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With Bluewater's expertise in crew training and yacht crew recruitment, finding your ideal yacht crew vacancy is simple. We offer yacht management services to a variety of exclusive superyachts. Our team excels in sourcing top-notch yacht crew positions, spanning from 25-meter private yachts in the Bahamas to 50-metre charter yachts in the Mediterranean to luxurious 100+ metre superyachts navigating the globe extensively.

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Alongside sourcing the latest yacht crew jobs worldwide, Bluewater offers a range of specialised yacht crew training courses. Whether you're new to the superyacht industry seeking entry-level qualifications, an experienced deckhand or engineer aiming to advance your career, or a dedicated crew member looking to enhance your resume with certifications like HELM (Human Element Leadership and Management), Yachtmaster, or OOW (Officer of the Watch), explore our comprehensive yacht crew training options.

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Working as a crew member on a superyacht is undeniably one of the most rewarding yet demanding professions, calling for hard work, dedication, and professional training. The opportunities within the yachting industry are vast, and at Bluewater, we are committed to helping every crew member discover their ideal yacht crew position. Our recruitment division focuses on finding the perfect yacht for crew members and provides unparalleled professional support. Our recruitment experts guide crew members through every step of their yachting career journey, ensuring they receive the best possible assistance.

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• Qualifications: STCW, ENG1, Yachtmaster Offshore
• Experience: 3 Seasons +
• Salary: DOE
• Qualifications: STCW, ENG1, PBL2
• Experience: 1 Season +
• Salary: 2500EUR (DOE)
• Qualifications: STCW, PDSD, ENG1, Food and Hygiene Level 2
• Permanent - Rotational
• Qualifications: STCW, ENG1, FHL2
• Experience: -
• Salary: €7000 + (doe)
• Qualifications: Master 3000
• Experience: 10 years +
• Salary: Attractive salary (doe)
• Qualifications: STCW, ENG1, Food & Hygiene Level 2, Culinary Trained
• Salary: 3500EUR (DOE)
• Qualifications: STCW, ENG1, PDSD, PBL2
• Experience: 1 Year +
• Salary: 3000EUR
• Qualifications: Yachmaster Offshore or Deck Rating
• Qualifications: Y2
• Experience: 3 Years +
• Salary: 6000 to 6500EUR (DOE)
• Rotation 3:1
• Qualifications: STCW, ENG1, Food & Hygiene Level 2, Crowd Management Training, Crisis Management Training, PDSD, Hairdressing Qualifications
• Experience: 1 Year
• Salary: 3000EUR (DOE)

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Temporary Chief Stewardess required for a 50M+ Sailing Yacht

Viking Crew are looking for a Temporary Chief Stewardess to join a 50M+ Charter Sailing Yacht. Candidates must be organised, versatile, have good communication skills and enjoy working within...

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Viking Crew are looking for a Crew Mess Stewardess to join a 100m+ Motor Yacht.  The successful candidate will be responsible for the daily upkeep of Crew Mess & Crew areas, as well as ongoi...

Experienced Deck/Medic 60m+ private support vessel

Viking Crew requires a deckhand /Medic to join a 65M Support vessel with a worldwide itinerary Start Date: End of June Must have STCW - ENG1 Yachtmaster a bonus Primarily deckhan...

3rd Officer required for 100M+ private motor yacht

3rd Officer required for 100M+ private motor yacht, based in the Med. Candidates should hold the following certification: OOW unlimited, Advanced Fire Fighting, PDSD, ENG1, PSCRB  C...

Housekeeping Stewardess required for small passenger vessel cruising around the UK

We are looking for a HK Stewardess to join a small luxury passenger ship. Position to start in August 2024 Applicants will ideally have previous cruise ship background or have worked in luxu...

Experienced Service Stew needed for 100M+ private yacht

Service Stewardess required for 100M private yacht with dual seasons. Candidates should have a couple of years experience onboard large yachts and have knowledge of different styles of servic...

Technical Manager needed for Middle East Management Company

Viking Crew are looking for a Technical Manager to join a management company in the Middle East.  Requirements:  Must have previous experience as Chief Engineer onboard commercial vessels...

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Viking Crew is looking for a Chief Stewardess to join a 30M+ Private Yacht.  Package on offer: USD Salary 4 weeks leave  Competitive salary  Requirements:  STCW Basic Safety T...

