Arthur Beale Are Onboard & Small Worlds Strike Again

Arthur Beale Are Onboard Well, I have some very exciting news for you. Our latest job, just posted, is a position at the fabulous Arthur Beale chandlery on Shaftesbury Avenue in Central London.  My adventures – especially childhood ones, growing up nearby in Surrey – have taken me to London over the years. Arthur Beale’s traditional

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Meeting Turn To Starboard

Salty Adventures To Falmouth Our salty adventures took us to Falmouth today, where we met the fabulous folk at Turn to Starboard and their vessel Spirit of Falmouth.  Turn To Starboard Turn To Starboard are a wonderful charity, using the magic of sailing to support Armed Forces personnel (serving & retired) affected by military operations. We first

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10% OFF: EFFICIENT DECK HAND COURSE – 18/06/2018

23-26 April 2018

South West Maritime Academy is running an MCA Efficient Deck Hand course in April 2018. Including seamanship skills, rope work, rigging and the Code of Safe Working practices. Essential for MCA Officer of the Watch (Yacht 3000gt) CoC.
£550 £495 per person
with SaltyJobs Crew Membership 10% Discount.

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Salty Weekend In The News

Woohoo! We made it. Our recent Salty Weekend was featured in TheSuffolkCoast.co.uk as a local event news article.  Here’s the link to read it live:   Thanks for the support, it’s great to see the salty word spreading. 👌 Have you read our article about Salty Weekend? Read that here See the original Salty Weekend ticket

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10% OFF TRADITIONAL SHIP SKILLS WEEK

Excelsior is running a Traditional Ship Skills Week in August 2018, in partnership with IBTC Lowestoft boat building college. The week will be hosted onboard Excelsior at their yard in Lowestoft, UK and includes a day sail.
£945 £850 per person
with SaltyJobs Crew Membership 10% Discount.

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Salty Weekend Happened And It Was Awesome

Salty Weekend Happened Salty Weekend has been on the horizon since 2017. It finally happened in February 2018, and it was amazing: It ran from Friday to Sunday 16-18th February 2018 Hosted onboard Excelsior in Lowestoft, UK There were six places, at £200 per person Included accommodation, breakfast, lunch & supper onboard Talks and workshops from

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We Are Youth Mental Health First Aiders

Our Latest Adventures We have just settled back down in Plymouth, after an absolutely amazing three days away in London. I was invited to join a Youth Mental Health First Aid course my friend Michelle was hosting at her lovely home in London. This time ten years ago, I was living at home in Guildford

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Help! I Dropped My Phone In The Water

A Little Bit Stressful: iPhone Goes Splash It was the eve before Salty Weekend, and I was preparing to drive to Lowestoft for Salty Weekend. And if I wasn’t stressed enough about running our first ever event, I managed to drop my phone in the sea at 6pm the night before leaving. Yeah. Who actually

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Your Stories: James, Marine Engineer

Introducing James James has been a friend of ours for nearly 10 years now. Over those last ten years he has been working exclusively in the marine industry, across many different sectors. After years of sailing, studying and working, James is now a qualified and experienced marine engineer onboard superyachts. He started life in the

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The Big Salty Green Blue

It’s Time To Talk OK guys… it’s about time we had this conversation. You’ve asked for it. And everyone’s talking about it.   The environment. Shipping. The maritime industry. Plastic bloody straws.   Eleanor took this photo in the BEAUTIFUL Poole Harbour in 2016. Look at that moon. The nature reserves. And then the great

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