HOW TO JOIN YACHTING · CV
Your CV
The one page a captain reads in thirty seconds, and every way green crew lose them in ten.
- UPDATED August 2026
How do you write a yacht CV with no experience?
How to write a yacht CV with no experience in 2026: what a captain reads first, which land jobs count, and how daywork becomes real experience. - UPDATED August 2026
Why is your yacht CV getting no replies?
Your yacht CV gets no replies for a short list of reasons. A captain ranks them, most common first, with the 2026 fix for each one. - UPDATED August 2026
What does a captain actually look for in a yacht CV?
What a captain reads on a yacht crew CV in 2026, in the order he reads it: photo, name, position, visas, certificates, experience.
Start with the guide: all ten chapters, free to read. Or see every article.
Your CV is the only thing that walks the dock when you can't.
I read a CV in about thirty seconds. Most green CVs lose me in ten. SeaPapers builds the one a captain expects: yacht fields, department templates, two-page discipline. Build yours before you book the flight.
on SeaPapers, the CV builder for yacht crew
Find out what your role needs before you book a single course.
Deck, interior, galley and engineering all want different paper, and half of it has an expiry date. See the list for your role, then keep every certificate, medical, passport and visa in one place a boat can open with one link, with an email before anything runs out.
Then store them in the SeaPapers folio.
Both live at SeaPapers. One account, one link to the boat.