YachtCrewHelp

Overview

YachtCrewHelp is a free, confidential, multilingual helpline providing emotional, wellbeing and practical support to yacht crew and their families of any nationality. The service is available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, via telephone, e-mail, live chat and WhatsApp

Whatever problem someone is facing, wherever they are in the world, YachtCrewHelp can provide guidance and support. 

The helpline officers are trained in counselling skills, suicide risk assessment and providing emotional support to crew all over the world, and the team is connected with a wide range of organisations to help yacht crew find further support

Crew members, whether they are currently on board or ashore, can contact YachtCrewHelp in different ways: 

A range of information, guidance and resources on issues affecting yacht crew is available on the YachtCrewHelp website, including mental health and wellbeing, bullying and harassment, sexual assault, substance misuse and employment concerns. There is a wealth of information!

YachtCrewHelp is operated by the International Seafarers’ Welfare and Assistance Network (ISWAN), an international not-for-profit maritime organisation which works to ensure that seafarers and their families have the support and resources they need to respond to the challenges of life at sea, and to drive seafarer-centred change within the maritime sector.