Mile Makers
In the October issue of the Islander magazine I wrote about the questionable offers that so called professional delivery companies make to Pocket Superyacht owners. As of mid October you can read that article in our blog section here. I rant about companies sending inexperienced crew, “mile makers” who don’t expect to be paid. On yachtie forums like Palma Yacht Crew I often see very passionate reactions to people looking for crew who are willing to help out on a yacht delivery at expenses. Using power words like slavery and exploitation and other name calling from keyboard heroes towards those who ask and those accept. Under the right circumstances I am not against these mile making experiences because we all have to gain experience somewhere, some time. In my opinion there are 7 criteria that need to be met when taking on an unpaid crewmember: – If the yacht’s experienced core crew is strong enough to handle the delivery without the extra person (but is a little extra comfortable with yet another hand.) So this is related to the distance that will be covered as well as the size of the yacht. – If said crewmember has a good […]
