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Old 05-21-2007, 07:24 AM   #4
CaptPKilbride
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Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Connecticut and Downeast Maine
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Maybe I will be mistaken on this, but it is my perception that crew in the commercial sector works a rotating schedule wherein you work, for example, 14 days on and then have 14 days off, or 21 days on and then 21 days off.

Yacht crew, on the other hand , depending on schedules of owner use and charter, will generally work at least 5.5 or 6 days a week, and when on charter or with guests aboard will work 7 days a week.

This alone could account for the difference in pay scales...
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