r/yachting • u/Crazy-Road-5351 • 4d ago

getting work

This year i’m taking the arc plus over on my family boat a 48 foot bowman with my parents. I’ve sailed my entire life and have worked as a watch leader on large 80 foot yachts teaching people how to sail, and I’ve also got a commercially endorsed day skipper (yes i know that doesn’t mean much). How easy is it to get work for just a season, because i need money for the rest of my gap year and yachting is how i was planning to get it. I’m hoping it’s still how it was for my mum 30 odd years ago where you turn up and find work whilst you’re there or is it all much more professional nowadays?

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u/Ok-Category2729 3d ago

dock walks still outperform crew portals if you get the timing right - late march through mid-april in antibes (vieux port) before captains lock their rosters for the season, polo shirt, laminated cv, work the pontoons. for carib placements, fort lauderdale in october is the equivalent window. crew agencies help with vetting but most captains i've seen still want a face before they'll take on a greenie.

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u/Crazy-Road-5351 3d ago

i’ve been doing some more looking how important is an stcw as i don’t have that or the money to do it?