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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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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Despite what the headline above might lead you to think, this isn't about "visualizing" your goal of getting hired to work on a super yacht, or "manifesting" a new life floating around on the world's oceans. I'm not putting down such an approach. If they work for you, that's great. No, I'm talking about something far simpler and more concrete: making a decision in advance as to what type of boat you would like to work aboard. For some people, it might not be a luxury yacht. It might be a tour boat or a fishing vessel, for a couple of examples. The main point is: If you are clear about your goal, and it is more specific than merely, "I want to work on a boat," you will naturally channel your energies into doing the things that lead to accomplishing your objective -- and not waste time on activities that lead away from it. Following is an article I recently wrote on the subject:
Boat Deckhand Jobs - Which One is Right For You?
By Dan Sevets
I frequently run into people who "just want to work on a boat." They don't have a particular type of boat in mind. All that matters, in their mind, is that they love the sea and live to spend a life afloat. Any kind of boat job would suit them fine - they think.
But hold on! I've worked as a deckhand on many types of vessels all around the world. Take it from me, serving drinks to celebrities and millionaires aboard a luxury yacht is a world apart from hauling nets of crabs onto a fishing boat in Alaska. Yet both are "boat jobs."
Admittedly, this is an extreme example of the divergence in boat jobs that you may encounter when looking for employment at sea. But it's something to think about if you're one of those who is sure that they "just want to work on a boat."
For most people, working on a luxury yacht - especially one of the superyachts - would seem far preferable to the life of an Alaskan fisherman. But there are certainly some folks who would prefer battling the elements aboard a fishing boat to having to dress in a uniform and tiptoe around all the social niceties involved in catering to a yacht owner and the owner's VIP guests.
I've worked on a fishing boat and it's an experience I wouldn't trade for anything, but it's not something I wanted to do forever. I've also worked on a tour guide boat in the Bahamas, and on a boat ferrying divers to the coral reef that lies off the coast of Belize. These are also boat jobs that you might want to consider.
The right boat job is not the same for everyone. The right one for you depends on your personal interests as well as your skills and experience. For example, if you are SCUBA certified, you would probably find your niche on a diving boat. If you have a gift for gab and really enjoy dealing with crowds of people (some folks do!), your ideal place might be on a tour boat pointing out the landmarks of a busy harbor to gawking tourists.
The best advice: First decide which boat deckhand jobs intrigue you the most, then do whatever you can to obtain one for at least one summer. If you find it's not the right job for you after all, you can go on to experience a different one next year.
And if, like me, you decide that the best crew position possible is that of being a deckhand, steward or stewardess, chef - or even, eventually, first mate or captain - aboard a superyacht, then welcome to my world.
A yacht crew job actually pays you to see the world. Superyacht crew members working are living the best dream of all. This dream is open to you, too, regardless of your background, age, or experience. [http://www.squidoo.com/BoatDeckhandJobs]Boat Deckhand Jobs is a page of free information on where to find these jobs and how to get hired aboard a luxury vessel.
Picture yourself visiting exotic ports of call from the Mediterranean to the Caribbean to beyond. Picture yourself enjoying free food and lodging while afloat and earning a great salary to boot. (You could even find romance while working as a yacht crew member -- it happens!)
Sure, there's competition for these dream oat jobs. But there are ways to make sure 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.
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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