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Bespoke yacht crew placement service, premier yacht crew solutions.

  Cara Lees Yacht Crew was founded with a view of providing a bespoke, attentive, personalized yacht crew recruitment service. With over 30 years experience in the yachting industry, Cara Lees fully understands both people and crew beyond what is written on a CV and has a wealth of knowledge when it comes to finding the perfect crew member for your team.

 Combining traditional values, modern interviewing techniques, completing diligent reference checks, utilising industry knowledge, an extensive network of contacts and an excellent database, we endeavor to match the best candidates to the right yachts with the end result being a perfect match for both parties.

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Looking For Quality Yacht Crew?

Finding the right people.

You don’t need to invest the time verifying experience, references, skills or availability… all that is covered by our comprehensive screening process.

Looking For A Job on a yacht?

Yacht jobs currently available.

We can help you make your next move. Working with us is easy and applying for yachting jobs could not be simpler. Search our crew vacancies to get going today.

We welcome applications from all levels of experience, from those seeking their first job in yachting to the already well-established. Encompassing all departments including Deck, Engineering, Electrical/Electronic/ ETO, Chefs and all aspects of Interior positions. 

Captain required for soon to be launched 30m motor yacht

Female Chef required with a strong focus on vegan cuisine.

2nd Steward/Service Steward

Experienced 2nd Steward/Service Steward required for 75m+ private motor yacht

Chief Stewardess

Experienced Chief Stewardess required for a rotational position for 60m private motor yacht

Estate Management Couple

Luxury Property Management Couple required for beautiful Lochside Estates.

Housekeeping Steward

Housekeeping Steward required for 75M+ private motor yacht.

Experienced Deckhand (2)

Experienced Deckhand required for a full-time position for 77m private motor yacht.

Lead Deckhand

2nd officer.

2nd Officer required for 80m private yacht. This is a full time, non rotational position. Experience on similar (or larger) size yacht preferred.

Why use Cara Lees yacht crew?

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• +44 7480 400115

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Transparency, honesty and efficiency is our key focus along with first hand and extensive experience gained over 30 years in the Yachting industry working onboard yachts and in crew recruitment. Whilst we may be small, we are agile and pride ourselves in providing a full and dynamic service.

Our boutique service takes the time to get to know clients as people, not just as a job offer. The pay-off is a much more in-depth conversation about strategy and a strong agency-client relationship.

Here at Cara Lees Yacht Crew Ltd we pride ourselves on the ongoing nurture and development of our professional relationships at all levels and we look forward to assisting you in the search for that ideal crew member or helping you to secure your next yacht job.

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Long term Mallorca Yachting professional Cara Lees has launched her own bespoke yacht crew recruitment agency.  Cara Lees Yacht Crew Ltd is based on a philosophy of calibre and integrity offering old school and time-honoured service and engagement whilst combining today’s modern communications and interview techniques.

Cara Lees has over 30 years experience working in the yachting industry and has decided that now, having become shore based, is the right time to launch her own recruitment business.  Working onboard luxury yachts over the years, she has developed an enviable wealth and depth of knowledge in all aspects of daily life in this unique setting – including the understanding of the ideal crew dynamic.  Together with several years of working in a much-respected Mallorca crew agency, she now brings this combined experience to her business in the recruitment of top-class crew.

Cara has worked in many roles and starting out as a young girl in the mid 80’s as the “complete greenie” on a 68ft sailboat as deckhand/stewardess, moving to Stewardess and Cook and to more recently, Purser onboard a 75m yacht, which was one of The Club de Mar’s iconic resident vessels, where she worked for many years alongside her husband Stuart, the Captain.

Having seen the many changes in the industry over the years and along with the challenges yachting faced during the Covid-19 pandemic, she believes that the opportunity now exists to reconsider the service offered to both clients and candidates.  She said: ‘It used to be the case that yacht crew recruitment companies were better placed to be in yachting hubs such as Palma or Antibes.  But with the move to remote working and with the current global pandemic travel restrictions, it is no longer quite so essential.”

‘The huge uptake on the use of video interviewing alongside the variety of online platforms now widely used for communications, brings the yachting world much closer to home.”

‘I have real experience of all aspects of working onboard from crew recruitment to ensuring that the team dynamic created was an ideal fit for the vessel.  It is this broad professional background that gives me a unique insight into the needs of both clients and candidates.

