I'm not sure why I was even watching this. As a 61 year old, next month, i don't think I'll be applying for a junior deckhand position....nor would I get the job!!!! But as you tube viewer I absolutely love this. Good luck to all the young people who go for this...what a career it can be.....and for those that don't turn into a career then what an experience it will be. #40yearsinaviation
@@bearlemley and this one completed 49 year in the Captains seat, the last few on a private jet - age restrictions as you know kick in at 60 and 65. Kept going til 70.
Very interesting video. Two of my nieces worked on superyachts and for the most part loved it. Thd only bad experience one had was working on the vessel of a Russian billionaire who was so unpleasant he couldn’t keep crew. The other niece married the first officer of her last ship. When the owners heard about the coming marriage, they gave her a £5000 bonus and the wife loaned her the most beautiful diamond jewellery to set off her wedding dress. There was a very warm, family feeling on board the ship. When they had their first baby, my niece retired. Her husband now captains a superyacht in the Mediterranean.
I enjoyed your TH-cam posting. I've watched these private yacht postings for a couple of years and always laugh at how times have changed. I'm 87. During my teens my friend and I used to hang around at a marina in New York. We'd offer to wash down yachts for $10.00 each. Sometimes we would crew on a Saturday or Sunday for about $20.00. This was the 1950s and ten and 20 bucks was good money. One day the captain, a retired WW2 destroyer captain, asked us if we'd be willing to crew on the yacht from NY to Montreal and return for $100.00 each. WoW! Absolutely. We did and had a ball. The owner was a man in the Broadway theater business and his guests were people in the business. Everyone tipped us at the end of the trip. We had no course, no schooling, just a couple of Coast Guard courses. I'll bet most crews in those times did not have licenses of any kind. What we did have was a great teacher and hard work. Keep posting as your posts are marvelous.
those are the big boats! Though I suppose even a 42' sailing cat could have a captain and cook aboard, depending on how people want to charter. Be your own captain! Calm waters do not make the best sailors.
I just finished 30 year careaeer in British and American merchant marine, finishing day rate £740 a day, engineering head of dept. Dear youngsters , working offshore makes absolute snese if you have the mind set for it
@@GeorgiosLeo I worked Merchant Navy , Many Super Yacht officers get a qualification through UKSA, I loved my Job in the Merchant Navy as was tax free, BUT it really is a single mans life due to being away from home for most of the year
One thing to consider aside from pay is the breadth of experience you expect to gain from your role as on smaller vessels you will be more of a generalist while bigger yachts tend to have more standardized/specialized roles. Also smaller yachts and sailing yachts can either feel slightly more casual or appear less flexible regarding your work hours (as there are less colleagues to share the work load with) so make sure to find a yacht where you blend in and like the culture aboard.
down in south fl its 1k per foot of the vessel base salary example 50ft yacht = 50k salary as captain. also keep in mind depends who you work for, have friends that run private 68-75 foot yachts and get over 120k per year
@@tylerwillem8683you can see on the Loon's charter yacht's videos that each crew member get between $ 5000-7000 after they split the tips for a week so TheRusschannel knows what he is saying about the tips are more then the salaries
Excellent video Captain, thanks!! Question for you: let's take an Azimut 27 Metri, private use, not for charter. What would it be the minimum crew you'd hire to run this boat? Assuming me and my wife as occupants in the Med?. Thanks
Im on a 1 year goal. getting in shape then get my certificates. Head to St.Lucia work on my Uncles Catamaran then from there start applying to yachts. im 30 now. so i hope its not to late
I am master on different types of ships of 100 meters+ with at least 20 years of experience, and I have some spare time. I am totally unfamiliar with the super yacht industry. Question: do they sometimes need captains to step in, so no contracts, just step in for a week or two?
Hey, great job spreading awareness about a vessel type not many seafarers know about. I am currently an engine cadet in the merchant navy. In future I would like to try to join yachting. Any guidance or help you can provide on how to join after I get my 4th engineer coc?
Every position you mentioned, and I was a guess on the super yacht in the Mediterranean for two weeks. Everyone of these professionals are grossly underpaid.
Low pay. Especially when you're going to be looked down upon and treated like s*** by every rich person that walks on to that boat. If they don't like you right off the bat they're going to say that you stole something from them or said the wrong thing to them either way you are done.
@@redeyedmongoose2963 I guess you're right but you don't have to give people money to be nice to them. You can still be wealthy and treat people with respect I have met both sides of the coin 😁
Something I always wondered is if the super wealthy can buy a yacht/giant boat and go anywhere they want? Like there are certain remote islands that are techinally wild life reserves but they obviously have no security to stop someone getting on the island. Like for instance if I'm a billionaire could I get a boat or yacht to visit "Wrangler Island" (last place mammoths existed, highest concentration of polar bears) stay there for a few days collecting mammoth tusks then come back home? Are there any actual risk involved?
Was wondering if crew prefer working on a private/family boat or working for a charter boat? What would be the same basic rundown for a 5 or 6 crew family boat? Thank you.
You UK as an example when getting your pay, but did the 2700 cover all employer fees, social security, pension and taxes that in Finland come above a salary and are about 30-40% of gross salary.
@@Dogasaurus No, but if i as a Finnish yacht owner pay a Finn the salary of 2700 as an employer I also have pay his pensions and side costs which amount on top of the 2700 at about 35%. So my question is, does that also happen if I have English crew? Or do I just pay the 2700 and that is it.
@@Chimie33 I am a Danish Seafarer in the merchant marine, sailing containerships. European employers pays 8-12% off your salary towards pension, you can then personally choose to increase that out of your own salary. As far as i know, social security is payed through pesonal tax, not by the employer, but since we dont pay personal tax when you are a seafarer, the 2700 is "money in hand" what you will get on your bank account. The no tax, only applies if you sail internationally and live more than 180 days on board the ship.
