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Yacht Crew Recruitment, Trusted Worldwide
A Tailored Approach to Yacht Crew Recruitment
Over 30 years of experience in yachting, personally connecting exceptional crew with exceptional yachts.
Owners
Find exceptional crew with confidence. Every candidate reference-checked in person, matched to your yacht and the people already on it.
Find CrewCaptains
Reliable recruitment with a personal approach. We know what a working crew dynamic needs, because Cara has lived it on board.
Build Your TeamCrew
Build your career with someone who understands the industry from the inside. Honest advice, real vacancies, and no CV disappearing into a database.
See Live Roles
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Meet Cara
Over 30 years of experience in yachting taught us one thing
Finding the right crew is not about ticking boxes. It is about understanding people.
That philosophy has guided every placement we have made. Cara started as a stewardess/deckhand on a 68ft sailing yacht and finished as Purser on 75m+ motor yachts, so we know these roles from the inside — not from a job description.
- A more personal service
- A more thoughtful approach
- Relationships built on trust
Our Services
What We Recruit For
PermanentCrew
SeasonalCrew
SeniorAppointments
ConfidentialSearches
New BuildRecruitment
CrewConsultancy
Why Clients Choose CLYC
Relationships before transactions
- 30
YearsIn the industry
Personally ReferenceChecked Candidates
TailoredService, not volume
TrustedInternationally
RelationshipsBefore transactions
Live Vacancies
Roles we are recruiting for now
Crew Chef
Malta$5,750/month
Deckhand
$3,500/month
Experienced Stewardess
Sint Maarten$4,500–$5,500/month
Crew chef
Spain$5,500/month
What our clients say
In their words
Cara is highly organised, knowledgeable about her clients and market, incredible at maintaining communication throughout the process end-to-end, and balances professionalism and warmth perfectly. She brings an "old school" professionalism back to the industry, which has been missing for many years.
David Wilkinson
20+ years in yachting
I highly recommend Cara for anyone looking for a job in yachting. Her experience is incredibly valuable and she will spend the time to help you find your dream job.
Becky Smeaton
Placed crew
It has been a pleasure to work with Cara. She fully understands the requirements asked of her.
Pere Gazic
Client
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Before you get in touch
Common questions
Which yacht crew positions do you recruit for?
Every department on board: deck (captain, chief officer, bosun, deckhand), engineering (chief engineer, second engineer, ETO and AV/IT), galley (head chef, sole chef, crew chef) and interior (purser, chief stewardess, steward/stewardess). Both private and charter yachts, permanent and seasonal.
Where do you place yacht crew?
Worldwide, with most placements across the Mediterranean and the Caribbean. Regular work also comes from Florida and the wider United States, and from yachts based in the UK and Northern Europe. Cara Lees Yacht Crew Ltd is registered in Scotland.
Does it cost anything for crew to register?
No. Registering as crew is free, and it always will be. Under MLC 2006, a recruitment and placement service cannot charge seafarers a fee for finding them work. Crew are never invoiced for placement.
How is a small crew agency different from a large one?
You deal with one person who has read your CV or your crew brief personally. There is no account manager rotation and no database dump of loosely matching profiles. Fewer candidates are put forward, and each one has been spoken to directly.
What does temperament-based matching actually mean?
Qualifications get someone considered; personality decides whether they last. Alongside checking certification and references, the process looks at how a candidate works under pressure, how they handle conflict, and how they will sit with the crew already on board.
Are you MLC 2006 compliant?
Yes. Cara Lees Yacht Crew operates in line with the Maritime Labour Convention 2006, which governs how crew are recruited and placed. A Statement of Conformity is published on this site, alongside the crew terms and conditions and a complaints procedure.
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