Yachting Like It Is

Rental cars

The fact is, that despite their being worth millions, being designed with rare fabrics, precious stone and the latest technology; to yacht crew, most yachts are about as memorable as rental cars.

It makes sense, you see enough of them and they morph into little more than big white boats.  Many boats [...]

And Womening!

What's between them?

It has been said by many, that the mostly female interior crew aboard yachts, are rarely chosen for what is between their ears.  Well at least I have said it many times.  One might get the impression from our normal hiring practices that the interior crew is not [...]

The Standard in Monaco

Monaco – No taxes, clean taxis, upright principles and aristocratic principals.  Where race issues are welcomed and F1 is a religion rather than a button on your computer that has absolutely no use to most of us two fingered typists.  You can be executed for chewing gum on the street in [...]

There is much speculation now about the end of this recession.  Not that it is going to come very quickly or anything but at least we are speculating that the end is nigh and not that the “The End Is Nigh!”  The news at last, appears to have more of the ‘Green Shoots’ of growth [...]

Anyone who tries to write something interesting about the Maritime Labour Convention is probably wasting their time.  It is already viewed by many as yet another piece of needless legislation aimed at controlling the perfect world of yachting.  

It is important to understand that the MLC is designed to champion the rights of seafarers.  Yacht crew are [...]