big boats.
The great thing about the yacht ports of the Mediterranean is that many of them are close to one another. Even if you're traveling on a shoestring budget and a tight schedule, you won't find it difficult to check out several of them within a short time period. My favorite place to start: St. Tropez in France. This is practically the world headquarters for the superyacht set. Other great yacht ports include Nice, Cannes, Barcelona and Ibiza, just to scratch the surface in the western Mediterranean. The eastern Mediterranean has its share of fabulous yacht ports, too.
The Caribbean will be more accessible to North Americans. Traveling from port to port will be slightly more difficult here than in the Mediterranean -- you can't take a train or a bus from one island to the next -- but that just means you'll be spending more time aboard one boat or another, which is one of your objectives anyway (the other being to land a job on a boat).
If you can't get to the Mediterranean or Caribbean, though, do not despair. If you live anywhere near any ocean coast, you can find a deckhand opportunity. It won't necessarily be on a superyacht, but the variety of boats that need crew members is huge. Getting your feet wet aboard a boat (so to speak), whatever the vessel type, can serve as the gateway to an eventual job aboard the yacht of your dreams.
Deckhands, stewards, chefs and other superyacht crew members really do live a dream. This dream is available to you regardless of your background, age, or experience.
Find Deckhand Jobs is a page of free information on the best regions in the world for locating deckhand employment.
With a superyacht crew job, you will rub shoulders with multimillionaires and celebrities while visiting beautiful ports of call. You will have free food and lodging while afloat and earn a great salary to boot. (You can even find romance -- it happens all the time!)
Yes, there's competition for these fantastic jobs. But there are ways to ensure that a boat's captain or the yacht crew hiring agency chooses you, even if you have less experience than the next person.
One resource that uncovers the insider methods for gaining a plum position as a superyacht crew member is The Dynamic Deckhand. You owe it to yourself to check it out.
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Every large vessel has a variety of crew job types. On a superyacht, they typically include a chef, one or more stewards (or stewardesses), an engineer, a first mate, and of course, the captain, along with deckhands possessing an assortment of skills and specific tasks.
Deckhand Employment - Pick Your Spot on the Boat
By Dan Sevets
When people ask me to give them insider deckhand employment tips for working on a luxury yacht, I tell them that first and foremost they should decide what position they think they would truly enjoy. Once they know that, they can work on getting the experience as well as the professional certification they will need for that particular job.
A huge super yacht might employ a crew of 30 or more. Everyone aboard is expected to perform at least one job very, very well; most, though, will actually be jacks (or jills) of all trades. On a vessel at sea, whether it's a magnificent yacht or a humble fishing trawler, every crew member must have a wide range of skills.
Here are the most typical deckhand employment possibilities:
Deckhand: This is the most generalized of crew positions and is the place that most people start in a career aboard a boat. Your duties could range from maintenance to deck cleaning to driving a tender to ferry VIP guests to and from the yacht. No two days are ever alike for a deckhand!
Steward (or Stewardess): This is a form of deckhand employment that typically involves waiting on the yacht owner and his guests. This could mean serving drinks, leading recreational activities, helping keep interior spaces nice and shiny, or any of a myriad other tasks centered on making sure a boat's passengers stay happy the entire trip.
Chef: A yacht's chef prepares meals, obviously, and also may be solely responsible for keeping the galley clean and well-arranged. A chef will also be in charge of the very important task of purchasing and stocking provisions in enough quantity and variety to last for a long trip, if necessary.
Boat Engineer: A boat engineer is a deckhand with specialized expertise for working on a yacht's engines. The engineer sees to, through ongoing maintenance as well as repair when needed, that the vessel will never be dead in the water. As you can imagine, this is a highly important job.
Captain: Everyone knows that a captain not only drives the boat, he's the boss of the rest of the crew. To be a captain of a super yacht requires lots of training and years of experience, but keep in mind that many of the best and most respected yacht captains started out as a regular deckhand. The path to a super yacht captaincy is within anyone's reach who keeps his sights set firmly on it!
