Captain - Full-time - Year Round

We are looking for a Full-Time Captain for a family owned 52 Grand Banks that is based out of Fort Lauderdale, Florida USA. We desire a Captain familiar with the Northeastern Seaboard of the United States and the Bahamas.

This is a private vessel that will never be chartered. Currently heading up North at this time from Florida. We reside in New York and will go to the yacht most weekends throughout summer months (Arriving Fridays and departing Monday mornings). Our summer schedule usually includes Newport and Nantucket. We may also include Martha's Vineyard, Block Island and/or Sag Harbor, and possibly New York City later in the season when the boat heads back south to Florida. The boat heads South in Fall for maintenance and travels in the winters to south Florida, Bahamas and/or Caribbean. Our time on the boat in winter season tend to be approximately 2 trips per month. All usually short trips from 3 days to maybe one week at most during the winter.

We desire a Captain that is interested in maintaining and operating a personal yacht of this size. When we need a stew for our trips we would expect the captain to locate qualified personnel and also for maintenance and any repairs. We would like a Captain to have experience maintaining and troubleshooting to keep the yacht in excellent condition. We are looking for someone who is honest, hard working, and easy to get along with. We expect a Captain to have our best interest in mind by negotiating with vendors to help keep expenses down. Salary is $62,400 per year plus an annual bonus of $3,000-6,000 per year. We will provide uniforms and 4 weeks paid vacation per year.

This is a family boat. We grew up boating and love being on the water. We would hire a stew to help with family trips. Want someone who helps to keep expenses down. Want a captain who will take good care of our boat, is neat and organized. We will spend summers up northeast and winters in the south (Fla, Bahamas and Caribbean). When children are on board we usually bring our Nanny. We will get hotel rooms when necessary for additional crew or guests. We are friendly and enjoy dining out, shopping and relaxing onboard. We cook sometimes but appreciate crew that is also handy with preparing snacks, cocktails etc. Cooking is not at all a requirement. We desire a captain with experience traveling to our above destinations and knows these locations for best dockage with the best amenities. We want a Captain that will keep dockage costs at a minimum when we are not onboard utilizing a Mooring or on the hook. When we travel to some destinations we also enjoy the Mooring or hook at times as well.