‘Yachting is perceived as a glamorous and exciting career.  While it does offer wonderful opportunities, it also involves hard work, dedication, and certain types of personalities and character strengths to be able to fit in and succeed.  For some it is a whole new life.  At Cara Lees Yacht Crew, we are passionate about placing the right candidate with the right employer.’

Cara is currently operating out of Edinburgh but continues to have her Mallorca base and once travel restrictions are lifted, she is looking forward to meeting clients and crew personally in Palma, further strengthening and nurturing her professional relationships.

Cara Lees Yacht Crew Ltd. is an MCA certified Recruitment and Placement agency and MLC 2006 compliant.

For further information please visit https://caraleesyachtcrew.com/

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Cara Lees Yacht Crew was founded with a view of providing a bespoke, attentive, personalized yacht crew recruitment service. With over 30 years experience in the yachting industry, Cara Lees fully understands both people and crew beyond what is written on a CV and has a wealth of knowledge when it comes to finding the perfect crew member for your team.

 Combining traditional values, modern interviewing techniques, completing diligent reference checks, utilising industry knowledge, an extensive network of contacts and an excellent database, we endeavor to match the best candidates to the right yachts with the end result being a perfect match for both parties.

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Cruising the Moskva River: A short guide to boat trips in Russia’s capital

There’s hardly a better way to absorb Moscow’s atmosphere than on a ship sailing up and down the Moskva River. While complicated ticketing, loud music and chilling winds might dampen the anticipated fun, this checklist will help you to enjoy the scenic views and not fall into common tourist traps.

How to find the right boat?

There are plenty of boats and selecting the right one might be challenging. The size of the boat should be your main criteria.

Plenty of small boats cruise the Moskva River, and the most vivid one is this yellow Lay’s-branded boat. Everyone who has ever visited Moscow probably has seen it.

This option might leave a passenger disembarking partially deaf as the merciless Russian pop music blasts onboard. A free spirit, however, will find partying on such a vessel to be an unforgettable and authentic experience that’s almost a metaphor for life in modern Russia: too loud, and sometimes too welcoming. Tickets start at $13 (800 rubles) per person.

Bigger boats offer smoother sailing and tend to attract foreign visitors because of their distinct Soviet aura. Indeed, many of the older vessels must have seen better days. They are still afloat, however, and getting aboard is a unique ‘cultural’ experience. Sometimes the crew might offer lunch or dinner to passengers, but this option must be purchased with the ticket. Here is one such  option  offering dinner for $24 (1,490 rubles).

If you want to travel in style, consider Flotilla Radisson. These large, modern vessels are quite posh, with a cozy restaurant and an attentive crew at your service. Even though the selection of wines and food is modest, these vessels are still much better than other boats.

Surprisingly, the luxurious boats are priced rather modestly, and a single ticket goes for $17-$32 (1,100-2,000 rubles); also expect a reasonable restaurant bill on top.

How to buy tickets?

Women holding photos of ships promise huge discounts to “the young and beautiful,” and give personal invitations for river tours. They sound and look nice, but there’s a small catch: their ticket prices are usually more than those purchased online.

“We bought tickets from street hawkers for 900 rubles each, only to later discover that the other passengers bought their tickets twice as cheap!”  wrote  (in Russian) a disappointed Rostislav on a travel company website.

Nevertheless, buying from street hawkers has one considerable advantage: they personally escort you to the vessel so that you don’t waste time looking for the boat on your own.

Prices start at $13 (800 rubles) for one ride, and for an additional $6.5 (400 rubles) you can purchase an unlimited number of tours on the same boat on any given day.

Flotilla Radisson has official ticket offices at Gorky Park and Hotel Ukraine, but they’re often sold out.

Buying online is an option that might save some cash. Websites such as  this   offer considerable discounts for tickets sold online. On a busy Friday night an online purchase might be the only chance to get a ticket on a Flotilla Radisson boat.

This  website  (in Russian) offers multiple options for short river cruises in and around the city center, including offbeat options such as ‘disco cruises’ and ‘children cruises.’ This other  website  sells tickets online, but doesn’t have an English version. The interface is intuitive, however.

Buying tickets online has its bad points, however. The most common is confusing which pier you should go to and missing your river tour.

“I once bought tickets online to save with the discount that the website offered,” said Igor Shvarkin from Moscow. “The pier was initially marked as ‘Park Kultury,’ but when I arrived it wasn’t easy to find my boat because there were too many there. My guests had to walk a considerable distance before I finally found the vessel that accepted my tickets purchased online,” said the man.

