[K1W1]

Hi,

As a fellow NZer I would like to welcome you to Yacht Forums.

I don't want to rain on your parade but have to say honestly that you will be up against it purely by your age.

I was told when I was 40 I was too old to be Chief Engineer by a Crew Agency person. I don't know if she had any comprehension where I got my experience to be holding a Merchant Navy Chiefs Ticket in the first place having also had nearly 20 yrs on yachts.

I got an ex Sealord guy a job as second engineer on a 60 m yacht in 2006 who had been turned down by several agencies at 44 yrs of age. He has a NZ Issued STCW 95 Class 1 Certificate and no one would touch him as it would be his first boat. If anyone had bothered to read his CV fully they would have seen that he did 2nds and Chiefs twice as his S.A. Tickets were not accepted to the NZ System when he arrived in 1994. No mean feat in anyones books.

This guy has taken to the business like a duck to water and has declined to look at another job I heard of for him recently out of pure gratitude to the Captain who gave him his first break into the industry.

If either of the guys mentioned here see this they will know who they are for sure.

All that down and negative stuff said I wish you luck and you never know when you will stand in the lucky puddle. Yachting can be very fickle like that to put it mildly.