About Winch Recruitment
Winch is a modern, founder-led agency based in Mayfair, London, at 12 Old Bond Street. It was set up by Tom Winch, who came from a crew background, and it places across bridge, deck, engineering, interior and galley on superyachts worldwide, for both permanent and temporary positions.
On compliance, when checked in July 2026 the site described the agency as MLC registered and referenced recently obtained MCA accreditation. You register through the site, and the team leans towards building relationships between crew and clients rather than high-volume listing.
As a younger, smaller agency it does not carry the decades-long track record of the big maritime recruiters, and it publishes little in the way of salary guides or open crew resources. For crew who prefer a personal, relationship-led London desk, that is a fair trade.
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 Winch Recruitment
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.
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