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Description
An insider's guide to the superyacht industry, detailing how to get in, progress through the ranks and thrive on the journey.
The definitive guide for prospective crew, new crew and crew at all ranks within the industry, Superyacht Success is an audience with one of the most experienced superyacht captains in the business, blending solid advice with illuminating and entertaining anecdotes from on board.
Read on for:
- An overview of the industry, its history, culture and language
- The practicalities of getting hired and understanding life on board
- Hard-won advice on how to thrive on your journey up the career ladder
- Leadership wisdom: establishing a culture of openness and trust, setting boundaries and dealing with the demands of perfectionism
- Communication essentials
- A toolbox of practical tips and checklists on everything from boat handling and briefing teams
- Expert insights from high profile professionals within the industry
This handbook gives you the insider's take on the 'superyacht life', whether as a deck hand or captain, and a clear sense of where the dangerous waters are and how to avoid them. It shows you how to handle the demand for absolute perfection at all times whilst avoiding the easy trap of allowing yachting to overwhelm your life.
Table of Contents
- we meet the yachting community, learn some of the history and the web that is the superyacht diaspora.
Section 2: The Humans
- Yachts are platforms to carry humans. This section looks at how this plays out in a superyacht.
- Getting hired: qualifications, crew agencies, interviews,
- Green is good: learn to embrace being new, communal living, taking direction
- Career progression: typical pathways
- The advice is brought to life with stories of Brendan's own progression through the ranks (he acknowledges that even as a successful captain the human side of the industry (rather than the professional skills side) is where he has most to learn.
Section 3: The Job
- Being more than 'crew': the sea/shore roster
- Establishing long-term security
- Strength in diversity and differing outlooks
- Creating a culture of openness and trust
- Work/life balance and setting boundaries
- Perfection: the hardest taskmaster
Section 4: Life as a Superyacht Captain
- Look after yourself first: maintaining the SHED (Sleep, Hydration, Exercise and Diet)
- Communication Up: Saying no is not a failure
- Communication Side and Down: clarity and motivation
- Communication outside: importance of non-industry family and friends
- A superyacht life well lived
Section 5: The Toolbox
Onboard communications
- Situation/Mission/Execution/Administration/Command and comms
- Public speaking
- The written word
- Listening effectively
- Anatomy of a communications failure
- 'Sell the job'
Leading teams
- Recruitment (inc interview questions)
- Crew Lifetime Value: professional skills, crew culture, guest experience
- Feedback: giving and receiving
- Psychological safety and creating an environment of optimal performance
- Core values
- Loose guidelines/tight objectives
Boat handling
- 1% of the job, but the 1% that has to be right
- Berth to berth planning: resourcing and communication
- Bridge briefing step by step
- Setting multiple anchors
Dos and Don'ts:
- Stewardess perspective
- Chief Officer perspective
- Others to come
Further reading
Product details
| Published | Mar 03 2026 |
|---|---|
| Format | Hardback |
| Edition | 1st |
| Extent | 272 |
| ISBN | 9781399426497 |
| Imprint | Adlard Coles |
| Illustrations | Black and white photography printed alongside the text |
| Dimensions | 234 x 153 mm |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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