Nautilus UK - serving maritime professionals in the large yacht sector

Growing demand for professional seafarers in the large yacht sector presents some great job opportunities, but working in this sector is not always plain sailing - and that is when membership of a professional organisation with the services, benefits and specialised experience of Nautilus UK really comes into its own.

Our true case studies featured elsewhere on this website plainly show how vulnerable large yacht professionals may be, and explain what we can do to helped them if they are members. See also the article From Mast to Shell: UK Nautilus explained that was published in the prestigious magazine The Yacht Report, and the following three features from our monthly journal, Nautilus UK Telegraph: Some like it yacht (PDF, 195KB), UK’s super-sector (PDF, 117KB) and Yachts of opportunity in the hidden fleet (PDF, 170KB).

For less than the cost of buying a newspaper each day, Nautilus UK members get access to an unrivalled range of services and benefits tailored to their needs. Some of the services and benefits likely to be of greatest interest to professional mariners in the large yacht sector include:

• certificate protection including up to £90,000 indemnity for salary for members whose certificate is suspended, cancelled or downgraded
• advice on MCA certification, including re-validation
• a worldwide free legal service advice and assistance in disciplinary hearings, contract disputes, non-payment of wages, industrial tribunals, and in cases where members are face potential civil and criminal penalties.
• free legal assistance for industrial injury and disease compensation claims. Nautilus UK recovers more than £1m each year in compensation for members
• free initial advice on non-work related legal problems
• specialised independent financial advice, including on pensions
• exclusive discounts on home, financial, personal insurance and consumer products
• a free copy of Nautilus UK’s multiple award-winning journal Nautilus UK Telegraph, delivered to your home or nominated address each month

Nautilus UK lobbies for the interests of maritime professionals with the legislators, regulators and other decision makers in the UK, the EU and in the International Labour Organisation and International Maritime Organisation.

For instance, Nautilus UK is lobbying to elevate the certification status of large yacht professionals and so expand their career opportunities. See the linked article Yacht pros deserve 1st class certification.

Nautilus UK also strives to improve worldwide welfare provision for seafarers. It runs a 17-acre welfare complex on Merseyside that provides homes and care for retired seafarers and their partners, and administers a wide range of funds that provide welfare pensions and grants to seafarers.

All these services and benefits delivered by a dedicated, highly experienced and accessible team of elected officers, officials and support staff. And remember, all that - and more - for less than the price of a daily newspaper.