Professional Yachting Association

The PYA is the Voice of professional yacht crew worldwide. With members from more than 90 countries, its mission is to promote high standards of qualification, skills and knowledge amongst professional yachting personnel, training providers, and through the professional Yachting industry generally. • The PYA delivers professional advice and one-to-one support to seafarers; • The PYA promotes the interest of yacht crew with authorities at the national and international levels; • The PYA has also been appointed by the UK MCA, to verify the sea service of relevant professional crew; • The PYA cultivates working relationships with maritime organisations at regional, national and international levels. Using the MCA -approved Service Record Book, the PYA validates sea time on yachts, essential for anyone wishing to progress their yachting career. With the support and knowledge of 30 unpaid council members, with hundreds of years of combined yachting experience, the PYA is the only organisation of its kind to act on behalf of yacht crew worldwide. The PYA attends policy meetings with MCA and other administrators to ensure that the voice of yacht crew is being fairly represented, and works hard to ensure that the future of the superyacht industry is being shaped to take into account the best interest of the people who actually live and work onboard yachts.