You’ve got your first job on a yacht! You’ve packed, you’ve travelled and now at the boat about to walk onboard. EEEK! Those nerves kick in *Insert awkward smile* to new crew member greeting you on the dock. Listen to episode 50 of The Seaworthy Stew Podcast by clicking the icon above to hear on […]

There are three main roles of a stewardess and they fall into a Laundry, Housekeeping or Service stew. On bigger boats when you’re on charter you will usually slot into one of these roles and then rotate between them all when off charter. On smaller boats you can often be doing all three roles. – […]

So you want to be a yacht stew? Did you know stews have more responsibilities onboard than just providing awesome holidays for charter guests and nailing table settings?  There’s more to being a stew… we’re a bunch of multi-taskers, some would say professional housewives in the making?! Well at least my partner thinks so haha […]

Ever wondered what life is like on board as a sole yacht stew? In this blog/podcast episode, I dive into a day in the life of a sole stew. What jobs you’ll be doing from service, housekeeping, and laundry- you do it all!   As a sole stew you are responsible for the whole of the […]

The Superyacht industry is full of high net-worth individuals and celebrity personality types. They often not only have yachts, they have private jet planes to get them to their yachts and private estates all over the world.  So who are these people? From the top 10 wealthiest people in the world to celebrities and really wealthy entrepreneurs who have […]

Many friends intrigued in the world of yachting ask me what is day to day life like as a stew? And “what do you do onboard when theres no guests… must be like a holiday right?!” ⁣⁣⁣⁣Wrong. This is not the case TRUST me when I say.. there is ALWAYS something to do on a […]

From a Stew to future Stews… You will laugh until you cry and cry until you laugh somedays as you are challenged physically, mentally and emotionally. Remember to be kind to yourself. You quickly develop a new love for a hoover (Vacuum) learn to drive him correctly (without hitting any walls), clean him, add smelly […]