GUIDES
Yacht CV advice, from the wheelhouse
What captains and chief stews actually look for — and how to put it on one page.
3 September 2026
The yacht engineer CV: AEC, MEOL, Y4 and what captains check
Engineering is the department where a ticket gates the job. How to list AEC, MEOL and the Y-tickets, write engine-room lines a chief will believe, and use a land trade properly.
Read guide →3 September 2026
Yacht CV templates: what a good one looks like and why land templates fail
Single column, prints in black and white, photo top corner, certificates with dates, one line per vessel, two pages. The rules a yacht CV template has to follow, and where the advice disagrees.
Read guide →3 September 2026
Sea time on a yacht CV: how to count it, show it and prove it
Sea time is what a captain reads for and what a ticket is built on. How to show it on the vessel line, count daywork and deliveries honestly, and keep the testimonials that prove it.
Read guide →3 September 2026
How to write a yacht stewardess CV
What a chief stew reads first, the certificates that matter, how to turn hotel and restaurant years into interior lines, and the mistakes that bin a stew CV.
Read guide →3 September 2026
Your first week in Antibes as green crew
Crew houses, dockwalking, agencies and the CV that gets daywork. What to have before you land, what to do each morning, and the week-one mistakes that cost green crew a season.
Read guide →13 August 2026
What goes in a yacht CV? Format and template rules
A yacht CV carries a photo, date of birth, nationality, visa status and smoker status. Here is the section order, the vessel format and what to cut.
Read guide →13 August 2026
How do I get into yachting with no experience?
Everyone green holds the same two certificates. What actually gets a first yacht job, and how to rewrite your land jobs so a captain reads them.
Read guide →13 August 2026
What should my yacht CV photo look like?
In one survey 98% of captains wanted a photo and 14% rejected on a bad one. The full yacht CV photo spec, the don'ts, and why AI headshots backfire.
Read guide →13 August 2026
Why is my yacht CV not getting replies?
Most yacht CVs are binned in seconds, not read and rejected. Here is what captains and crew agents actually screen for, and how to fix each one.
Read guide →24 July 2026
How to write a deckhand CV that gets you daywork
What captains actually scan for in the first ten seconds — and the five mistakes that get a deckhand CV binned in Antibes.
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