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Laura-Kate Brown beside the words Good Crew Cannot Fix Bad Boats, with superyachts in a marina at sunset.

Laura-Kate Brown beside the words Good Crew Cannot Fix Bad Boats, with superyachts in a marina at sunset.

Yacht Recruitment Reality Check: Good Crew Cannot Fix Bad Boats

Yacht recruitment is not just about filling vacancies. Laura-Kate Brown examines how crew fit, vessel culture, fair pay and accountability determine whether a placement truly works.

Yachting International Radio

Sep 78 min read

Buried At Sea: The Fight For Accountability editorial image for UNCENSORED Part 3, featuring stormy seas, a superyacht, red beacon, helicopter, and bold red and white maritime accountability text.

Buried At Sea: The Fight For Accountability editorial image for UNCENSORED Part 3, featuring stormy seas, a superyacht, red beacon, helicopter, and bold red and white maritime accountability text.

Buried At Sea: The Fight For Accountability

Buried At Sea: The Fight For Accountability follows Ryan Melogy’s work from survivor advocacy into legal action, public pressure, congressional attention, the Safer Seas Act, and the difficult questions facing yachting around jurisdiction, vessel arrest, insurance exclusions, and crew protection after abuse at sea.

Yachting International Radio

Sep 29 min read

Editorial image for Buried At Sea: The Law They Ignored, Part Two of UNCENSORED, showing a dark stormy maritime scene with a superyacht, red beacon, helicopter, and bold red and white text about an ignored law and accountability at sea.

Editorial image for Buried At Sea: The Law They Ignored, Part Two of UNCENSORED, showing a dark stormy maritime scene with a superyacht, red beacon, helicopter, and bold red and white text about an ignored law and accountability at sea.

Buried At Sea: The Law They Ignored

Buried At Sea: The Law They Ignored examines how Ryan Melogy’s discovery of a federal reporting law changed his fight for accountability at sea. Part Two looks at ignored reports, Coast Guard inaction, Maritime Legal Aid, survivor stories, and the dangerous gap between written protection and real enforcement.

Yachting International Radio

Aug 59 min read

Luxury marina event scene at twilight with yachts in the background and Stacey Miller speaking to a seated audience, featuring the title “Yacht Crew Substance Awareness” and subtitle “Why Safety Has To Start Before Crisis” for a Yachting International Radio editorial on crew safety, harm reduction, drink spiking, alcohol awareness, and substance awareness in yachting.

Luxury marina event scene at twilight with yachts in the background and Stacey Miller speaking to a seated audience, featuring the title “Yacht Crew Substance Awareness” and subtitle “Why Safety Has To Start Before Crisis” for a Yachting International Radio editorial on crew safety, harm reduction, drink spiking, alcohol awareness, and substance awareness in yachting.

Yacht Crew Substance Awareness: Why Safety Has To Start Before Crisis

Yacht crew substance awareness is no longer a private lifestyle issue. Through Stacey Miller’s work in alcohol and drug education, harm reduction, safeguarding, and prevention, this editorial explores why yachting must take a more honest look at alcohol, drugs, drink spiking, green crew vulnerability, active bystander culture, and crew safety before crisis becomes the response.

Superyacht Laundry

Yachting International Radio

Jul 159 min read

Editorial image for The Crew Car featuring Nick Hayward-Young, The Superyacht Psychotherapist, with the title “Sea of Mind” against a luxury yacht marina sunset background.

Editorial image for The Crew Car featuring Nick Hayward-Young, The Superyacht Psychotherapist, with the title “Sea of Mind” against a luxury yacht marina sunset background.

Yacht Crew Mental Health: Why Therapy At Sea Needs To Lose The Stigma

Yacht crew mental health is discussed more openly than ever, but awareness is not enough. Nick Hayward-Young explains why therapy at sea needs to lose the stigma, become easier to access, and be treated as a normal part of crew welfare.

Yachting International Radio

Jul 137 min read

Editorial image for Buried At Sea: Abuse, Power & Accountability, Part One of UNCENSORED, showing a dark stormy maritime scene with a superyacht, red warning light, helicopter, and bold text about abuse, power, accountability, crew silence, and systems protecting power at sea.

Editorial image for Buried At Sea: Abuse, Power & Accountability, Part One of UNCENSORED, showing a dark stormy maritime scene with a superyacht, red warning light, helicopter, and bold text about abuse, power, accountability, crew silence, and systems protecting power at sea.

Buried At Sea: Abuse, Power & Accountability

Buried At Sea: Abuse, Power & Accountability begins with Ryan Melogy’s lived experience as a former seafarer and his work as a maritime lawyer challenging abuse, silence, retaliation, and institutional protection across the maritime industry. Part One examines why crew stay silent, why reporting can carry a cost, and why accountability at sea can no longer remain optional.

