It has taken nearly two weeks to heal, but more importantly I will never make stupid mistakes again.

Keep your hands away from load carrying ropes and lines kids.

This begs the question; Are there too many?

The problem is that every crew agent you sign up to deserves to know what you’re up to. Be it daywork, a temporary or full time position, they want your very latest CV, and they should have it. Their databases are being constantly combed by eagle eyed employers and only your best and most recent resumé will do.

So the more the merrier right? Well wrong.

The logistics of trying to keep 10 or so crew agents up to date is a lot harder than it seems, firstly, uploading 10 CV’s, on 10 different websites takes a measurable amount of time, definitely more than David Allen’s two minute rule will allow (click here to find out more about the two minute rule). Checking in with 10 crew agents the morning you get day-work (common courtesy to let them know you’re busy) can be quite a hassle; some like it done over the web, while others prefer a text or a phone call. This may all seem very straight forward, but on top of that you occasionally have to show your face, and pop in and see how things are going. I don’t know about you, but I certainly don’t plan on being free too many days during the week.

The catch 22 is that while you’re more likely to get a job out day working and meeting new people the crew agents need to be kept in the loop, and if they feel they’re not in it, they have a thousand and one other candidates who are making twice the effort.

My point is, should we sign up to every single crew agent we find in in the classified section of the yachting media, or should we maybe take five or so and concentrate our efforts on building good relationships with them? Choosing which ones you’ll run with is another subject altogether, in the mean time it would be interesting to know if anyone has adopted this strategy and how well it’s worked? Leave your comments and experiences below.

The problem is that every crew agent you sign up to deserves to know what you’re up to. Be it daywork, a temporary or full time position, they want your very latest CV, and they should have it. Their databases are being constantly combed by eagle eyed employers and only your best and most recent resumé will do.

So the more the merrier right? Well wrong.

The logistics of trying to keep 10 or so crew agents up to date is a lot harder than it seems, firstly, uploading 10 CV’s, on 10 different websites takes a measurable amount of time, definitely more than David Allen’s two minute rule will allow (click here to find out more about the two minute rule). Checking in with 10 crew agents the morning you get day-work (common courtesy to let them know you’re busy) can be quite a hassle; some like it done over the web, while others prefer a text or a phone call. This may all seem very straight forward, but on top of that you occasionally have to show your face, and pop in and see how things are going. I don’t know about you, but I certainly don’t plan on being free too many days during the week.

The catch 22 is that while you’re more likely to get a job out day working and meeting new people the crew agents need to be kept in the loop, and if they feel they’re not in it, they have a thousand and one other candidates who are making twice the effort.

My point is, should we sign up to every single crew agent we find in in the classified section of the yachting media, or should we maybe take five or so and concentrate our efforts on building good relationships with them? Choosing which ones you’ll run with is another subject altogether, in the mean time it would be interesting to know if anyone has adopted this strategy and how well it’s worked? Leave your comments and experiences below.

http://www.wetterzentrale.de/pics/bracka.html – this will give you todays weather – what ever the date

http://www.wetterzentrale.de/pics/brack1.html – this will give you tomorrows weather – what ever the date

http://www.wetterzentrale.de/pics/brack2.html - this will give you the day after tomorrows weather – what ever the date.

(Just change the /bracka.html to /brack1.html or /brack2html)

/brack1 is tomorrow

/brack2 is the day after tomorrow

And so on