While it is important to develop your technical skills, focus on improving your interpersonal and marine crew management skills. A boss takes a good personal awareness of everyone on board and pays special attention to beginners or nervous crew members. If at the end of the voyage, the crew is healthy and happy, and can enjoy a chat remembering the trip, then the boss has done a good job.

1. Maritime Crew Resource Management
It is very important for a skipper to be well experienced, regardless of whether you know the port
well. It does not matter if you arrive safe and sound, the experience can be very exhilarating. It
cannot be matched by any other form of travel, and it gives you a great feeling of satisfaction.
As a boss, you are solely responsible for the safe handling of the boat and the welfare of the
crew. If your experience is limited, you can always start with short trips per day, building up to a
cruise of several days.
The Role of Captain. The Captain’s responsibility includes all aspects of the operation of the
ship, vessel safety and welfare of the crew. He or she must be able and comfortable with all
aspects of sailing and navigation, and must have the ability to inspire confidence in the crew,
under any circumstances, be an excellent communicator. He or she should be able to manage
and delegate, appropriate all his duties, give tasks that are relevant and appropriate to marine
crew management so as to develop their ability and experience. More importantly, he or she
should be patient with inexperienced crew members and be able to run the boat with a light
touch while retaining the respect and authority.
The Crews Role. Good crew is worth their weight in gold. The most important qualities are a
positive attitude, a sense of humor and ability to get along with others in the confined space of a
ship. If the crew also has a good sailing and navigation skills, the boss can consider himself
lucky. The crew should be fully involved in ship management and route planning, and the boss
should always listen to their opinions. The crew must remember, however, that a ship at sea
may appear as a democratic environment, but ultimately the boss is responsible and must make
the final decisions. This can be very difficult to captain who is inexperience. Skippers therefore
vary greatly in their approach to the execution of ship activities. Good ones remain calm and
professional, while those unsure of their own abilities are often noisy and tense. As a member of
the crew you may encounter a very different boat management and you will need to evaluate
how you approach your particular skipper styles. However, you should note that there are no
two captains that are similar in the way they drive a boat. If you still aspire to become a boss,
then you should have learned the best skipper styles. You will also need to know and show all
aspects of sailing.
To become a better skipper, you should try to always learn from the very second you spend
afloat as you gradually build your knowledge of the sea, the weather and your boat. Everyone
gets discouraged if something does not go as planned, but grow from these bad experiences,
learn from them, that is what will make you more responsible.
While it is important to develop your technical skills, focus on improving your interpersonal and
marine crew management skills. A boss takes a good personal awareness of everyone on
board and pays special attention to beginners or nervous crew members. If at the end of the
voyage, the crew is healthy and happy, and can enjoy a chat remembering the trip, then the
boss has done a good job.
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