@@Chimie33 Still seems like a better question for a Finnish tax attorney. The vid is about monthly salary averages from a worker perspective, not business costs in that unique situation.
Complicated question. I'm not an accountant, or a superyacht owner but have contracted abroad a lot. So I think it would depend on the nationality of the hiring company. So if you're hired by the yacht, it's flag nation, if through a management company, where they're based. As employer, they would have the responsibility to pay or deduct whatever taxes and benefits that country requires. So if you were an employee of a Finnish yacht or company, that 30-40% of gross would apply. Then you also have individual tax liability based on your nationality. So like he said, if you're British, it may be tax free, if you're American taxes on offshore income might be payable. It gets complicated, and having dealt with stuff like this, along with double taxation, you really need to speak with an accountant that understands the rules. There are also gotchas, like flying home with a wad of tips cash and having that seized if you don't declare it. Same can happen with expensive watches, jewellry etc that might have import duty.
I'm the skipper and i don't get paid anything! Well it is my boat, albeit a very small one. Great video. You seem like a very decent man, and you're a very good speaker.
Helllo I was wondering if there are any tickets you'd recommend OOW cadets to pursue before they qualify, such as DP Basic / Advance, Polar Nav, or anything else that would make you more competitive for finding initial junior officer roles?
Hi Captain. Regarding the 7 day work week which (I believe?) contravenes the International Labor Convention stating that employees are entitled to 1 rest day in a 7 day period, are rests days not taken (due to the demands of owners/guests) paid at the end of the month/contract?
That depends, that's why people on these kinds of jobs that require staying at workplace for extended amount of time get a lot of time off after being at work for long time. This is how most off shore work is like, as are some other jobs that are on land, but maybe bit remote or require very quick action. I don't know how this works legally, but these jobs are not uncommon so there's definitely rules for it.
I wondered about this topic as I have a friend in the Royal Navy that is thinking about a move into the yachting industry, good money compared to that of a petty officer on board a type 45
What is sad is that merchant ships take advantage of low pay labor. The ships are registered outside of the USA . So they can pay lower wages, the philippines are running the merchant ships. Thankful for jobs but paid unfairly
I do not get the "even if you're not working you're getting paid" sentence. When you're ON the boat you're working much much more than average! Which is kinda compensated with rotating shifts and then being home for a longer period. WRT real hours made, working this way does not differ a LOT wrt a let's say 9-5job with some overtime. A friend of mine is a sr. services officer (ie foods and hotellerie etc.) with HAL. And I know his hours when he's on the boat are crazy. I mean with a 'normal' job you also get paid for the weekends you do not work right?!
I hold the opinion that all crew members are obligated to adhere to the stipulated regulations outlined in the MLC 2006 (Maritime Labour Convention) regarding hours of work and rest, irrespective of their rotation status. Although I have not personally experienced a rotation schedule, I have consistently operated on a seven-day workweek during charter seasons, often with consecutive charters. It is evident that crew members on rotation enjoy significantly more time off compared to those without rotation schedules.
@@SuperYachtCaptainyeah but even MLC2006 allows formally for 72h work in a week! That is what IMHO also gets (partly) compensated with the long(ish) off board time. Other friend of mine is high voltage electronics engineer on ship of Van Oord. Gig in north of Russia, hassle to get there. 2 months travel & on board, 2 months home.
Nice pic of Legasea on thumbnail 🙂 so, if you own a bigger yacht and use 2 on/ 2off....the owner would be paying two full salaries for the full crew?? Edited to say, if you have a rotational crew, Are their holidays included of their rotational time off? or added on?
@@Simon-ho6ly No.... You do not get "paid" holiday. Your work time is much more than 8 hours a day and no weekend off. So your normal time off is also "longer" because you just use your time off in another rhythm.
I assume that these salary guidelines are based on charter yachts where the captain and crews can count on tips. How does the scale change if the yacht is solely for the use of the owner? Regarding rotation pay: does this mean that whatever the total cost of the captain and crew may be it must be doubled to get a real number?
Very glad to learn that captai!. I am a merchant ship seafarer from ASEAN county and willing to take a step to yacht career. May I know that is it easy for asian crew to get onboard and how much salary can be expected if accepted.
Be careful what you doubt, Celestial Navigation still plays a big part for Officers & Masters, Nautical Almanacs, sight reductions tables and Sextants are still present on many Yacht bridges.
@@SuperYachtCaptain Having them present on the bridge is one thing....going out on the wing just past sunset when you need a good fix, and half an hour later having a neat 5-star pinwheel is quite another. I'd be willing to wager that none of the super yacht captains in Puerto Banus could pull it off. Delivered a 160 ft yacht, Yanbu, to Puerto Banus in 1980...Up until this time the sextant had been state of the art as mentioned...and I put it to good use during the crossing...this as a former navy officer, federal service academy grad, and later...as I was only 26...as a USCG licensed ship master. Following Seas.
I thought it would be more given the responsibility and schedule demands on the captain. $120k a year, i know of many jobs much less demanding, that offer similar wages. Tax free for the UK is nice.
