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Birdseye · 01-31-2008, 12:45 PM

I am sure that there had to be a mis-communication somewhere between the owner and the Captain. His parents were clearly there as delivery crew, which I would always be happy to see, but why did the owner not know???? What would that Captain gain by not telling him? Maybe this owner is so bad that the Captain felt he had to do this without telling him....???? I'm not so sure, I feel certain there must be a break down of communications between the owner and Captain somewhere. It is a shame we are not hearing both sides of the story.
I would always be happy for my Captain to take his parents on a delivery, these people work for months, sometimes years without seeing their family and what better way of making sure they deliver my yacht safely than by having the masters family on-board.
The owners comments on the chef cooking for them lost him/her any credibility from me. That is just splitting hairs in a situation that really is nothing.
It sounds like this owner needs to start respecting and trusting his crew. Of my experience of crew, they are hard working honest people, that aren't scared of a bit of hard labour and very long hours, but one thing they always need is respect from the owner. You always know the yachts that don't have this respect because they will be the yachts with high crew turn over and maybe 3-4 captains a year.
Something owners tend to forget is that these Captains have invested alot of time and money into what they do, as a lawyer he/she should understand that, and they chose this field of work because they enjoy it. I'm yet to meet a Captain who does this job just for the money, although I'm sure some do. If they do this because they enjoy it, then get a bad a owner they will move on. I will put money on it that this Captain is now looking for a new job, weather he was fired or not, they don't and shouldn't have to deal with this.

01-31-2008, 12:45 PM	#22
Birdseye Registered User Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Jacksonville, FL Posts: 6	Something wrong I am sure that there had to be a mis-communication somewhere between the owner and the Captain. His parents were clearly there as delivery crew, which I would always be happy to see, but why did the owner not know???? What would that Captain gain by not telling him? Maybe this owner is so bad that the Captain felt he had to do this without telling him....???? I'm not so sure, I feel certain there must be a break down of communications between the owner and Captain somewhere. It is a shame we are not hearing both sides of the story. I would always be happy for my Captain to take his parents on a delivery, these people work for months, sometimes years without seeing their family and what better way of making sure they deliver my yacht safely than by having the masters family on-board. The owners comments on the chef cooking for them lost him/her any credibility from me. That is just splitting hairs in a situation that really is nothing. It sounds like this owner needs to start respecting and trusting his crew. Of my experience of crew, they are hard working honest people, that aren't scared of a bit of hard labour and very long hours, but one thing they always need is respect from the owner. You always know the yachts that don't have this respect because they will be the yachts with high crew turn over and maybe 3-4 captains a year. Something owners tend to forget is that these Captains have invested alot of time and money into what they do, as a lawyer he/she should understand that, and they chose this field of work because they enjoy it. I'm yet to meet a Captain who does this job just for the money, although I'm sure some do. If they do this because they enjoy it, then get a bad a owner they will move on. I will put money on it that this Captain is now looking for a new job, weather he was fired or not, they don't and shouldn't have to deal with this.