The sea is
our office
Crew placement for sail and motor yachts. Deck, engineering, interior and galley — from a single delivery to a full season.
Blue Peter · about to sail
Welcome aboard
We were built for people who do not want a desk. For crew who measure a year in seasons rather than quarters, and for captains who would rather hire someone vouched for than someone advertised.
Every candidate on our books has been spoken to, not just uploaded. We check the tickets, we ring the last boat, and we tell you honestly whether the fit is right — including when it is not.
Flag V · I require assistance
The Ocean way
Boats do not run on CVs. They run on the person who notices the chafe before it parts, who keeps the guest cabin turned around in twenty minutes, who can strip a raw water pump in a seaway without being asked twice.
So we place on temperament as much as on tickets. We ask what the watch system is, how many are in the crew mess, and whether the boat is cruising or sitting in the marina — because those answers decide whether a placement lasts a season or a fortnight.
No fee to crew. Ever. Owners and management companies pay when the placement sticks.
Flag E · altering course
Choose your berth
Four departments, one standard. Tell us which deck you work on and we will tell you what is open this month.
Deck
Deckhand to Chief Officer. Yachtmaster, MCA OOW, tender driving and watersports tickets.
See open roles
Engineering
Sole engineer to Chief. AEC through Y1, hybrid and diesel-electric experience welcome.
See open roles
Interior
Stewardess to Chief Stew. Silver service, laundry, floristry, wine and guest-facing work.
See open roles
Galley
Cook/stew to Head Chef. Provisioning in remote ports, dietaries, and crew food that crew look forward to.
See open roles
Motor
Rotational and permanent positions on 30m to 90m motor yachts. Mediterranean summer, Caribbean winter, and a growing Pacific circuit out of Australia and New Zealand.
Sail
Classics, performance cruisers and racing programmes. If you want miles rather than marina time, this is the side of the book to be on.
“A good boat is three good people and a bad boat is three good people who were never asked whether they could stand each other for six months.” Captain, 54m sail — Auckland to Palma
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Season and delivery crew, at short notice
Someone has broken a wrist in Palma and you sail Thursday. That is the call we are set up to take.
We hold a vetted standby list of crew with current tickets, valid seaman's books and B1/B2 visas who can be wheels-up inside forty-eight hours. Deliveries, yard periods, charter relief and single-passage crew, all quoted day-rate with no placement fee if the crew member is already on our books.
About us
Started in 2019 by people who had done the seasons themselves, and got tired of agencies that had not. Offices in Sydney and Antibes.
Work with us
We take on one or two ex-crew a year as placement consultants. Sea time is the qualification we care about most.
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