Free food free rent and you get paid looks like if you don't mind working hard you can make a pretty good living. I keep hearing about tips on how that works. also, can you if possible convert foreign money an translate that into American money if at all possible. nice video👍
Hi, love your content. Im currently studying in germany to get my oow license. My goal is to get into private yachts. Will my path be similar, starting as deckhand? How do i get started? I heard it's really difficult as a German. Thanks in advance
Have you ever wondered what the length of the yacht has to do with pay? It’s all about how rich the owner is, so how much one can ask for with out sounding greedy. The logic being if you only own a smaller shorter yacht then clearly your pockets are not so deep. Once you take that out of the equation you come back to merit based pay. For example, let’s say on the smallest yacht - are the crew worth less, are they incapable ? Less qualified less able, less trustworthy? Are they lazy ? Do they work fewer hours ? On the larger yacht do the crew work harder ? No is the answer. So the size of the yacht is simply a measure of how rich the owner is. Imagine this logic applied to other industries ? Other expenditures … does a rich man pay more for an Apple ? More for petrol more for road tax ? If I were rich and owned a large yacht I am sure it by itself would be a nicer place to work, so should the crew take that into account.. should the owner ?
No - the length of the boat has a direct correlation to the complexity of the operation - the size of the crew, the number of guests on board for longer trips, the size of parties when docked if they like to entertain, the amount of boat to keep clean, the amount of supplies to keep organized/stocked, the level of effort to dock/leave harbor, the amount of mechanical equipment to maintain, etc.
@@AB-ol5uz Imagine if that logic applied elsewhere? For example the much much more complex business of Captaining an airliner with 22 crew and 580 passenger whilst flying along and navigating at 600 miles per hour? Fact is you can only steer one wheel large or small, the navigation is the same, organizing shifts (watches) the same, in fact you may not be aware, crew changes occur on long haul flights. Finally, let’s assume you were paid nothing, would you still be able to function ? So what is pay? You do it because you can and you sell your services for as much as someone is willing to pay, it’s a market. Another example, if your pay was doubled would that make the boat faster or safer? So the link between ship length and pay is not fixed and is arbitrary and imaginary. I bet I could employ the complete crew for 25 percent less, all with the same experience and qualifications. My point from my first comment is still valid, a larger boat usually means a richer owner, who would more readily afford to pay more, it’s a market. Finally it is vanity to think the captain of a 100 meter yacht is better than one captaining a 40 meter yacht. You argue, cleaning the yacht, stocking and controlling such and docking, warrants more pay. How much more difficult is it to say to the chef ok stock up for 10 days on a small boat compared to a large boat ? It is just volume, 20 cases of wine or 50 as a-pose to 12, none of which the captain humps up the gang plank. ! Finally, the captain does not maintain a single piece of machinery or equipment, that’s what engineers are paid to do. I say you are quite vane and easily replaced.
Do the lower rating share on the tips that the guests normally give at the end of the charter? What is the normal tip percentage given. Is it a percentage of the base charter fee? Is it shared equally amongst all the crew?
Sometimes its a % of fee, sometimes its the spare budget on the APA, sometimes its just a cash amount decided by the guests, or some combination of those... 15-25% of the base charter shared among the crew is a not uncommon sort of value for a yacht thats really on its game and chartering well... How its shared is TYPICALLY everyone gets an equal share, though sometimes ive heard of captains not taking a share, if you are on a rotation you typically split the tips equally with your rotational partner, so you get half the tips when you are on AND off the boat
Nice, and thanks, I know videos take a lot of time and effort to make. I work in the offshore industry on big construction vessels, I know everyone always asks about the Captain, but in my opinion, a good Chief Engineer is by far more important and should be paid more than the Captain, if you have a bad Chief the whole vessel suffers because of it. Ask me how I know 😅 Thanks again.
Amazing. I earn 14k euros a month but a lot goes to mortgage, taxes, and food. Work maybe 35 hrs a week but 20k in pocket every month sounds life changing
Nice low key brag there lol. Most people have to pay taxes, mortgage and food and most people do it without 14k per month. Most people would find 14k per month before expenses life changing and you know it.
@@smithers4420 Lol. Low key brag. Many in my area earn 20-25k a month. 14k life changing? Not when your mortgage is $3000 a month and your property tax is $21,000 per year. Lets not even discuss insurances, gas, food in area,..
Only $2,700 or € a months? That salary only benefits some kid with absolutely no expenses. Which I guess is why I see very kids in those positions. That's a tough one. Definitely not for someone who just got married.
Sir I am from India so how can i be in this field, can I do stcw here cause it's cheap or I have to come in Spain or uk? Tell me best institute to do all certificate you mentioned and what is the price. Or also job safety and future of this industry. How many days to get junior deckhand job after certification? 🙏🙏
Obviously Not Enough for having to be a captain a referee a doctor a chef a babysitter a psychologist a shoulder to cry on a bar tender and a drunk mender plus more ! 😄🇨🇦
I'm not working anywhere for €2,700 a month on some billionaires boat and if no one excepted that low pay they would raise it. Rich folk pay low wages because poor folk except low wages. And the fact that people don't stick together is what employers rely on. They know that most people will say, well I need a job and they accept the low wages. That's how the wealthy survive by knowing we workers are not going to stick together and stand as one. That's not even €100 a day to be working seven days a week. No thank you I'll stay home and collect my $88,000 pension check plus my $38,000 Social Security check. Informative video, thanks for the breakdown.
What if you happen to grow up around boats? I can dock anything. I even told the navy I could pilot their aircraft carrier. They wouldn't let me, being a Marine and all.
Chief engineer would be roughly equivalent to chief mate maybe a little above. A friend of mine worked as either chief or second engineer on a superyacht during a refit around 10+ years ago and he was on around 7k euro a month then and it wasn’t a particularly big one. My background is in commercial shipping and there is good money to be had there to.
