Yachting Culture
Yachting Culture
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An Open Letter to Restaurant Chefs
By Chef Raffie. #26/0040. An Open Letter to Restaurant Chefs Who Think Yachting Is Easy Dear Restaurant Chef, I’ve seen your Instagram. Beautiful plates.Microgreens placed with surgical tweezers.Sauces swirled with the confidence of someone who has a dishwasher, a pastry chef, and a prep cook hiding just off camera. Bravo.…
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Day in the life: Hull Yeah
With Courtesy of Erica Lay & The Mallorca Bulletin. #26/0039. Erica Lay is owner of EL CREW International Yacht Crew. Day in the Life: Hull Yeah – Diary of a Shipyard Project Manager By Erica Lay, owner of EL CREW CO Superyacht Recruitment agency and author of Superyacht Life: How to Start, Succeed,…
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A Friendly Reminder…
#26/0027. By Chef Raffie. A Friendly Reminder to Land-Based Chefs Thinking About “Going Yachting” Every summer the same story begins again, around this time the same migration begins.Restaurant chefs see a few Instagram chefs start posting sunsets.Influencers show lobster Thermidor, wagyu sliders on the sundeck and stewardesses pouring champagne in…
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What Will Yacht Life Look Like in 2036?
With Courtesy of Erica Lay & The Mallorca Bulletin. #26/0024 Erica Lay is owner of EL CREW International Yacht Crew. What Will Yacht Life Look Like in 2036? By Erica Lay, owner of EL CREW CO Superyacht Recruitment agency and author of Superyacht Life: How to Start, Succeed, & Stay Sane…
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The Epic Odyssey of Your Lost Résumé
by Chef Tom Voigt. #26/0024. The Epic Odyssey of Your Lost Résumé:A Descent into the Fires of Job-Hunting PurgatoryBy Tom VoigtEver wondered what actually happens to your beautifully polished résumé (yes, that résumé — the one some ex-yachtie “CV guru” charged you for, basically stitching together a Word or PDF…
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The Anglosphere Pipeline
by Chef Tom Voigt. #26/0023. The Anglosphere PipelineHow Hiring Culture Shapes the Modern Superyacht Crew (1990–2026) A factual review of fleet growth, labour structure and nationality dynamics in the modern yacht industryThe international superyacht industry has undergone a profound structural transformation over the past three decades. What was still a…
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The Great Floating Illusion of Modern Yachting
By Chef Raffie. #26/0022. The Great Floating Illusion of Modern Yachting A small observation from the galley window Somewhere along the way, yachting stopped being about the sea… and became about the marina parking lot and a virtual lifestyle. You can see it clearly in Florida. A parade of floating…
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Superyacht Guests: 2006 vs 2026- A Tale of Two Eras
With Courtesy of Erica Lay & The Mallorca Bulletin. #26/0020. Erica Lay is owner of EL CREW International Yacht Crew Agency http://www.elcrewco.com/ erica@elcrewco.com. By Erica Lay, owner of EL CREW CO Superyacht Recruitment agency and author of Superyacht Life: How to Start, Succeed, & Stay Sane – available now on Amazon. If…
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Tropical Christmas vs European Christmas at Sea
With Courtesy of Erica Lay & The Mallorca Bulletin. #25/1131. Erica Lay is owner of EL CREW International Yacht Crew Agency http://www.elcrewco.com/ erica@elcrewco.com Two very different worlds. Both involve fairy lights held up by cable ties. Christmas on land is predictable. You know what you’re getting: James Bond films, questionable jumpers, and…