October 17, 2024

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What It’s Like to Work on a Megayacht A former stewardess on life onboard with the ultrawealthy.

By Charlotte Cowles

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Few things on earth are more expensive than a megayacht — it’s a private, fully staffed, floating resort for the ultrawealthy. Shows like Below Deck provide a glimpse of life onboard, but the reality is even more surreal, says a former stewardess who worked on yachts for more than a decade. Her bosses were yacht owners (so, billionaires), and her job was to anticipate and manage their every whim in close quarters. Here, she talks about what yacht crews hate the most (inflatable slides), the indignity of scrubbing self-tanner off of white upholstery, and the weirdest ways that the super-rich spend their money.

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What It’s Like to Work on a Megayacht A former stewardess on life onboard with the ultrawealthy.

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