Survey Page - The Crew Coach

Quiz: Is yachting right for you?

Take our quiz to discover how well suited you are to a yachting career!

Whether you’re just starting out, have been crewing for a few years or are building a long term professional yachting career, this quick quiz will help you discover whether yachting and you are a match made in heaven or a recipe for disaster.

Chose your closest response to each question:

1. You are all set to catch a flight tomorrow to attend your best friend’s wedding when you get an unexpected call from the boss saying he’s arriving tonight, meaning you can’t leave the boat. Do you:

Feel resentful that you will miss another special occasion.
Apologise profusely to your friends and hope they understand
Quit and go to the wedding: friends are just more important.
Get off the phone in a foul mood and take it out on everyone around you.

2. One of your fellow crew members has terrible table manners and is constantly burping, slurping and chewing with his mouth open. Do you:

Bottle up your annoyance, and add it to the growing list of things you hate about yachting.
Ask him to tone it down and be more considerate of his fellow crew members.
Try your hardest to tune it out you’re determined not to let it get to you.
Snap and tell him you can’t stand it any more!

3. The chef has just got back with a full season’s worth of provisions and is busily hauling shopping onto the boat, and you are right in the middle of finishing a job in your department. Do you:

Finish what you are doing, your department is just as important and you need to get this done.
Cheerfully drop what you’re doing and help.
Wait until the last minute to help so you waste the least amount of your time.
Begrudgingly go to assist, feeling annoyed that nobody helps you with your job.

4. You really want a payrise but in order to move up to the next level you need to invest more money in qualifications and training, which your yacht is not going to pay for. Do you:

Start looking for another yacht that will pay for your qualifications.
Pay for it yourself but resent the owner for not covering the expense.
Consider it a good investment and a reasonable expectation that you should pay for your own professional development.
Stay where you are you're not sure if it's worth putting in that time amount of time or money when you might not stay in yachting that much longer.

5. You’ve been out every night this week and are feeling pretty jaded. The owner is coming tomorrow but your best mate just got into town and you really want to catch up. Do you:

Decide sleep is for wimps and go on a massive bender.
Go out and catch up with your mate but go home early even though things were just starting to get interesting.
Ask your mate to come by the boat so you can have a quick chat but not go out.
Go out, have a great time with your mate and accidentally stay out really late.

6. Your yacht pulls into a gorgeous port you have always wanted to visit and you desperately want to go ashore but can’t because you have guests onboard. Do you:

Feel annoyed that one of the reasons you got into yachting was the travel but you never get to see anything!
Feel grateful you are getting to see a little bit of it and make plans to come back one day so you can see it properly.
Sneak off the boat when nobody is looking they won’t notice you missing for an hour or two!
Sulk and complain to everyone about how unfair it is that you can’t go ashore.

7. A new crew member joins with slightly more experience than you but who doesn't know your yacht and needs help fitting into the team. Do you:

Treat them a little coldly and keep them in the dark you don’t want them showing you up.
Leave them to find their own way in the team.
Treat them warmly and kindly, showing them where things are and making an effort to make them feel welcome.
Wait for them to do something wrong then tell everyone about it.

8. You've been in yachting a couple of years and have been earning a decent salary. Have you:

Spent every penny on going out and having a great time!
Planned to save it but for some reason there never seems to be much left at the end of the month.
Saved a big chunk of money and are planning to invest it wisely.
Spent most of your income on gadgets, designer clothes and other luxury items.

9. You’ve been working for six weeks straight without a day off. Are you:

Exhausted, feeling run down with headaches, mouth ulcers or a cold.
A ticking time bomb – heaven help the next person that crosses you.
Tired but OK. You’re pacing yourself and making sure you get down time whenever you can.
Outraged and angry with the owner, guests and captain that you are being treated like a slave.

10. You haven't seen your family and friends for months and are feeling really homesick. Do you:

Fantasise about quitting, going home and living in the real world once again.
Shut down and try not to think or talk about them because it makes you feel worse.
Make plans for what you will do when you see them again and count down the days.
Make the most of chances to Facebook, Skype, text or call them every little bit of contact helps keep you going.