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Yacht skipper jobs
Yacht skipper work spans one-off deliveries, charter seasons and private-owner roles. Boat Gigs focuses on the delivery side: owners who need their boat sailed from A to B and want an experienced skipper they can talk to directly. You choose the passages, set your rate, and keep the whole fee.
The main types of skipper job
Delivery skipper: a single passage, boat moved and handed over. Charter skipper: running a boat with paying guests through a season. Private skipper: sailing an owner's yacht for them, often ongoing. Delivery is the most flexible and the easiest to fit around other work, which is why most postings here are deliveries.
Tickets and qualifications that open doors
RYA Yachtmaster Offshore is the common baseline for paid skipper work offshore, with Ocean for long passages, plus STCW Basic Safety and an ENG1 medical. Power and catamaran endorsements, and a commercial endorsement, each widen the jobs you qualify for.
Day rates and how skipper pay works
Delivery skippers are usually paid a day rate or a per-mile rate, with flights, fuel, marina fees and provisioning reimbursed. You quote the owner directly and agree the number between you; the platform takes nothing.
Where the jobs are
The busiest routes track the sailing calendar: Mediterranean repositioning in spring and autumn, Atlantic crossings around the trade-wind season, and UK, North Sea and Baltic passages through the summer. Postings cover all of these, so you can pick work in the waters you know best.
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