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Crew Wellbeing In Yachting: ISWAN & YachtCrewHelp 24/7 Support Explained | Yachting USA

The yachting industry talks about performance. What it rarely talks about is what happens when crew are running on empty, trapped in a 24/7 live-work environment, navigating conflict, pressure, near-misses, and crisis without a truly independent place to turn. In this episode of Yachting USA, host Rick Thomas sits down with Simon Grainge (CEO, ISWAN) and Laura Beard (Welfare of Yacht Crew Project Manager, ISWAN) to unpack the reality of crew wellbeing, why yacht crew often don’t see themselves as “seafarers,” and how YachtCrewHelp was built as a confidential, multilingual, multi-platform support service designed specifically for yacht crew and their families. This is a direct conversation about what crew face onboard, where leadership training is falling short, why near-miss incidents can hit psychologically after the fact, and why the industry’s long-term sustainability depends on wellbeing being treated as operational infrastructure, not a side topic. In this conversation What ISWAN is and why it expanded into the yachting sector Why yacht crew often don’t identify as seafarers and what that means for support access What YachtCrewHelp is and how crew can contact it (24/7, multilingual, multi-platform) Why confidentiality matters when livelihoods are on the line The limits of the DPA role and why crew need independent options The mental impact of onboard incidents and near-misses after the adrenaline wears off Why leadership training is a major gap in yachting and how that affects crew retention What “good” looks like for green crew support, boundaries, and safer hiring decisions How helpline data helps identify industry trends and where standards need to rise If you care about crew wellbeing, retention, leadership culture, safety reporting, or the future health of the superyacht workforce, this episode is essential viewing. Learn more about ISWAN: https://www.iswan.org.uk YachtCrewHelp (24/7 confidential helpline for yacht crew): https://www.yachtcrewhelp.org Prefer to read? Head to Yachting News on the website. https://www.yachtinginternationalradi... Prefer to listen? Search Yachting Channel on your favourite podcast platform. 🎙️ Yachting USA Host: Rick Thomas Guests: Simon Grainge (CEO, ISWAN) Laura Beard (Welfare of Yacht Crew Project Manager, ISWAN) 💬 Join the conversation in the comments: Should crew wellbeing be treated as a core operational standard across yachting, not a “nice to have”? ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ SUPPORTED BY Engineered Yacht Solutions ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ If you need serious metalwork done right — from precision yacht fabrication to dependable, real-world solutions — Engineered Yacht Solutions is the team to call. Visit: https://eyswelding.com #YachtCrew #CrewWellbeing #SuperyachtCrew #Yachting #YachtIndustry #MaritimeWelfare #MentalHealth #YachtLife #METS #CrewRetention