Nobody tells you how to actually get the job.
Every guide to getting into yachting is written by an agency that wants your registration, or by someone who did one season. This one is written by the man on the other side of the passerelle — the captain who reads the CV, takes the daywork call and decides whether you stay. All nine modules are written and all nine are free, with no account to make and nothing to buy at the end.
Your route in
Six questions, and you get the version for your case: which hub, whether your date is the right one, which certificates you still need and what they cost, and how many weeks of a bed your savings actually buy. No account and no email — the answers stay on your device.
Build my plan →The nine modules
All freeDecide, qualify, present, get seen, get there, dockwalk, daywork, land the berth. In that order, because that is the order it happens in.
There is nothing to buy here and no account to make. All nine are written and readable today — start at 01 if you are deciding, or jump to the rung you are actually standing on.
- 01
Is this actually for you?
LiveThe honest picture before you spend a penny. The real money, the lifestyle cost, the season rhythm — and who washes out in a month.
Read it → - 02
Certificates & medical — what you actually need
LiveThe non-negotiables, the extras genuinely worth having, and the money-wasters a green hand does not need yet.
Read it → - 03
The runway — money, visas & right to work
LiveWhat it really costs to land and look. How much runway to bring, and the right-to-work basics nobody explains.
Read it → - 04
The green CV that gets a second look
LiveThe no-experience CV problem solved. What a captain scans in five seconds, and the things that bin you before the photo loads.
Get your CV read → - 05
Crew agencies — how they work, how to stay on radar
LiveThe thing green crew misread: agencies work for the boat, not for you. How to be green but findable.
Read it → - 06
Getting to the hubs & living the search
LiveWhen to arrive and why June is too late, what to book before you fly, and what a serious day of looking actually contains.
Read it → - 07
Dockwalking, properly
LiveThe real craft. The right hours, approaching a passerelle, what to say, the etiquette — and persistence without becoming a pest.
Read it → - 08
Daywork into a berth
LiveHow daywork actually works, working a trial so they keep you, and the reputation game — because the industry is tiny and word travels.
Read it → - 09
The offer — interview, red flags & your first contract
LiveWhat a fair first deal looks like, and how to spot a bad boat before you sign. Ends the moment you have the job.
Read it →
Want a line when something changes?
All nine are up. Leave your email and you get a note when a module is updated or a new free tool lands — the CV reviewer and the agency tracker started this way. That is the whole arrangement, and there is nothing to buy at the end of it.
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Deckhand Foundation
Getting In stops the moment you have the job. Foundation starts the moment you are aboard — doing the work well, and not getting pulled off.
Live nowFree career tools
Once you are aboard: logbook, certificate tracker, testimonials, endorsements and your Career Passport — free, on your account.