[Neptune]

Hi,

I've been thinking for some time on what it would be like to work aboard a superyacht. I've got 10 years sea going experience behind me as a deck officer and I have cruise ship experience. I have also recently been sailing as 1st Officer aboard fast passenger ferries. I hold a UK STCW'95 Chief Officer II/2 cert of competency and was wondering what the likelihood would be for finding a deck officers job aboard a superyacht.

This is not a request for a job (at the moment) but merely a request for advice from those that are experienced in the industry and those that have made the transition from commercial shipping to yachts. What difficulties am I likely to face for instance? I was considering heading to Antibes in June. Will it be relatively straightforward to find a job around that time as I would ideally like to work from June till mid September in the med?

Many thanks to all that respond.

[Crewagency]

Hello Neptune,

it will not be easy to get a job in the Yacht market without Yacht experience.
( i mean Yacht = 25m and up ) Okay we have many Super - Mega or Gigayachts also but my experience over the years shows that it is very very difficult to get a job on a mega ( mega = 50m and up ) if you never sailed on a smaller vessel.

Please also remember that we normally dont have on / off rotation on yachts.
Sometimes it could be possible to sail 6 month in the summer season and then
you will have the chance to come back for the next summer season.

Also remember that the season in med starts in april/mai and normally in june
all positions are filled.

You can contact me any time for informations.

[Neptune]

I got the impression it wasn't going to be easy to start off. 6 month contracts or longer don't bother me at all but many thanks for the tips and for responding to my thread.