Professional Work with Luxury Yacht Crew

The arrival of large commercial ships that have been specially outfitted to take multiple large yachts across the Atlantic ocean has created a much charter market in the Caribbean than ever before. Yachts will dock in a port of choosing while the crew does maintenance work and waits for owners or guests to arrive.

The vessels then will do short cruises with the owners and/or guests aboard. Typical destinations in Spain and the French and Italian Rivieras include Cannes, Antibes, St. Tropez, Monte Carlo, Portofino, Porto Cervo, Puerto Banus, Puerto Portals, and Palma, Majorca, although increasingly luxury yacht crew are cruising in more remote areas of the world. Antigua is one of the main ports in the windward islands of the Caribbean and hosts a charter show at the beginning of the winter season.

While the demand for new luxury yacht crew has slowed somewhat since 2009, 2011 has seen a small rebound with launches from many of the top yards. The latest launch, M/Y Eclipse, built by Blohm+Voss for Russian businessman Roman Abramovich is the largest yacht in the world. Luxury boat building and yacht charter companies are predominantly based in the United States and Western Europe but are also increasingly found in New Zealand, Australia, and Turkey.