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Be True To You: Honesty, Burnout & Real Self-Care | Self Care
<p>What happens when you know something is wrong for you, but you keep ignoring it anyway?</p><p>In this episode of Self Care, host Geraldine Hardy explores truthfulness, honesty, and why being real with yourself is one of the deepest forms of self-care.</p><p>Drawing from the yogic principle of Satya, Geraldine reflects on what it means to stop betraying yourself, especially when your body, intuition, and inner voice are already telling you that something is no longer right.</p><p>Through a deeply personal passage from her book Moments That Matter, Geraldine shares a chapter of...
Yacht Crew Life, Superyacht Deck Careers & Leading From The Deck | Captain’s Chat
<p>Yacht crew life is often seen from the outside as travel, sunshine, and beautiful destinations. But behind the scenes, building a career in the superyacht industry takes discipline, adaptability, resilience, and the ability to stay grounded while living and working at sea.</p><p>In this episode of Captain’s Chat, Captain Liam Devlin sits down with Eleisha Mealing, better known on Instagram as @EleishaOnDeck, for an honest conversation about yacht crew life, deck progression, social media, mental reset, and what it really means to lead from the deck.</p><p>Eleisha shares her journey from growing up on a...
Yacht Refit in America: Planning, Costs & Confidence | American Refit
<p>A new series begins on Yachting International Radio.</p><p>In the first episode of American Refit, host Maria Pierce Schoenheit, Owner | Director of Operations at MPS 913 | Maritime Project Solutions, leads a direct conversation on the real state of yacht refit in America and what the industry needs to do to rebuild confidence, improve predictability, and deliver stronger outcomes for owners, captains, managers, shipyards, and service providers.</p><p>Maria is joined by Colin Lord, Michelle Terorotua, and Robert Mac Keen for a practical discussion on U.S. yacht refit, project planning, procurement, customs, logistics, bonded warehouses, foreign trade...
From Cadet to Crew: UKSA, Dockwalking & Building a Yacht Career | The Crew Car
<p>Yacht crew careers do not begin with glamour. They begin with training, resilience, humility, and the willingness to learn from the ground up.</p><p>In this episode of The Crew Car, Captain James Battey speaks with Charlie Streeten, a recent UKSA cadetship graduate, about what it really looks like to take the first steps into the yachting industry.</p><p>Charlie shares how his early experience in a boatyard in Cornwall helped shape his interest in yachting, why he chose the UKSA cadetship, and what the programme taught him about seamanship, deck skills, engineering pathways, crew life, and...
Yacht Crew, SeaKeepers & Ocean Conservation | On The Bridge
<p>🌊 Yacht crew are not just working at sea. They are often the first to see the ocean changing.</p><p>In this episode of On The Bridge, host Alicia Store, COO of dsnm Ltd, speaks with Gill Rodrigues, Director International Relations at The International SeaKeepers Society, about how private yachts, captains, crew, owners, and the wider superyacht industry can support ocean conservation, marine research, citizen science, education, and practical action at sea.</p><p>Gill shares her journey from healthcare and fundraising into the yachting world, before explaining how SeaKeepers works with vessels and research partners around the world to...
Yacht Crew Rights: NDAs, Crime Reporting and Legal Protection | Forward Watch
<p>Can an NDA stop yacht crew from reporting crime, abuse, harassment, unsafe working conditions, or wrongdoing onboard?</p><p>In this episode of Forward Watch, host Karine Rayson speaks with Benjamin Maltby of Keystone Law about one of the most misunderstood legal issues in the superyacht industry: NDAs and crew rights.</p><p>NDAs have a legitimate purpose. They can protect owner privacy, itineraries, commercial information, security details, and family confidentiality. But they cannot be used to prevent the reporting of criminal conduct.</p><p>This conversation examines the line between protecting privacy and covering up wrongdoing, from social...
The Wake-Up Call: Radical Self-Care & Burnout Recovery | Self Care
<p>What happens when your body forces you to stop and listen?</p><p>In this episode of Self Care, Geraldine Hardy shares one of her most vulnerable reflections yet, opening up about the health scare that became a turning point in her life.</p><p>After discovering a tennis ball-sized tumor in her breast, Geraldine was forced to confront more than a physical diagnosis. Although the tumor was benign, the experience became a wake-up call that pushed her to examine burnout, emotional disconnection, people-pleasing, trauma, old habits, and the version of herself that could no longer survive by performing...
Yacht Broker Trust, Yacht Sales & Client Relationships | Captain’s Chat
<p>Yacht brokerage is built on trust, communication, market knowledge, and long-term client relationships.</p><p>In this episode of Captain’s Chat | Yachting International Radio, Captain Liam Devlin speaks with Elvis Sipe of HMY Yacht Sales about what really matters in yacht sales, from understanding a buyer’s lifestyle to asking better questions, delivering bad news early, and supporting clients long after closing.</p><p>Elvis shares how his background in sales, hospitality, and boating shaped his approach to yacht brokerage, and why the best brokers are not simply selling boats. They are helping clients create the right ownership expe...
Legal Protection After Accidents at Sea | UNCENSORED Part 3
<p>In Part 3 of this three-part UNCENSORED legal series, host Marién Sarriera is joined again by maritime lawyer and former seafarer Adria Notari for a practical conversation about legal protection after accidents, deaths, suicide, serious injuries, and unsafe situations at sea.</p><p>This final episode focuses on when crew members or families should contact a lawyer, why early legal advice matters, and how to choose the right maritime attorney. Adria explains why flag state is not always the final answer, how flags of convenience can complicate legal claims, and why crew should understand the role of SEA agreements, o...
Before Below Deck: Captain Kerry on Healing, Purpose & Leadership | Yachting USA
<p>Before Captain Kerry Titheradge became known to millions through Below Deck, he built his life at sea the hard way.</p><p>In this episode of Yachting USA, Captain Kerry joins Rick Thomas for a rare and deeply honest conversation about the career, discipline, setbacks, healing, and leadership journey that shaped him long before television entered the picture.</p><p>Kerry traces his path from parasailing boats and commercial vessels to landing barges, yacht engineering, refit work, luxury yacht service, and eventually superyacht command. He talks about grinding for sea time, taking night jobs, working for free when necessary...
