by Natalie | Nov 14, 2018 | Crew Life-1
Everyone understands the importance of yacht captains and crew in the great circle of yachting. Certainly, even some venerable groups and business including Fraser Yachts and the International Superyacht Society have long made crew recognition a cornerstone of their...
by Natalie | Oct 29, 2018 | Crew Life-1
It has been a busy few weeks for the yachting industry with the final push through charters, shipyard periods starting and Monaco Yacht Show last month. Some well deserved down time is just around the corner for most of you, so in this month’s issue we have...
by Natalie | Oct 22, 2018 | Crew Life-1, Features
With the season coming to a close, there’s a general feeling of it being time to re-set, to take a breath and see where you are and where you need to go from here. While the main focus for many will undoubtedly be what the next step in their career is, for many people...
by Natalie | Oct 12, 2018 | Crew Life-1, Features
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...
by Natalie | Oct 11, 2018 | Crew Life-1
Summer is coming to an end and it is time to start thinking of the forthcoming Caribbean season. Most of the crew on board yachts who have spent the summer season in the Med will need to renew their Visas to enter the United States. This is an important immigration...
by Natalie | Oct 8, 2018 | Crew Life-1, Editorials, Features
With three siblings and a signalling engineer (day shift) father and a nurse (night shift) mother, Glen had a happy but humble upbringing. Living close to the rather dishevelled silty Oxley Creek inlet on Brisbane River, he spent many a day head-to-toe in mud chasing...
