SPECIALIST ROLES
Specialist desks, rotational cover and confidential search
Temporary and rotational crew, refit and new-build project teams, sub-40m programmes, and the searches that cannot be advertised.
Not every hire is a permanent, advertised, twelve-week process. Some are a Chief Engineer needed by Friday for six weeks of rotation cover. Some are an entire interior department for a new build that delivers in March. Some cannot be advertised at all, because the person currently in the seat does not yet know they are being replaced.
These searches run on different timelines and different rules, so we handle them separately rather than pushing them through the standard permanent process and hoping.
SCOPE
Where this desk works
Rotational and temporary cover
Relief Captains, engineers on rotation cover, seasonal interior, last-minute gaps before a charter
Refit and new-build project crew
Building a full team to a delivery date, including yard-period hires
Sub-40m programmes
Smaller crew, wider job scopes, and owners who are frequently aboard
Confidential search
Replacing an incumbent discreetly, with no advertising and a controlled shortlist
STANDARDS
How these searches differ
Same standards, different mechanics. Speed and discretion change how a search has to be run. Read about Quay Crew.
- Availability verified on the day, not last month
- Temp and relief markets move constantly. A candidate who was free a fortnight ago may well be on a boat now, so we confirm availability before a name reaches you rather than after.
- Vetting is not shortened because the hire is
- Referencing, ticket checks and ID verification still happen on a six-week cover contract. A temporary crew member has the same access to your guests and your yacht as a permanent one.
- Confidential searches stay off the market
- No advert, no database blast, no mention of the yacht until a candidate is genuinely in play and has agreed terms of confidentiality. Shortlists on these searches are deliberately short.
- Sub-40m briefs written against reality
- On a smaller boat almost everyone doubles up, and a job title tells you very little about the actual day. We spend longer on the brief here than on almost any other search.
DIRECT LINE
Who runs this desk
No switchboard and no shared inbox. You deal with the consultant who covers the department.
OTHER DEPARTMENTS
Have an urgent or sensitive brief?
Rotation cover, a yard period, or a change you would rather not advertise. Tell us the constraint and we will tell you what is realistic.