The Superyacht Crew Mental Health Crisis

We love fan mail: text us with your feedback and ideasDue to growing concerns about mental health among superyacht crew, we have a sobering conversation for this episode. Tim Clarke, the director of Quay Crew, and Charles Watkins, the managing director of and a clinical psychologist with Mental Health Support Solutions, explain how their companies joined forces to conduct a survey of more than 1,000 crewmembers. There are some alarming discoveries—such as nearly half of all crew have considered leaving yachting due to stress, burnout, poor leadership, and other issues. But, there’s also good news, with the overwhelming majority of crew believing it would be helpful to have some type of mental-health training, for themselves and to help their fellow crew. Furthermore, in this episode of Megayacht News Radio, Clarke and Watkins discuss:·         why Quay Crew felt the survey was important in the first place·         how most of the issues come down to poor leadership—with “leadership” being the responsibility of more people than captains·         how female crew’s challenges are disparately high, and how most crew, regardless of gender, don’t know how to access available resources ·         what steps captains, yacht department heads, owners’ representatives, and other advisors can start implementing now to turn the tide. Thanks for listening! Follow Megayacht News and engage with us on Facebook, Instagram,  YouTube, and Threads! Email us at [email protected].