DARLING HARBOUR, SYDNEY- SEPTEMBER 20, 2008. A fully animated DVD and Powerpoint presentation outlining everything you need to know to get a job on a luxury yacht.
(Featured in PARADISE magazine, Gold Coast Weekend Bulletin, January 27-28, 2008)
Jennifer Pender-Brookes and Rob Brookes have worked onboard the world's most luxurious yachts, meeting supermodels, actors and billionaires.
"Working on a luxury yacht while travelling to places like the Caribbean and Mediterranean was the best time of my life. Our
crew was an amazing group of people from all over the world. I have made many great friends."
Kaitlyn Murdoch
Get Paid to Travel the World!
At a glance, the idea of multi-million dollar yachts, celebrity guests and exotic destinations seems surreal, but these magnificent world-travelling yachts are very real, as are the numerous opportunities to work on them. It is the ultimate working holiday: a chance to travel the world and get paid great money to do it. And it is an industry that is growing rapidly. So let’s look at the facts:
Luxury yachts can be motor or sail and range from 80ft (24m) up to the size of a mini cruise ship.
Generally, yachts sized 80ft (24m) to 260ft (80m) are regarded as superyachts and anything larger as megayachts.
These yachts can cost anything from a few million US dollars for a small, fixer-upper to a reported US $270 million for Larry Ellison’s 452ft (138m) megayacht Rising Sun.
Each year luxury yacht owners spend approximately ten per cent of the purchase price to keep their yachts sparkling and their crew happy.
Luxury yacht crew enjoy great to exceptional salaries and numerous perks such as full board and food, annual paid leave, insurance, tips and bonuses.
In 2006 there was 27km (17 miles) of new yachts over 24m (80ft) under construction in 25 countries throughout the world.
It is estimated that 5,700 new crew will be required to fill these positions throughout 2007.
There is currently a worldwide shortage of properly accredited candidates to fill the positions available.
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