Yacht Provisioning: Delivering the Ultimate Luxury

Yacht Provisioning: Delivering the Ultimate Luxury

What do you do when your guests ask for camel's milk? Or when they start craving the nostalgic taste of home, when in the middle of the ocean? In the final episode of season two, Kayleigh is joined by Andrew and Bertrand from Superyacht Supplies. They discuss the ins and outs of superyacht provisioning and finding that one item that makes the charter special. Learn about the close relationship between vessel and provider and the complexities of providing a worldwide service.

Learning and Development: What the Superyacht Industry Can Learn From Onshore

Investing in learning and development can reduce crew turnover, improve the owner experience and introduce new skills to a growing industry. And yet, the superyacht sector has been stuck in the realms of STCWs and ticket collection since their introduction. Head of Academy, Laura Henighen joins the podcast to share her experiences as and L&D specialist and where the industry may learn from their onshore partners to break out of the rut and truly invest in the crew journey.

Carbon Offsetting in the Superyacht Industry

The Superyacht industry has environmental impacts. It is not something that we can currently escape, but something we can help to reduce and offset. This week, Rachel from Yacht Carbon Offset unpacks the complexities of carbon offsetting, explaining how the process works and how it should be adopted by the industry. Together, Kayleigh and Rachel explore how yachts can assess their environmental impacts, avoid 'greenwashing' and where offsetting can have social impacts as well as environmental ones.

Why Yacht Crew Need to be Involved In New Builds and Design

Crew spend more time on the vessel than owners or designers and yet their opinions are rarely sought, none less so than the interior team. Meeli Lepik, Founder of Holistic Interiors, helps us break down the importance of crew involvement; exploring the need for storage space, more imaginative crew spaces and flawless design with underlying safety applications.

ISWAN's Yacht Crew Help: An Important Resource for All Yacht Crew

This week we are joined by Project Manager, Laura Beard from ISWAN's Yacht Crew Help. ISWAN provides valuable resources and tools to crew in response to the growing calls to better support crew wellbeing. Join Kayleigh and Laura as they discuss the Yacht Crew helpline and how crew members can support one another onboard.