Yachting International Radio

Jul 111 min read

Editorial image featuring Kayleigh Liddell of Hill Robinson with the title “Minimum No More” against a luxury yacht marina sunset background for The Crew Car on Yachting International Radio.

Editorial image featuring Kayleigh Liddell of Hill Robinson with the title “Minimum No More” against a luxury yacht marina sunset background for The Crew Car on Yachting International Radio.

Minimum Standards: Why Yachting Has To Stop Settling For The Basics

Yachting cannot keep calling itself professional while settling for the minimum. Kayleigh Liddell explains why crew HR, people culture, training, support structures, and stronger standards are essential for better retention and a healthier onboard culture.

Yachting International Radio

Jun 307 min read

Editorial image featuring Sophie Barber of Vela Recruitment seated in a luxury marina lounge setting with the title “Crew Recruitment” and the subtitle “Why Trust, References And Human Judgement Still Matter In Yachting,” created for a Superyacht Laundry feature on yacht crew recruitment.

Editorial image featuring Sophie Barber of Vela Recruitment seated in a luxury marina lounge setting with the title “Crew Recruitment” and the subtitle “Why Trust, References And Human Judgement Still Matter In Yachting,” created for a Superyacht Laundry feature on yacht crew recruitment.

Yacht Crew Recruitment: Why The Human Element Still Matters

Yacht crew recruitment is changing fast, but safer hiring still depends on more than platforms, certificates, and CVs. Through Sophie Barber of Vela Recruitment, this editorial looks at trust, references, fake CVs, crew safety, AI, and why human judgement still matters when placing the right crew on the right yacht.

Superyacht Laundry

Yachting International Radio

Jun 177 min read

Editorial image of Dr. Simon Gordon for The Crew Car, featuring the title “Health At Sea” against a luxury yacht marina sunset background.

Editorial image of Dr. Simon Gordon for The Crew Car, featuring the title “Health At Sea” against a luxury yacht marina sunset background.

Yacht Crew Health: Why Medical Support At Sea Must Become A Safety Priority

Yacht crew health cannot be reduced to an ENG1 certificate. Dr. Simon Gordon explains why medical support at sea, preventative health checks, mental health awareness, telemedicine, insurance gaps, and crew welfare must become part of yachting’s safety infrastructure.

Yachting International Radio

Jun 157 min read

Rotational Captaincy: Why Shared Command Can Make Or Break A Yacht Crew

Rotational Captaincy: Why Shared Command Can Make Or Break A Yacht Crew

Rotational Captaincy: Why Shared Command Can Make Or Break A Yacht Crew

Rotational captaincy is becoming more common across the superyacht industry, but sharing command is far more complex than dividing time onboard. Captain Dean Pilatti explains why trust, communication, humility, crew dynamics, and consistent culture are what determine whether two captains strengthen a vessel or leave crew navigating two versions of leadership.

Yachting International Radio

Jun 139 min read

Editorial image featuring Laura Kilbey seated in a marina lounge setting with the title “When Drinking Stops Serving You,” the subtitle “Yacht Crew Sobriety And The Culture Of Drinking Onboard,” and Superyacht Laundry branding.

Editorial image featuring Laura Kilbey seated in a marina lounge setting with the title “When Drinking Stops Serving You,” the subtitle “Yacht Crew Sobriety And The Culture Of Drinking Onboard,” and Superyacht Laundry branding.

Yacht Crew Sobriety: Why Sober Crew Social Club Is Changing The Conversation Around Drinking Onboard

Yacht crew sobriety is becoming a necessary part of the wider crew welfare conversation. Through Laura Kilbey and Sober Crew Social Club, this editorial looks at alcohol culture, social pressure, anxiety, safety, and why crew do not need to hit rock bottom before choosing something better.

Superyacht Laundry

Yachting International Radio

Jun 109 min read

Crew Health Cannot Wait: Do It For Gem And The Screening Message Yachting Needs To Hear

Crew Health Cannot Wait: Do It For Gem And The Screening Message Yachting Needs To Hear

Crew Health Cannot Wait: Do It For Gem And The Screening Message Yachting Needs To Hear

Crew health cannot wait. This editorial honours Gemma Willis, The Floating Florista, and the work of The Floating Florista Foundation, highlighting cervical screening, women’s health, routine medical checks, and why crew welfare must include preventative healthcare at sea.

Superyacht Laundry

Yachting International Radio

Jun 57 min read

UNCENSORED editorial image with the title Panic Buttons At Sea: Crew Safety Tech That Could Save Lives over a dark stormy marina background with a yacht and dramatic red and white typography.

UNCENSORED editorial image with the title Panic Buttons At Sea: Crew Safety Tech That Could Save Lives over a dark stormy marina background with a yacht and dramatic red and white typography.

Crew Safety At Sea: Why Panic Buttons, Reporting Tools, And Evidence Capture Are No Longer Optional

Panic buttons, confidential reporting, wellbeing support, and honest hours of rest tracking could change how yacht crew are protected at sea. All Safe Yachting founder Devlin Cathey explains why crew safety technology is not about catching people out, but about prevention, evidence, accountability, and giving crew another layer of protection before something goes wrong.