@@michaeldoderlein7012 I did look into in on the late 80’s when I was a lot younger ! However the yachting industry was a very different thing than it is today. I think it would be easier if you had experience on passenger ships but it’s a very different world to the commercial one. Esysman channel is good if you look through back episodes as he came through that route as an engineer. I’ve had friends that have had vastly different experiences and I think that this was mentioned here that it depends a lot on the owners and also the captain. As Tristan mentioned if you got a lot of other skills in water sports it would help a lot. Do go and check out motor yacht Loon regularly one of the top charter yachts who have a tremendous and professional crew and who have embraced social media in a big way, they have a resident social media guy who also produces guest videos. Both their head chefs who work rotation also have their own YT channels. If I had a spare million or so lying around for a weeks holiday I’d charter that boat in a flash. Hope this has helped but just my own thoughts no doubt others will have there own ideas
Ah, so using the metric system that is accepted as standard in about 95% of the world is a limitation ? If you followed the channel/YT content, you'd know that his experience & expertise is largely in the Med. I like that he talks about what he knows, not just regurgitating Google-searched data. I'm sure pay rates in the South Pacific are different , too. There's an infamous story about Paul Allen being puzzled by poor crew retention rates on his yacht. He was told that the crew didn't like the volatility of the dollar on which their pay was based. He switched to Euros, but didn't adjust the raw numbers, thus giving all a big pay bump.
most people in the industry can convert ft to m for boat sizes, rough rule.. just over 3ft in 1m, and right now (early feb 2024) a dollar is roughly a euro ($1.06) so multiply by 1.06 or just 1 and add a tiny bit..
Your ENTRY LEVEL salary is almost as much as I was earning when I retired in 2017 after nearly 40 years experience in the architectural field in Canada! DISGUSTINGLY OVERPAID for a beginner!
You come off as someone that I will find much difficulty enjoying company with, let alone hiring you as my captain? Your aura radiates a lot of negativity and that’s just watching you from this video. And because I believe in giving others second chances I will leave you with some words of advice, next time prior to videoing get your heart right and meditate on radiating Love and Light to your audience. Mark Twain once stated there is two important days in one’s Life, the day you were born and the day you find out why you were born. Lighten Up and enjoy why you are here.
Sure thing bud, I'll take note, I wonder why this video has already done over 30k views in the first 48 hours if they don't want to see me "blarging on and on and on". Tell me about the success of your TH-cam channel? ;))))
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I'm not sure why I was even watching this. As a 61 year old, next month, i don't think I'll be applying for a junior deckhand position....nor would I get the job!!!! But as you tube viewer I absolutely love this. Good luck to all the young people who go for this...what a career it can be.....and for those that don't turn into a career then what an experience it will be.
#40yearsinaviation
Been in aviation a very long time and I can see why you are drawn to the sea.
I've been an airline pilot since 1989. Getting close to retirement myself. Always had a fascination with the sea. Ah well, maybe in retirement!
If you are a good looking, enterprising young man who can catch the eye of the owner's daughter, the sky is the limit on what you can make. LOL
@@bearlemley and this one completed 49 year in the Captains seat, the last few on a private jet - age restrictions as you know kick in at 60 and 65. Kept going til 70.
Very interesting video. Two of my nieces worked on superyachts and for the most part loved it. Thd only bad experience one had was working on the vessel of a Russian billionaire who was so unpleasant he couldn’t keep crew. The other niece married the first officer of her last ship. When the owners heard about the coming marriage, they gave her a £5000 bonus and the wife loaned her the most beautiful diamond jewellery to set off her wedding dress. There was a very warm, family feeling on board the ship. When they had their first baby, my niece retired. Her husband now captains a superyacht in the Mediterranean.
I enjoyed your TH-cam posting. I've watched these private yacht postings for a couple of years and always laugh at how times have changed.
I'm 87. During my teens my friend and I used to hang around at a marina in New York. We'd offer to wash down yachts for $10.00 each. Sometimes we would crew on a Saturday or Sunday for about $20.00. This was the 1950s and ten and 20 bucks was good money.
One day the captain, a retired WW2 destroyer captain, asked us if we'd be willing to crew on the yacht from NY to Montreal and return for $100.00 each. WoW! Absolutely. We did and had a ball. The owner was a man in the Broadway theater business and his guests were people in the business. Everyone tipped us at the end of the trip.
We had no course, no schooling, just a couple of Coast Guard courses. I'll bet most crews in those times did not have licenses of any kind. What we did have was a great teacher and hard work.
Keep posting as your posts are marvelous.
You need to do a follow up video for what I call the hotel side. Then one for culinary. Then the engineers.
I agree. Follow up video please
Agreed. I'll put something together in the coming weeks.
those are the big boats!
Though I suppose even a 42' sailing cat could have a captain and cook aboard, depending on how people want to charter.
Be your own captain!
Calm waters do not make the best sailors.
I just finished 30 year careaeer in British and American merchant marine, finishing day rate £740 a day, engineering head of dept. Dear youngsters , working offshore makes absolute snese if you have the mind set for it
Hello sir.
I am cadet right now from Greece.
Do you believe that it's worth it to go as an officer to the yacht industry?
@@GeorgiosLeo I worked Merchant Navy , Many Super Yacht officers get a qualification through UKSA, I loved my Job in the Merchant Navy as was tax free, BUT it really is a single mans life due to being away from home for most of the year
I'm a tugboat captain in the USA. Going rate for a good Master Captain is 700 to 1200 USD a day. Plus benefits
Capt pays at 7:00 min. (You are welcome)
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@@SP-qo1so sorry speech to text trikes again.
One thing to consider aside from pay is the breadth of experience you expect to gain from your role as on smaller vessels you will be more of a generalist while bigger yachts tend to have more standardized/specialized roles.
