by Natalie | Nov 13, 2019 | Crew Life-1
Last month I was invited to speak on the Future of Superyachts conference. Initially a daunting prospect as I was imagining an audience of suits with stern faces who would all want to hear about… about what actually? Ironically the conference took place in Hotel...
by Natalie | Nov 5, 2019 | Crew Life-1
Managing your Career, it’s like a route map – you just need to know where you are going! Are you trusting in fate or planning and managing your career? If we have a route map of where we want to go in our careers, the more likely we are to get there. It will also...
by Natalie | Oct 22, 2019 | Crew Life-1
Powerboating is exhilarating, exciting and sensational. Used for leisure and professional purposes, enabling people to take to the water in increasingly powerful and sophisticated craft. Be it a family enjoying a day out or yacht crew operating tenders to service...
by Natalie | Oct 15, 2019 | Crew Life-1
For the second consecutive year SY Aenea, the CNB76 that we have been managing since her launch in February 2017, has competed in the Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup in early September. The conditions on the first race day were bliss. We were finding our groove somewhere in the...
by Natalie | Oct 9, 2019 | Crew Life-1
For millennia, travellers used the stars to guide them on their journeys. It was through the art of celestial navigation that Odysseus sailed the seas and Columbus reached the Americas. Even Lawrence of Arabia used the stars to navigate his way across the vast,...
by Natalie | Oct 2, 2019 | Crew Life-1
It has long been recognised that a simple ‘thank you’ for a job well done has a disproportionately positive effect on morale. As John Adair wrote, “Praise and recognition based on performance are the oxygen of the human spirit.” Going out of your way and catching...
