Yachting Industry

Professional Yacht Training has been providing accredited yacht training since they started in Durban, South Africa in 2000. PYT Cape Town was established later on the same year. In 2013, Professional Yacht Training USA (aka. PYTUSA & PYT) was established in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, making PYT USA a globally popular provider for yacht crew [...]

In the yachting industry, you may come across various words, phrases, and acronyms that are commonly used. This is a supplement to the original PYT page, “Marine & Yachting Definitions”. Here are some examples: Charter: Refers to the process of renting a yacht for a specific period. A charter involves hiring the yacht, along [...]

As much as the yachting lifestyle seems all hard work and no play (kidding!), believe it or not there are some pretty valuable life lessons to be learnt while working on superyachts aside from the shammy-ing and vacuuming. When most people think about the yachting industry, or learn about it for the first time, they [...]

The truth is we know there are several yachting schools out there. We know that it can be tough when it comes to choosing a school for updating your courses, advancing in your career path or starting off in the industry. So, when you’re sitting in front of your computer looking at schools in [...]

Being new to the industry and visiting Fort Lauderdale for the first time or during the Fort Lauderdale Boat Show can be a lonely, and intimidating place if you don’t know where to go. Thankfully however, the yachting industry is a busy bunch, so you can run into them pretty much everywhere you go – [...]

It’s almost that time of year again. Yachts from all over the globe will set anchor in our home ports and prepare for the worlds largest boat show: Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show (FLIBS). It’s an exciting, yet busy time for this yacht hub city, and while it may all seem like one big party, [...]

What a time it is to work on super yachts! Not only are we exploring sought after destinations in style, we are slowly becoming a floating amusement park that’s full of fun, entertainment and a console that has constant stream of new things to play with. And that means, with our super yacht status [...]

Formally known as Yachtmaster Offshore, this course is best suited for those aspiring to move up in the super yacht industry. The course itself is two weeks in length, however it is quite extensive. The course consists of two parts: a theory course (which you must pass and complete before continuing on to the [...]

If you've ever spent a winter at a ski resort, you know how hard it is to say no to all those delicious comfort foods. You know, the ones that are not particularly good for you and can bring your productive work day to a stand still? The same goes for yachting. If you're stuck [...]

Much like any in-depth line of work, yachting has various boat shows or meet and greets that happen around the globe to keep everyone involved in the industry on the same page. These trade shows in-disguise are great fun, very factual and can be a good connection to the rest of the yachting world. [...]