Also smaller yachts and sailing yachts can either feel slightly more casual or appear less flexible regarding your work hours (as there are less colleagues to share the work load with) so make sure to find a yacht where you blend in and like the culture aboard.
down in south fl its 1k per foot of the vessel base salary example 50ft yacht = 50k salary as captain. also keep in mind depends who you work for, have friends that run private 68-75 foot yachts and get over 120k per year
lol. that rate was 25yrs ago
spoken like a true crew placement agency
You didn’t include tips which can be considerable on charter yachts.
Good point. Very true
Which are often as much or MORE then your salaries :)
@@RussellD11not once you consider the fact that you split tips
@@tylerwillem8683you can see on the Loon's charter yacht's videos that each crew member get between $ 5000-7000 after they split the tips for a week so TheRusschannel knows what he is saying about the tips are more then the salaries
You forgot to mention that looks matter. Most yacht crewmembers, especially the women, look like supermodels.
...and they're getting paid for 'extra' services ;)
Love the new lighting set up & nice video, very informative !
Awesome, thank you!
Excellent video Captain, thanks!! Question for you: let's take an Azimut 27 Metri, private use, not for charter. What would it be the minimum crew you'd hire to run this boat? Assuming me and my wife as occupants in the Med?. Thanks
had same questions, if owner assisted (only a couple), can one crew (captain) be enough on such a setting and vessel, see 07:10
Yes!! Let's see what the captain says!!@@k.kaiser3997
Im on a 1 year goal. getting in shape then get my certificates. Head to St.Lucia work on my Uncles Catamaran then from there start applying to yachts. im 30 now. so i hope its not to late
Awesome, Wishing you all the best.
i own a 100 foot high speed motor yatch. i have a captain and i pay him 20 k euro a month , i have a first mate, an engineer, a cook, 2 cleaners
I am master on different types of ships of 100 meters+ with at least 20 years of experience, and I have some spare time. I am totally unfamiliar with the super yacht industry. Question: do they sometimes need captains to step in, so no contracts, just step in for a week or two?
Them contract dipen in the owner some open contract some is 6 months
Yes, they have relief captains. Capt goes on holiday/ gets fired/ move a yacht.
Hey, great job spreading awareness about a vessel type not many seafarers know about. I am currently an engine cadet in the merchant navy. In future I would like to try to join yachting. Any guidance or help you can provide on how to join after I get my 4th engineer coc?
Every position you mentioned, and I was a guess on the super yacht in the Mediterranean for two weeks. Everyone of these professionals are grossly underpaid.
Low pay. Especially when you're going to be looked down upon and treated like s*** by every rich person that walks on to that boat. If they don't like you right off the bat they're going to say that you stole something from them or said the wrong thing to them either way you are done.
@@OzarkBuck I don’t think that should come as any surprise. How do you think those rich people got all that money, being nice to you? 🤣🤣🤣🤣
@@redeyedmongoose2963 I guess you're right but you don't have to give people money to be nice to them. You can still be wealthy and treat people with respect I have met both sides of the coin 😁
I agree, it’s vanity.
Something I always wondered is if the super wealthy can buy a yacht/giant boat and go anywhere they want? Like there are certain remote islands that are techinally wild life reserves but they obviously have no security to stop someone getting on the island. Like for instance if I'm a billionaire could I get a boat or yacht to visit "Wrangler Island" (last place mammoths existed, highest concentration of polar bears) stay there for a few days collecting mammoth tusks then come back home? Are there any actual risk involved?
Was wondering if crew prefer working on a private/family boat or working for a charter boat? What would be the same basic rundown for a 5 or 6 crew family boat? Thank you.
It was said on another video charter is preferred because tips are way better.
May I ask you to confirm that you advised that RYA Yachtmaster is desirable for Deckhand?
You UK as an example when getting your pay, but did the 2700 cover all employer fees, social security, pension and taxes that in Finland come above a salary and are about 30-40% of gross salary.
Do Finnish employers quote salary AFTER taxes ? He's a yachtbroker, not a tax lawyer.
@@Dogasaurus No, but if i as a Finnish yacht owner pay a Finn the salary of 2700 as an employer I also have pay his pensions and side costs which amount on top of the 2700 at about 35%. So my question is, does that also happen if I have English crew? Or do I just pay the 2700 and that is it.
@@Chimie33 I am a Danish Seafarer in the merchant marine, sailing containerships. European employers pays 8-12% off your salary towards pension, you can then personally choose to increase that out of your own salary. As far as i know, social security is payed through pesonal tax, not by the employer, but since we dont pay personal tax when you are a seafarer, the 2700 is "money in hand" what you will get on your bank account. The no tax, only applies if you sail internationally and live more than 180 days on board the ship.
@@Chimie33 Still seems like a better question for a Finnish tax attorney. The vid is about monthly salary averages from a worker perspective, not business costs in that unique situation.
Complicated question. I'm not an accountant, or a superyacht owner but have contracted abroad a lot. So I think it would depend on the nationality of the hiring company. So if you're hired by the yacht, it's flag nation, if through a management company, where they're based. As employer, they would have the responsibility to pay or deduct whatever taxes and benefits that country requires. So if you were an employee of a Finnish yacht or company, that 30-40% of gross would apply. Then you also have individual tax liability based on your nationality. So like he said, if you're British, it may be tax free, if you're American taxes on offshore income might be payable.
It gets complicated, and having dealt with stuff like this, along with double taxation, you really need to speak with an accountant that understands the rules. There are also gotchas, like flying home with a wad of tips cash and having that seized if you don't declare it. Same can happen with expensive watches, jewellry etc that might have import duty.
I'm the skipper and i don't get paid anything! Well it is my boat, albeit a very small one.
Great video.
You seem like a very decent man, and you're a very good speaker.
Helllo
I was wondering if there are any tickets you'd recommend OOW cadets to pursue before they qualify, such as DP Basic / Advance, Polar Nav, or anything else that would make you more competitive for finding initial junior officer roles?
