About Meridian
Meridian is best understood as a job board rather than a traditional agency, and it says so itself, describing the site as a software platform that connects crew with employers, not a recruiting agency. Checked live in July 2026, membership is always free for crew. You upload a CV, receive email job alerts and apply to unlimited jobs.
Registration is quick, taking about two minutes, and covers the full range of roles from deckhand and stewardess through to chef, engineer and captain, plus specialist positions. Helpfully, it is upfront that over 90 percent of employers want STCW Basic Safety Training and an ENG1 medical, so it sets clear expectations for newcomers. There are also CV templates and an insider directory to work through.
Because it is a self-service board, no consultant screens or represents you. That suits crew who want to browse and apply directly, but if you want someone advocating on your behalf a managed agency will suit better.
No agency should ever ask you to pay to register. They are paid by the yacht that hires through them, never by you. If anyone asks for money upfront to join their books or guarantee a placement, treat it as a red flag. See yacht crew job scams and red flags.
Registering well with Meridian
Having the link is the easy part. Turning up with a clean CV and your certificates ready in one folder is what gets you remembered. Register with a handful of agencies rather than just one, since each works with a different set of yachts. Our guide on how to register with yacht crew agencies walks through it, and pairs well with dockwalking in Antibes and Palma so you are working both channels at once.
Register with everything ready to go.
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