The Awards Ceremony are taking place on the 13th October in Port Vauban, Nice – it promises to be a night to remember with 300 Captains and Crew from around the globe celebrating the best crew in the business.

The Islander is proud to be sponsoring the award for CAPTAIN (Any Class) and wish all the successful nominees the best of luck and congratulations for making it to the final 3!

Nominations and Voting closed on the 31st August. All nominees received a complimentary invitation to the awards ceremony with a value of 150€. All finalists received up to 10 complimentary invitations to the awards ceremony (value 10 x 150€).

There are 17 Categories including every department on board, best charter and private yacht, as well as rewarding crew who excelled as leaders, team players, courage or work in sustainability. During the nomination phase we received 200 nominations, presenting some fantastic candidates. The voting process followed throughout August and over 10,000 votes have been cast. Based on the voting results, we have now narrowed down the candidates to the final 3 nominees per Award category.

ACREW has selected 20 judges, mostly comprising of captains and senior crew. These judges review the curriculum vitae, references and a video interview with each candidate. Based on the extensive material provided small groups of judges deliberate each category.

For more information: https://acrew.com/crewawards/