Hey stranger, how you been good to hear from you
All good thanks. Potentially huge news coming soon, just waiting on confirmation.
Hi Captain. Regarding the 7 day work week which (I believe?) contravenes the International Labor Convention stating that employees are entitled to 1 rest day in a 7 day period, are rests days not taken (due to the demands of owners/guests) paid at the end of the month/contract?
That depends, that's why people on these kinds of jobs that require staying at workplace for extended amount of time get a lot of time off after being at work for long time. This is how most off shore work is like, as are some other jobs that are on land, but maybe bit remote or require very quick action.
I don't know how this works legally, but these jobs are not uncommon so there's definitely rules for it.
Add to that maybe 20k-30-50 or even 100k a year in tips!
I wondered about this topic as I have a friend in the Royal Navy that is thinking about a move into the yachting industry, good money compared to that of a petty officer on board a type 45
What is sad is that merchant ships take advantage of low pay labor. The ships are registered outside of the USA . So they can pay lower wages, the philippines are running the merchant ships. Thankful for jobs but paid unfairly
another question , is pirates a risk to yachts?
TLDW: You can work your whole life away on one and never afford your own.
So Wise , Thank You .
Thanks for listening
Glad to learn this.
What about the cost of your personal liability insurance?
I do not get the "even if you're not working you're getting paid" sentence. When you're ON the boat you're working much much more than average! Which is kinda compensated with rotating shifts and then being home for a longer period. WRT real hours made, working this way does not differ a LOT wrt a let's say 9-5job with some overtime. A friend of mine is a sr. services officer (ie foods and hotellerie etc.) with HAL. And I know his hours when he's on the boat are crazy. I mean with a 'normal' job you also get paid for the weekends you do not work right?!
I hold the opinion that all crew members are obligated to adhere to the stipulated regulations outlined in the MLC 2006 (Maritime Labour Convention) regarding hours of work and rest, irrespective of their rotation status. Although I have not personally experienced a rotation schedule, I have consistently operated on a seven-day workweek during charter seasons, often with consecutive charters. It is evident that crew members on rotation enjoy significantly more time off compared to those without rotation schedules.
@@SuperYachtCaptainyeah but even MLC2006 allows formally for 72h work in a week! That is what IMHO also gets (partly) compensated with the long(ish) off board time. Other friend of mine is high voltage electronics engineer on ship of Van Oord. Gig in north of Russia, hassle to get there. 2 months travel & on board, 2 months home.
How about galley workers and chefs?
I'm kind of confused. I thought that he had left this role to start his own business? Can anyone explain?
Nice pic of Legasea on thumbnail 🙂 so, if you own a bigger yacht and use 2 on/ 2off....the owner would be paying two full salaries for the full crew?? Edited to say, if you have a rotational crew, Are their holidays included of their rotational time off? or added on?
Usually included in the off time since you are effectively getting 6 months paid holiday a year
@@Simon-ho6ly No.... You do not get "paid" holiday. Your work time is much more than 8 hours a day and no weekend off. So your normal time off is also "longer" because you just use your time off in another rhythm.
This is just base salary, what do they walk away with in tips tho?
I assume that these salary guidelines are based on charter yachts where the captain and crews can count on tips. How does the scale change if the yacht is solely for the use of the owner?
Regarding rotation pay: does this mean that whatever the total cost of the captain and crew may be it must be doubled to get a real number?
I don’t think the requirements for a Job on a Super-yacht is actually that high at all, Have you not watched Below Decks ? 😂
You are right, it’s not degree level. It’s a skill level thing.
What about a nurse? Are those common on yachts and what would the monthly salary look like if so? Thanks.
how about an emergency room physician /general surgeon
Very glad to learn that captai!. I am a merchant ship seafarer from ASEAN county and willing to take a step to yacht career. May I know that is it easy for asian crew to get onboard and how much salary can be expected if accepted.
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Thank you very much!
You forgot the hush money that needs to be paid for the staff for the "crazy" stuff that goes on.....👀
That's pretty darn good pay if you can get away with little expenses
What about the Stews and Engineering?
so I will have to wait till the captain is AI and skeleton crew is optimum/tesla robots
Up until 1979 the sextant was state of the art...any of you gents able to get a star fix in case the electronics go down...
I seriously doubt it.
Be careful what you doubt, Celestial Navigation still plays a big part for Officers & Masters, Nautical Almanacs, sight reductions tables and Sextants are still present on many Yacht bridges.
@@SuperYachtCaptain Having them present on the bridge is one thing....going out on the wing just past sunset when you need a good fix, and half an hour later having a neat 5-star pinwheel is quite another. I'd be willing to wager that none of the super yacht captains in Puerto Banus could pull it off.
Delivered a 160 ft yacht, Yanbu, to Puerto Banus in 1980...Up until this time the sextant had been state of the art as mentioned...and I put it to good use during the crossing...this as a former navy officer, federal service academy grad, and later...as I was only 26...as a USCG licensed ship master.
Following Seas.
Hi Tristan all way s interesting me being 51 years old would I be to old to start at the bottom level
will be hard to share work/time/accomodation with full of testorenone 20's guys... up to you.
@@joanmatasrosello you are aware that about 1/3 of engineering demographic are 40+, right?
Scraping off the barnacles. What do you think lots of openings.
are their Filipino captains in super yachts?
I remember you. You used to make videos.
I thought it would be more given the responsibility and schedule demands on the captain. $120k a year, i know of many jobs much less demanding, that offer similar wages. Tax free for the UK is nice.
Lol... I know multiple captains who work on boats smaller than 30m and make 11,000 pounds or more a month.
