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Yacht bosun CV.

The rank where deck skills become deck management. Your CV has to show both.

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Question 1 of 3

Which job are you going for?

WHAT A CAPTAIN LOOKS FOR

  • TENDERS AND TOYS

    A bosun is hired on the kit they can run. Tenders, cranes and toys go on the page by name and size, not as watersports.

  • WHO YOU RAN

    Bosun is the first deck rank that runs people. Team size and who answered to you read harder than any list of duties.

  • YARD PERIODS

    Paint and varnish is where a bosun's standard shows. Name the yard periods and the projects that came out of them finished.

Yacht bosun CV example

The CV on the sheet above, written out in full. Jack Hollis is an example crew member, not a real person.

Jack Hollis

Bosun

Page one

Nationality
British
Date of birth
22 Aug 1997
Based in
Antibes, France
Available
20 Sep 2026
Seeking
Rotational or permanent
Visas
B1/B2 to Jun 2030; Schengen: Residency
Languages
English (native), French (basic)
Driving licence
Full clean EU licence, category B
Smoker
Non-smoker
Tattoos
None visible
Phone
+33 6 74 22 19 03
Email
jack.hollis@example.com

Profile

Bosun with six years on 45 to 70 metre programmes, private and charter. Runs the tender and toy operation, the deck team and the wash-down and varnish schedule.

Certificates

  • STCW Basic Safety TrainingValid to Apr 2030
  • ENG1 medicalValid to May 2027
  • RYA YachtmasterValid to May 2028
  • Tender LicenceIssued Mar 2021
  • Powerboat Level 2Issued Apr 2019
  • PWCIssued Apr 2019
  • PADI Dive CertificationIssued Oct 2020
  • Efficient Deck Hand (EDH)Issued Jun 2021
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Yacht experience

  1. Bosun, M/Y Ilmatar, 70m

    Mar 2023 – Present · Charter · 12 guests · 20 crew · Western Mediterranean, Caribbean

    • Runs the tender and toy operation across a 20-week charter season
    • Leads three deckhands through wash-downs, varnish and guest movements
    • Briefs and drives guests on jet skis, Seabobs and the foiling boards

  2. Lead Deckhand, M/Y Sunniva, 55m

    Apr 2021 – Feb 2023 · Private / charter · 10 guests · 13 crew · Balearics, Adriatic

    • Drove the 9m limousine tender on guest transfers day and night
    • Owned the watersports locker, the dive kit and the tender servicing

  3. Deckhand, S/Y Kestrel Bay, 45m

    May 2020 – Mar 2021 · Private · 8 guests · 8 crew · Eastern Mediterranean, Aegean

    • Deckhand on an eight-crew sail programme, watch and line handling
    • Set up and packed down watersports for every guest day

Work ashore

  1. Sailing instructor, Poole

    May 2018 – Mar 2020

    Taught dinghy and keelboat courses and ran the club's RIB safety cover.

Education

  • RYA Yachtmaster Offshore

    Antibes, Jan 2023 – May 2023

  • A levels

    Cornwall, Aug 2013 – Jun 2016

Skills and interests

Skills
Tender driving and night transfers, Watersports operations, Varnish and paint schedules, Deck team supervision, Line handling and anchoring, Dive kit and compressor care
Watersports
Jet ski, Seabob, Wing foiling, Wakeboard, Paddleboard
Tenders
RYA Yachtmaster Offshore, commercially endorsed, up to 9m
Interests
Wing foiling, Freediving, Long-distance running

References

  • Lars Ostergaard, Captain, M/Y Ilmatar

    +33 6 19 88 40 21 · l.ostergaard@example.com

  • Sophie Renaud, Chief Officer, M/Y Sunniva

    +377 97 88 12 40 · s.renaud@example.com

THE TICKETS THAT MATTER

Picked from the real ladder, dated, and set where agents look.

Yachtmaster, Powerboat Level 2, PWC, dive tickets, watersports.

What a bosun actually needs: the certificates, the sea time and how long each one lasts.

What a captain looks for in a bosun CV

What does a captain look for on a bosun CV?

The rank where deck skills become deck management. Your CV has to show both. A bosun is hired on the kit they can run. Tenders, cranes and toys go on the page by name and size, not as watersports.

How does a bosun CV show leadership?

Bosun is the first deck rank that runs people. Team size and who answered to you read harder than any list of duties.

Do yard periods belong on a bosun CV?

Paint and varnish is where a bosun's standard shows. Name the yard periods and the projects that came out of them finished.

How should each boat be written on a bosun CV?

Name the rank you held, the boat, its length or tonnage, and the dates. Vessel facts are the first thing a captain reads. Bullets, not paragraphs. Three or four per boat.

Which tickets go on a bosun CV?

Yachtmaster, Powerboat Level 2, PWC, dive tickets, watersports. Everything that has an expiry gets both dates. Everything that does not gets the year it was issued. What certificates go on a yacht CV.

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