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Tributes pour in for ‘amazing’couple found dead in lifeboat after trying to cross the Atlantic in wind-powered yacht

• Sayan Bose , Foreign News Reporter
• Published : 12:35, 21 Jul 2024
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HEARTBREAKING tributes have been paid to an "amazing couple" who were found dead in a washed-up lifeboat while trying to sail across the Atlantic.

Sarah Packwood, 54, from  Warwick , and Brett Clibbery, 70, were heading to the Azores in a wind and solar-powered vessel called "Theros" when they went missing nearly a month ago.

The couple were reported missing a week after leaving Nova Scotia,  Canada , on June 11 in their 42ft sailing boat.

Their two bodies were found in a three-metre life raft after it washed ashore on Sable Island - 180 miles off the coast of Nova Scotia - last week.

It remains unclear how the couple got into trouble, but  police  in Halifax have launched an investigation into their deaths.

It is understood Brett was carrying a Garmin GPS device which pinged a final signal around 40 miles south-west of Sable Island on June 13.

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Their yacht Theros has not yet been recovered.

Brett's son James posted a tribute on  Facebook  which read: "The past few days have been very hard.

"My father James Brett Clibbery, and his wife, Sarah Justine Packwood, have regrettably passed away.

"There is still an investigation, as well as a  DNA  test to confirm, but with all the news, it is hard to remain hopeful.

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"They were amazing people, and there isn’t anything that will fill the hole that has been left by their, so far unexplained passing.

"Living will not be the same without your wisdom, and your wife was quickly becoming a beacon of knowledge, and kindness.

"I miss your smiles. I miss your voices. You will be forever missed."

Paying a heartbreaking tribute on Facebook, one pal wrote: "This is an awful situation and know will be in my thoughts always. Love you."

While another user said: "I loved your father and Sarah so so much and my heart is aching for you and your family."

A third friend shared: "Your dad was a great man. My sincere condolences."

How the couple's planned voyage turned to tragedy

June 11  - Sarah and Brett leave Halifax, Nova Scotia, on their sailing boat Theros

June 18  - The couple are declared missing and a search begins

July 10  - Their two bodies are found in a life raft on Sable Island

July 13  - Brett's son James posts a tribute on social media

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Brett, a Canadian, and Sarah first met at a bus stop in London in 2015 before getting married on the  yacht  a year later.

They also had a Celtic marriage ceremony at Stonehenge and then moved to Canada where they bought land on Salt Spring Island, near Vancouver.

Poet, musician and reiki healer Sarah was an "accomplished sailor" learning at university in  England .

In a farewell video message before the couple departed, Sarah said: "Captain Brett and First Mate Sarah set sail on the 2nd leg of The Green Odyssey on board Theros – GibSea 42 foot sailboat.

"Powered by the wind and sun. Heading east to the Azores. It's probably the biggest adventure of our lives so far."

The duo had previously sailed 5,000 miles together along the Pacific Coast of Canada, the  USA  and South America.

Sarah, who blogged about their travels, wrote: "We spent a year aboard Theros on the high seas together, sailing on the first leg of our round-the-world voyage in stages from Salt Spring Island, British Columbia to Dartmouth in Nova Scotia, via Central America, the Panama Canal and crossing the Western Caribbean."

The pair also ran a YouTube channel to keep their family and friends updated on their journeys.

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"While they do not have conclusive proof, (investigators) suspect the sailboat whose crew washed up dead on Sable Island was struck by a bulk carrier (that was not loaded) likely only a few days after departing Halifax," a source told Canadian news site  Saltwire .

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Horrifying yacht blaze forces tourists to dive into sea to escape

The vessel, which is named "Eagles", burst into flames while off the coast of Marmaris in Turkey before sinking into the ocean depths on Thursday afternoon

• 10:50, 20 Jul 2024
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Tourists were forced to dive into the open ocean after a massive inferno erupted on a boat carrying 110 people.

Horrifying footage showed the vessel being engulfed by the blaze when the boat caught fire off the coast of Marmaris in Turkey. A short while after catching fire, the 20-metre boat - named "Eagles" - sank on Thursday afternoon.

The reason for the fire is currently unknown but it's been alleged that it started in the engine room before tearing through the rest of the ship.

Thankfully, most of the 110 passengers escaped unscathed and managed to get away from the lethal fire in time. There are thought to be seven individuals who are being treated for unknown injuries in hospital. Three of them are said to be in critical condition, according to Protothema .