Free food free rent and you get paid looks like if you don't mind working hard you can make a pretty good living. I keep hearing about tips on how that works. also, can you if possible convert foreign money an translate that into American money if at all possible. nice video👍
is any minimal age requirements in order to work on board
3000 - 20000+ a month, tax free, digs and food paid. Sounds darn good.
Hi, love your content. Im currently studying in germany to get my oow license. My goal is to get into private yachts. Will my path be similar, starting as deckhand? How do i get started? I heard it's really difficult as a German. Thanks in advance
How much do yacht sous chefs and executive chefs make?
Have you ever wondered what the length of the yacht has to do with pay? It’s all about how rich the owner is, so how much one can ask for with out sounding greedy. The logic being if you only own a smaller shorter yacht then clearly your pockets are not so deep. Once you take that out of the equation you come back to merit based pay. For example, let’s say on the smallest yacht - are the crew worth less, are they incapable ? Less qualified less able, less trustworthy? Are they lazy ? Do they work fewer hours ? On the larger yacht do the crew work harder ? No is the answer. So the size of the yacht is simply a measure of how rich the owner is. Imagine this logic applied to other industries ? Other expenditures … does a rich man pay more for an Apple ? More for petrol more for road tax ? If I were rich and owned a large yacht I am sure it by itself would be a nicer place to work, so should the crew take that into account.. should the owner ?
No - the length of the boat has a direct correlation to the complexity of the operation - the size of the crew, the number of guests on board for longer trips, the size of parties when docked if they like to entertain, the amount of boat to keep clean, the amount of supplies to keep organized/stocked, the level of effort to dock/leave harbor, the amount of mechanical equipment to maintain, etc.
@@AB-ol5uz Imagine if that logic applied elsewhere? For example the much much more complex business of Captaining an airliner with 22 crew and 580 passenger whilst flying along and navigating at 600 miles per hour? Fact is you can only steer one wheel large or small, the navigation is the same, organizing shifts (watches) the same, in fact you may not be aware, crew changes occur on long haul flights. Finally, let’s assume you were paid nothing, would you still be able to function ? So what is pay? You do it because you can and you sell your services for as much as someone is willing to pay, it’s a market. Another example, if your pay was doubled would that make the boat faster or safer? So the link between ship length and pay is not fixed and is arbitrary and imaginary. I bet I could employ the complete crew for 25 percent less, all with the same experience and qualifications. My point from my first comment is still valid, a larger boat usually means a richer owner, who would more readily afford to pay more, it’s a market. Finally it is vanity to think the captain of a 100 meter yacht is better than one captaining a 40 meter yacht. You argue, cleaning the yacht, stocking and controlling such and docking, warrants more pay. How much more difficult is it to say to the chef ok stock up for 10 days on a small boat compared to a large boat ? It is just volume, 20 cases of wine or 50 as a-pose to 12, none of which the captain humps up the gang plank. ! Finally, the captain does not maintain a single piece of machinery or equipment, that’s what engineers are paid to do. I say you are quite vane and easily replaced.
Do the lower rating share on the tips that the guests normally give at the end of the charter? What is the normal tip percentage given. Is it a percentage of the base charter fee? Is it shared equally amongst all the crew?
Sometimes its a % of fee, sometimes its the spare budget on the APA, sometimes its just a cash amount decided by the guests, or some combination of those... 15-25% of the base charter shared among the crew is a not uncommon sort of value for a yacht thats really on its game and chartering well...
How its shared is TYPICALLY everyone gets an equal share, though sometimes ive heard of captains not taking a share, if you are on a rotation you typically split the tips equally with your rotational partner, so you get half the tips when you are on AND off the boat
@@Simon-ho6ly Thank you very much for sharing that information.
I would have subscribed becuase i was a great video but you missed a lot of staff positions on the video making it less than use
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...or, join the Royal Navy!
Royal Navy do NOT get the Seafarers tax allowances unfortunately. I know they are lobbying for it. Fingers crossed they get it.
How about us prices
How about tips... Any indication... Maybe per region.
Another plus is speaking multiple languages.
Hi, how about the engineering crew? As without them the bigger vessels are going nowhere.
I'll be publishing 2 other video. ! for the engineering route and the other for interior staff and chefs/cooks
Nice, and thanks, I know videos take a lot of time and effort to make. I work in the offshore industry on big construction vessels, I know everyone always asks about the Captain, but in my opinion, a good Chief Engineer is by far more important and should be paid more than the Captain, if you have a bad Chief the whole vessel suffers because of it. Ask me how I know 😅
Thanks again.
how do you know? CalMac?
I use them a lot.
@@kevinstephens3792 what about the cook?
Amazing. I earn 14k euros a month but a lot goes to mortgage, taxes, and food. Work maybe 35 hrs a week but 20k in pocket every month sounds life changing
Nice low key brag there lol. Most people have to pay taxes, mortgage and food and most people do it without 14k per month. Most people would find 14k per month before expenses life changing and you know it.
@@smithers4420 Lol. Low key brag. Many in my area earn 20-25k a month. 14k life changing? Not when your mortgage is $3000 a month and your property tax is $21,000 per year. Lets not even discuss insurances, gas, food in area,..
Only $2,700 or € a months? That salary only benefits some kid with absolutely no expenses. Which I guess is why I see very kids in those positions. That's a tough one. Definitely not for someone who just got married.
That’s the starting salary! So yes, designed for those who are young and inexperienced.
You work up from there.
Most of my colleague captains are making 100 euros per foot per month. . .
That is such a con.
@@Sandhoeflyerhome what do you mean??
Sir I am from India so how can i be in this field, can I do stcw here cause it's cheap or I have to come in Spain or uk? Tell me best institute to do all certificate you mentioned and what is the price. Or also job safety and future of this industry. How many days to get junior deckhand job after certification? 🙏🙏
Must be on call, it's your life. Definitely not for everyone
Skip to 7:15 to get to why you clicked.
