Yacht Charter Manager

You work for a management company or charter house and look after the charter programme for a portfolio of yachts, often 30m to 90m. Brokers send enquiries, you check availability, quote rates and negotiate terms. Once a deal is agreed you draft the MYBA charter agreement, chase deposits, and handle the APA and VAT calculations for each cruising area. One yacht might have twelve weeks booked in a summer. You hold the calendar for all of them.

The second half of the job is keeping each yacht able to charter legally. That means commercial registration, French or Italian charter licences, Spanish matriculation where needed, insurance and crew agreements in order. You check that the captain has the right paperwork before guests arrive in a new country. When a charter goes wrong, such as a cancelled flight or a breakdown in Sardinia, you are the one on the phone working out refunds and replacements with the broker.

You also act as the owner's commercial adviser. You set rates against comparable yachts, write the marketing listing, organise photo shoots and plan boat shows in Cannes, Monaco and Fort Lauderdale. Many people in this role have spent years on board as a purser or chief stewardess, so they understand what crew can deliver. Owners judge you on weeks booked, rate achieved and how few complaints reach them.