Police are said to have arrested the owner of the ship and its captain. Terrifying footage showed passengers swimming frantically away from the boat. Bystanders on long boards were also seen trying to help.

Other boats were said to have flocked to the area to help pick thr tourists from the sea. The clip shows huge flames snaking through the entirety of the boat as thick plumes of smoke funnel into the air. The sea is covered with life jackets and passengers of nearby ships watch the horrific scenes unfold.

The ship was almost completely gutted by flames to the point it was almost dust before it sank into the depths of the ocean. Turkish police have launched an investigation into the incident.

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They currently don't know how much Linda's medical bills will cost but a private medical flight back to the UK is a whopping £45,000. Her granddaughter Elisha Thompson, 24, said: "It's been heart-breaking.

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A couple who were trying to sail across the Atlantic Ocean have been found dead washed up in a lifeboat on a remote island.

British musician Sarah Packwood, 54, and her husband Brett Clibbery, 70, were attempting to make their way from Nova Scotia, Canada , to the Azores. 

They set sail on June 11 on their 42ft wind and solar-powered yacht named Theros but were reported missing a week later after contact had been lost with the boat. 

Their bodies were discovered in a three-metre life raft on Sable Island – a stretch of land dubbed the ‘graveyard of the Atlantic’ around 180 miles east of Nova Scotia – last week. 

It’s not yet known how the couple got into trouble on their 2,000-mile voyage from North America to the Portuguese islands, which lie around 870 miles west of mainland Europe.

Brett, a Canadian, was carrying a Garmin GPS device which reportedly pinged a final signal on June 13 around 40 miles south-west of Sable Island.

Police in Halifax have launched an investigation into their deaths. 

Sable Island, which is a long and thin area of land stretching around 28 miles, gained its nickname as the Atlantic’s graveyard for the sheer number of people found dead there through history.

More than 350 shipwrecks have been recorded since 1583, according to the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic, which says the island is near a major shipping route, lies on a common storm path and is surrounded by ‘tricky’ currents.

It’s home to hundreds of wild horses, manned by just a handful of federal government staff with no permanent residents, and is a protected National Park Reserve.  

The pair first met at a bus stop in London in 2015 and got married on their yacht one year later before also holding a Celtic marriage ceremony at Stonehenge.

Sarah, who was from Warwickshire and said to be an ‘accomplished sailor’, later moved to Canada with Brett and they lived on land they bought on Salt Spring Island, near Vancouver.

As they embarked on their journey, the couple shared a video on their Facebook page, Theros Sailing Adventure, and wrote: ‘Captain Brett and First Mate Sarah set sail on the 2nd leg of The Green Odyssey on board Theros – GibSea 42 foot sailboat. 

‘Powered by the wind and sun. Heading east to the Azores.’

Brett’s son James Clibbery paid a heartbreaking tribute to his father on July 13. 

‘The past few days have been very hard,’ he wrote on Facebook.

Timeline of Brett Clibbery and Sarah Packwood’s disappearance

• June 11: The couple set sail from Halifax, Nova Scotia in Canada on their 42ft wind and solar-powered yacht named Theros.
• June 13: Brett’s Garmin GPS device pings a final signal around 40 miles south-west of Sable Island.
• June 18: They are reported missing after contact with the boat was lost and a Coastguard search begins.
• July 10: Their bodies are found washed up on a three-metre life raft on Sable Island, 180 miles off the coast of Nova Scotia.
• July 13: Brett’s son James pays tribute to his father and confirms both Brett and Sarah have died.

‘My father James Brett Clibbery, and his wife, Sarah Justine Packwood have regrettably passed away.

‘There is still an investigation, as well as a DNA test to confirm, but with all the news, it is hard to remain hopeful. 

‘I am so very sorry to the people who were friends of them. They were amazing people, and there isn’t anything that will fill the hole that has been left by their, so far unexplained passing.

‘Living will not be the same without your wisdom, and your wife was quickly becoming a beacon of knowledge, and kindness. I miss your smiles. I miss your voices. You will be forever missed.’

John Dolman, a friend of the couple, told local news outlet Times Colonist that they died doing ‘the thing they loved’. 

He said: ‘She called him “captain” and called herself the “carpenter’s apprentice”. They were in love. They passed away doing the thing that they loved. Their adventure continues on the other side.’

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