Yachting International Radio

Jun 48 min read

Yacht Crew Rights: What Crew Need To Know Before Something Goes Wrong

Yacht crew rights matter before a crisis begins. This editorial explores crew contracts, jurisdiction, NDAs, onboard reporting, evidence, union support, and why legal awareness is essential for a safer, more professional superyacht industry.

Superyacht Laundry

Yachting International Radio

May 309 min read

Dramatic graphic showing a yacht crew member looking toward a superyacht at sea under storm clouds, with central text reading “Yacht Crew Rights: Why NDAs Cannot Be Used To Silence Crime At Sea.”

Dramatic graphic showing a yacht crew member looking toward a superyacht at sea under storm clouds, with central text reading “Yacht Crew Rights: Why NDAs Cannot Be Used To Silence Crime At Sea.”

Yacht Crew Rights: Why NDAs Cannot Be Used To Silence Crime At Sea

NDAs have a legitimate role in yachting, but they cannot be misunderstood as a blanket tool for silence. English lawyer Benjamin Maltby explains where confidentiality protects legitimate privacy and commercial interests, and where criminal conduct, reporting duties, jurisdiction, and crew safety require far greater clarity.

Yachting International Radio

May 1510 min read

Accidents At Sea: Why Legal Protection Starts Before Crew Need It

Accidents At Sea: Why Legal Protection Starts Before Crew Need It

Accidents At Sea: Why Legal Protection Starts Before Crew Need It

Accidents at sea can leave yacht crew and families exposed long before they understand what legal protections may apply. In Part 3 of UNCENSORED’s legal series, maritime lawyer Adria Notari explains why early advice, proper reporting, jurisdiction, SEA agreements, disclosure, and crew rights all matter before a crisis becomes impossible to fix.

Yachting International Radio

May 138 min read

Editorial image showing a tanker navigating the Strait of Hormuz with a red warning icon, highlighting seafarer safety, maritime conflict risk and crew pressure in conflict-zone shipping.

Editorial image showing a tanker navigating the Strait of Hormuz with a red warning icon, highlighting seafarer safety, maritime conflict risk and crew pressure in conflict-zone shipping.

Strait of Hormuz and Seafarer Safety: The Human Cost of Conflict-Zone Shipping

When conflict reaches the sea, seafarers are left carrying the consequences onboard. This Sea Views editorial examines the human reality behind the Strait of Hormuz crisis, from ship safety, crew stress and leadership to trauma recovery, support resources and the urgent need to protect civilian vessels as international assets.

Yachting International Radio

May 89 min read

Yacht Crew Safety Needs Systems, Not Silence

Yacht Crew Safety Needs Systems, Not Silence

Yacht Crew Safety Needs Systems, Not Silence

Yacht crew safety cannot rely on reputation, silence, or informal reporting. Devlin Cathey, Founder of All Safe Yachting, is building practical systems to help protect crew onboard and ashore through panic button technology, anonymous reporting, CBT-based mental health support, confidential analytics, and records that cannot simply disappear.

Yachting International Radio

May 48 min read

The Wellbeing Project thumbnail featuring host Karine Rayson of The Crew Coach and guest Chris O’Flaherty of The Nautical Institute, with the text “No Training. Real Risk.” for a Yachting International Radio editorial on yacht crew safety and sexual assault response training at sea.

The Wellbeing Project thumbnail featuring host Karine Rayson of The Crew Coach and guest Chris O’Flaherty of The Nautical Institute, with the text “No Training. Real Risk.” for a Yachting International Radio editorial on yacht crew safety and sexual assault response training at sea.

Yacht Crew Safety: The Sexual Assault Training Gap Senior Crew Cannot Ignore

Yacht crew safety is facing a serious training gap as new STCW amendments introduce harassment prevention and sexual assault response training, but may not reach many captains, officers, and senior crew already working at sea. Karine Rayson of The Crew Coach speaks with Chris O’Flaherty of The Nautical Institute about why compliance alone is not enough, and why leadership onboard must be prepared before serious incidents happen.

The Wellbeing Project

Yachting International Radio

May 17 min read

Yacht crew safety editorial featuring Cherise Reedman in The Crew Car discussing 1600 reported incidents in the superyacht industry

Yacht crew safety editorial featuring Cherise Reedman in The Crew Car discussing 1600 reported incidents in the superyacht industry

Yacht Crew Safety Is Forcing a Hard Conversation the Industry Can No Longer Avoid

Yacht crew safety is under scrutiny as over 1,600 reported incidents reveal a deeper issue within the superyacht industry. Cherise Reedman brings data, experience, and a clear challenge to leadership, accountability, and the standards shaping life onboard.

Yachting International Radio

Apr 285 min read

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