First Mate: Most big luxury yachts have a first mate as well as a captain. A first mate is the captain's right-hand man (or woman), and is the one who daily supervises and directs the crew. First mates must be able to do pretty much everything that a captain does and have an intimate knowledge of every other crewmate's job, too.
You can begin your path to deckhand employment through the ages-old practice of "dockwalking" -- talking to all of the yacht crew that you are able to meet. You can also visit a hiring agency, found in most ports of call, that specializes in hiring for mega- and super yachts.
A superyacht job is open to you regardless of background, age, or experience. Deckhand Employment Tips is a page of free information on the requirements of different crew member jobs as well as on how to get hired aboard a luxury vessel.
One highly recommended book that blows the lid off the insider methods for gaining a plum position as a super yacht crew member is The Dynamic Deckhand, available at http://www.deckhands.info. Be sure and check it out.
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Elsewhere (such as here) I have described the main job titles and categories one is likely to find aboard a mega- or super-yacht. You should know, though, that there are some traits and skills that are common to all jobs aboard a vessel. Several are directly related to the fact that crewing a boat means being atop -- and often in! -- the water. Sounds obvious, but it's a factor too often overlooked my would-be yacht deckhands. Here is an article I wrote on the subject.
Dynamic Deckhands Needed - Must Love Water!
By Dan Sevets
There are deckhands and then there are dynamic deckhands. If you want the best shot at getting a job on a luxury yacht, you should strive to become the latter.
There are many ingredients that go into making someone a dynamic deckhand. In this article I want to focus on a particular one: having a genuine love of the water.
It might surprise you, but many people who work on boats don't really like the water. By this I mean, they like being atop the water, floating along above all that spray and wetness, but they shy away from ever taking a "bath" in the ocean.
Even deckhands on a huge superyacht need to be willing to get wet now and then. Even if you get a job working as a chef in a yacht's galley, you should be able to jump right into the water in an emergency and lend a hand with whatever needs doing -- without panicking. This willingness and ability to brave the sea is one of the hallmarks of a truly dynamic deckhand.
Good deckhands get wet!
The outstanding deckhands are those individuals who can learn to drive tenders, or small powerboats, in all kinds of weather. When you're roaring through the ocean in a small boat, you'll be experiencing lots of spray, especially when seas are choppy. And, when a big storm strikes, you will really experience what a good soaking is like!
The big question: Can you keep your wits when water is hitting you hard from every direction, stinging your cheeks and blasting your eyes? If you can manage a boat tender in even the roughest of situations, yacht owners and their guests will view you as a seasoned professional in the boat business.
Aside from dealing with storms, rough weather and seagoing crises, you will find that your yacht guests will almost certainly want to participate in many water sports (jetskiing, snorkeling, and swimming are three that come to mind). As a deckhand on a mega- or superyacht, you may be required, as one of your regular jobs, to safely assist those guests in the water and to help them have maximum fun.
Do you love the water? Well, then, you should appreciate the fact that almost any kind of boat job, including deckhanding aboard a superyacht, will keep you in close touch with it. And if you aspire to be a dynamic deckhand who is highly sought after by captains and luxury boat owners, you need to demonstrate your love for the water at every opportunity.
Yacht jobs are open to everyone who loves the ocean -- and they will pay you to see the world. Deckhands, stewards, chefs and other superyacht crew members truly are living a dream. This dream is open to you regardless of your background, age, or experience.
Dynamic Deckhands Wanted is a page of free information on where to find boat deckhand jobs and how to get hired aboard a luxury vessel. (That URL is http://www.squidoo.com/DynamicDeckhands.)
With a superyacht crew job, you will rub shoulders with multimillionaires and celebrities. You will visit exotic ports of call from the Mediterranean to the Caribbean to beyond. You will have free food and lodging while afloat and earn a great salary to boot. (You can even find romance -- it happens!)
Yes, there's competition for these dream jobs. But there are ways to ensure that a boat's captain or the yacht crew hiring agency chooses you, even if you have less experience than the next person. A book that blows the lid off the insider methods for gaining a plum position as a superyacht crew member is The Dynamic Deckhand. (That URL is http://www.deckhands.info.)
Dan Sevets has seen the world aboard boats of all kinds. He invites you to join him in the best job of all.
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