There are two main boarding piers in the city center:  Hotel Ukraine  and  Park Kultury . Always take note of your particular berth when buying tickets online.

Where to sit onboard?

Even on a warm day, the headwind might be chilly for passengers on deck. Make sure you have warm clothes, or that the crew has blankets ready upon request.

The glass-encased hold makes the tour much more comfortable, but not at the expense of having an enjoyable experience.

Getting off the boat requires preparation as well. Ideally, you should be able to disembark on any pier along the way. In reality, passengers never know where the boat’s captain will make the next stop. Street hawkers often tell passengers in advance where they’ll be able to disembark. If you buy tickets online then you’ll have to research it yourself.

There’s a chance that the captain won’t make any stops at all and will take you back to where the tour began, which is the case with Flotilla Radisson. The safest option is to automatically expect that you’ll return to the pier where you started.

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City Innovation

Sergey Semyonovich Sobyanin

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Alexei Fursin

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Simplify administrative procedures for firms and residents

Engage residents and other stakeholders

Focus on measurement

Human resource support

Spotlight on innovation in Moscow

The Integrated Medical Information and Analytical System (IMIAS) improves the quality of healthcare delivery in Moscow by centralizing the electronic medical records of Muscovites. IMIAS not only facilitates easy access to healthcare services online such as locating the nearest medical institutions, scheduling an appointment, or accessing medical e-records, but also reduces the administrative burden on medical personnel. By continuously updating non-sensitive data from patients in real time, the system provides the authorities with key performance metrics like the number of patients, waiting times, length of visits and estimated cost savings, which can be used to improve Moscow’s healthcare system.

Vision and approach to innovation capacity

Along with 50% of cities surveyed, Moscow does not have an explicit innovation strategy . Similar to more than half of cities surveyed, Moscow approaches innovation capacity both from a holistic/macro level, as well as in specific policy areas.

Policy areas that Moscow is focused on

Development of innovation infrastructure and innovative businesses : The Moscow Innovation Cluster is a platform for introducing innovations and developing cooperation between large corporations, industry, SMEs, educational and scientific organizations, development institutions and the city. The cluster IT platform unites the entire innovation ecosystem of Moscow and provides new and unique opportunities for interaction between its actors. The platform provides companies with tools to build cooperation chains and create projects that can gain direct access to all government support measures; tools to promote their products and services; tools to interact with authorities, development institutions and state corporations; opportunities for concluding deals by means of a smart contract system.

Human capital : The Profliner system allows to build individual educational and professional trajectories from school to professional implementation. Among the main features of the system are: identifying talents, providing access to modern tools for career guidance; development of individual recommendations in accordance with the list of relevant and promising professions in Moscow, the possibility of selecting additional education, conducting specialized events and internships; providing direct communication with the employer, as well as providing opportunities for students to prove themselves and participate in exclusive events from leading employers.

Moscow utilizes 10 different innovation skills or roles

Moscow has several organizations dedicated to innovation, including the Entrepreneurship and Innovation Development Department, IT Department, Moscow Agency of Innovation and Moscow Innovation Cluster.

Terms Moscow most associates with innovation

Moscow's most common innovation activities.

Taking risks or testing new ideas

Data-driven analytics/public data management

Engaging residents in new ways

Developing new solutions based on digital technologies

Organizational change within the municipality

Human-centered design

Rethinking your city’s approach to financing partnerships

How is innovation funded here?

Like 81% of cities surveyed, Moscow has dedicated funding to support innovation capacity.

Top sources of funding

Activities being funded.

Similar to 61% of participating cities in the 2020 survey, Moscow's funding for innovation capacity is also directed towards training staff and building capacity*.

*"Training staff and building capacity" is not an option in the 2018 survey, while "Launching or sustaining a project" is not an option in the 2020 survey.

How is innovation measured?

Moscow has developed partnerships to promote innovation capacity with other public agencies, private firms and city residents/resident associations.

To improve data use, the city has also developed data partnerships with the private sector, academia and think tanks, to collect and analyze data, as well as with other cities.

Data availability by policy area

Sufficient data.

Transport/Mobility

Economic Development

Policing and law enforcement

Government finance

Waste and sewage

Social welfare/social services

Social inclusion and equity

Labour market and skills

Built environment

Digital governance

Public works

Environment and climate change

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