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Flexible workShort notice, single day or a few weeks — the Velvet Ocean daywork pool connects crew and employers for flexible engagements.
Daywork is short-term yacht work — a single day, a delivery passage, or a few weeks — typically used between permanent contracts or for extra hands during a busy charter period. On Velvet Ocean Crew, crew mark themselves "Daywork available" in their marina and receive direct notifications when a matching request is posted nearby.
Whether you’re between contracts, based in a marina or building your first season, daywork keeps you active, earning and building references.
In your profile availability settings, switch to “Daywork available” and add your base marina and preferred rates.
When a yacht in your marina posts a daywork request matching your role, you receive a direct notification.
Reply to confirm, show your verified profile to the captain on arrival, and get to work. The engagement is recorded in your profile history.
Passage prep, provisioning run, refit labour or extra hands for charter — daywork crew are filtered by marina and available immediately.
Filter the network for crew marked “Daywork available” in your current port. See their role, qualifications and previous daywork history.
Alternatively, post a daywork request — role, date, hours and marina — and let matching crew come to you.
Once the engagement is complete, both parties can leave a reference. This builds a verified daywork track record for the crew member.
Port Vauban • Camper & Nicholsons
Port Adriano • Puerto Portals
Bahia Mar • IGY Marinas
Porto Antico • Marina Fiera
Industry standard daywork rates vary by role and region. As a guide, in the Med: Deckhands from €130–160/day, Officers from €180–240/day, Chefs from €200–280/day. Set your own rate on your profile and adjust it at any time.
Yes. Completed daywork engagements are logged in your profile history, including the vessel name, captain confirmation and any reference left. This builds a verified track record particularly valuable for crew starting out.
STCW Basic Safety and ENG1 are required for any commercial daywork. Each vessel’s captain sets their own requirements and these will be listed on any daywork request posted through the platform.