Obviously Not Enough for having to be a captain a referee a doctor a chef a babysitter a psychologist a shoulder to cry on a bar tender and a drunk mender plus more ! 😄🇨🇦
How about the chef?
I'm not working anywhere for €2,700 a month on some billionaires boat and if no one excepted that low pay they would raise it. Rich folk pay low wages because poor folk except low wages. And the fact that people don't stick together is what employers rely on. They know that most people will say, well I need a job and they accept the low wages. That's how the wealthy survive by knowing we workers are not going to stick together and stand as one. That's not even €100 a day to be working seven days a week. No thank you I'll stay home and collect my $88,000 pension check plus my $38,000 Social Security check. Informative video, thanks for the breakdown.
$88,000 pension check plus my $38,000 Social Security check - I see you've never struggled in your life ;)
@@ChrisM541 not true. I struggled for years to get to this point. It wasn't easy.
@@joec4871 Of course you did ;)
Enjoy that combined pension far, far, FAR in excess of the average salary.
You are free to do as you wish, but you do sound bitter.
@@Sandhoeflyerhome not at all. Life is good. Maybe that was kind of strong.
What if you happen to grow up around boats? I can dock anything. I even told the navy I could pilot their aircraft carrier. They wouldn't let me, being a Marine and all.
Does one working on these yachts live for free?
Looks like Tom Hanks who just got bad news
no engineer salary?
Chief engineer would be roughly equivalent to chief mate maybe a little above. A friend of mine worked as either chief or second engineer on a superyacht during a refit around 10+ years ago and he was on around 7k euro a month then and it wasn’t a particularly big one. My background is in commercial shipping and there is good money to be had there to.
@@woolyimagedo you have experience or heard stories, how easy it is for a person like you, switching to yachting?
@@michaeldoderlein7012 I did look into in on the late 80’s when I was a lot younger ! However the yachting industry was a very different thing than it is today. I think it would be easier if you had experience on passenger ships but it’s a very different world to the commercial one. Esysman channel is good if you look through back episodes as he came through that route as an engineer. I’ve had friends that have had vastly different experiences and I think that this was mentioned here that it depends a lot on the owners and also the captain. As Tristan mentioned if you got a lot of other skills in water sports it would help a lot. Do go and check out motor yacht Loon regularly one of the top charter yachts who have a tremendous and professional crew and who have embraced social media in a big way, they have a resident social media guy who also produces guest videos. Both their head chefs who work rotation also have their own YT channels. If I had a spare million or so lying around for a weeks holiday I’d charter that boat in a flash. Hope this has helped but just my own thoughts no doubt others will have there own ideas
dose a naval background help ?
Not if you were a weapons operator ;)
I would be interessted in the engeneers pay
Here you are: How Much Does a Chief Engineer Get Paid???
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Capt Paul Clark is the GOAT :)
Not enough money
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makes no sense to pay someone 8 weeks pay while they are on holiday but then dont come back when its time to rotate.
But they worked before for 7 days a week and often 12 to14th hours. They get their not yet consumed downtime compensated.
@@snoopstheboss994 they get paid for that and they have a great time on the yacht. they probably use it more than the owner.
So you are sponsored by a ripoff a fake SECRID wallet 🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️ that is low
These are scamtuber
What percentage of Captains certified for 100 + meter yachts are females?
Who cares ? Best get back in the galley and make me that sammich.
Just remember ( your fav phrase )
Quoting euro prices and measurements. You screaming you limiting yourself only in your hemisphere
Ah, so using the metric system that is accepted as standard in about 95% of the world is a limitation ? If you followed the channel/YT content, you'd know that his experience & expertise is largely in the Med. I like that he talks about what he knows, not just regurgitating Google-searched data. I'm sure pay rates in the South Pacific are different , too. There's an infamous story about Paul Allen being puzzled by poor crew retention rates on his yacht. He was told that the crew didn't like the volatility of the dollar on which their pay was based. He switched to Euros, but didn't adjust the raw numbers, thus giving all a big pay bump.
most people in the industry can convert ft to m for boat sizes, rough rule.. just over 3ft in 1m, and right now (early feb 2024) a dollar is roughly a euro ($1.06) so multiply by 1.06 or just 1 and add a tiny bit..
No thank you it’s a single man’s job without children
Kiss money
Sounds awful.
Your ENTRY LEVEL salary is almost as much as I was earning when I retired in 2017 after nearly 40 years experience in the architectural field in Canada! DISGUSTINGLY OVERPAID for a beginner!
After this introduction I have decided that I no longer watch the channel, you have gone from a person to a capitalist. 😂😂
You come off as someone that I will find much difficulty enjoying company with, let alone hiring you as my captain? Your aura radiates a lot of negativity and that’s just watching you from this video. And because I believe in giving others second chances I will leave you with some words of advice, next time prior to videoing get your heart right and meditate on radiating Love and Light to your audience. Mark Twain once stated there is two important days in one’s Life, the day you were born and the day you find out why you were born. Lighten Up and enjoy why you are here.
The last time i watched your wife was pregnant. Did you have a baby?
dude just post the salary in the description; no one wants to see you blarging on and on and on
Sure thing bud, I'll take note, I wonder why this video has already done over 30k views in the first 48 hours if they don't want to see me "blarging on and on and on". Tell me about the success of your TH-cam channel? ;))))
@@SuperYachtCaptainI am a tanker capt on US$14k/mo guess I will not be transferring to the yachtie world on those crap salaries you mention.
so useless view to get views
Can anyone gets me out of myanmar I am in civil war now help me
No.