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Yacht deckhand CV.

Your first yacht CV, built the way captains read them. No sea time yet is not the problem. A CV that hides your tickets is.

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Question 1 of 3

Which job are you going for?

A deckhand CV example

Same experience. Clearer entry.

Give your role, vessel size and dates a clear place on the page. Then describe the work you carried out.

Fictional example. Keep your own dates and responsibilities accurate.

Before

I did three days of deckhand daywork in May 2026 on a 42m motor yacht, washing down the exterior and polishing stainless steel.

With a clearer structure

Deckhand · Daywork

42m motor yacht · May 2026 · 3 days

  • Exterior wash-downs and stainless-steel polishing.

WHAT A CAPTAIN LOOKS FOR

  • TICKETS FIRST

    Green crew are hired on paperwork and attitude. STCW and ENG1 with their dates go in the top third, not at the bottom of page two.

  • ONE PAGE, HONESTLY

    No vessel history yet means a one-page CV. A padded two-pager reads as padding. The layout closes up cleanly instead.

  • A PHOTO THAT LOOKS EMPLOYABLE

    Plain polo, plain background, no sunglasses. The photo is the first thing binned and the easiest to fix.

THE TICKETS THAT MATTER

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

STCW Basic Safety Training, ENG1, Powerboat Level 2, PWC, tender licences. Dated, so nobody has to ask.

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

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