Safe Anchoring

Anchoring is a rather important skill. To be able to get your boat to stop and be confident it will stay where you want it to. Being a liveaboard sailor, I see a lot of interesting events which are often caused by poor anchoring skills. I’ve had a number of...

ACREW Launch the Superyacht Business Awards

ACREW is delighted to announce the launch of the global Superyacht Business Awards. This prestigious awards programme acknowledges the best superyacht businesses in the world, based on captain and crew experiences from last season. From Monday 15th June, ACREW will...

Nathan Skinner – Why Knot Sailing

I am pleased that The Islander is back on the printing press and that life seems to be slowly returning to what we knew as normal. After spending many weeks on my boat during the lockdown, the requests for boat tuition and delivery work is beginning to filter through,...

Charity Matters

More so than previous generations, Millennials and Gen Zs expect employers to provide them with opportunities for fulfilment, meaning and the ability to give back. Rather than just a job, they are searching for purpose and the opportunity to make a difference. While...

Emotional Intelligence

In May we, as a business, shone the spotlight on the subject of Emotional Intelligence and received so much incredible feedback and insight from our attendees that I wanted to share some of the content we explored in our webinars and online sessions for those who...

Lockdown hasn’t been boring for Invisible Crew

While I was confronted with my two very energetic kids being pulled out of school and into my home office, the workload didn’t exactly diminish. Many people died of boredom during lockdown. I had to deal with the saga of one my client’s yachts that was on...