Welcome aboard, the epitome of luxury and refinement in the realm of superyachts. As we sail through the azure waters, our commitment to unparalleled hospitality shines brightly, encapsulated in the timeless tradition of Turndown Service.
Originating centuries ago, Turndown Service has evolved into a cherished nightly ritual, meticulously crafted to ensure our esteemed guests experience nothing short of perfection. Unlike traditional hotels, where this service is commonplace, onboard a superyacht, the experience is elevated and offers a unique rendition of this opulent practice tailored to the discerning tastes of those who grace our decks.
The Superyacht Stewardess
For these modern-day sirens of the sea, their days are a whirlwind of activity, attending to the needs and desires of discerning guests with unwavering dedication. From polishing silverware to orchestrating elaborate soirées, their responsibilities are as varied as they are demanding. One such duty is turndown service, also known as evening service.
So, what precisely unfolds during our Turndown Service?
As twilight descends upon the horizon, our dedicated crew members discreetly enter each stateroom, poised to orchestrate an enchanting transformation. With precision and finesse, they delicately turn down the bedcovers, fluffing pillows to cocoon-like comfort.
An indulgent touch awaits as a selection of gourmet delights, and evening quotes, meticulously curated to tantalize the palate, graces the pillows.
But Turndown Service aboard the superyacht transcends the ordinary. Beyond the realm of bed linens, the crew choreographs a symphony of hospitality, meticulously tidying and refreshing every facet of the stateroom.
From the removal of any trace of clutter to the replenishment of amenities with the finest luxuries, no detail is spared in our pursuit of excellence.
As the final notes of this exquisite performance echo through the stateroom, a serene ambience envelops the space. With curtains drawn, lighting dimmed, and the temperature delicately adjusted, each stateroom becomes a sanctuary of tranquillity, beckoning our guests to surrender to the embrace of a restful night’s slumber.
In the realm of superyachts, where extravagance knows no bounds, Turndown Service stands as a beacon of our unwavering commitment to exceeding expectations. And, at the at the heart of this seamless operation is the superyacht stewardess, a beacon of grace, efficiency, and hospitality.
One invaluable resource that many stewardesses turn to for guidance in navigating the intricacies of their role is “The Stewardess Bible.” This comprehensive manual serves as a trusted companion, offering sage advice on everything from table settings to emergency procedures. “As the day comes to a close, may your dreams be filled with peace and contentment.”
Turndown Quotes for the Very Busy Superyacht Stewardess
Looking for the perfect collection of turndown quotes to use in your next project? Look no further! The carefully curated selection below provides a great starting point for any situation where a firm but polite no is required. Whether you use them as is or adapt them to your specific needs, these quotes are sure to help you communicate your message with clarity and confidence.
“Wishing you a restful night’s sleep and dreams as beautiful as the stars above.”
“Let go of today’s worries and embrace the serenity of the night. Good night!”
“May the night bring you tranquility and the sweetest of dreams. Good night, my friend.”
“As the day fades into night, may your troubles fade away and your dreams take flight.”
“Sending you wishes for a peaceful night and a bright tomorrow. Good night!”
“Wrap yourself in the blanket of night and let its comforting embrace lull you to sleep.”
“May the night unfold like a gentle lullaby, soothing your soul and guiding you to dreamland.”
“Rest easy, knowing that tomorrow is a new day filled with endless possibilities. Good night!”
“As you lay your head down to sleep, may your dreams be filled with joy, love, and happiness.”
From Cutlery Chaos to Dining Delight: How To Set A Table
Ahoy there, fellow stewards and stewardesses of the superyacht world! While we’re busy ensuring our guests are sailing smoothly through the seas of luxury, there’s one task that can sometimes leave us feeling a bit like we’re navigating uncharted waters: setting the table. But fear not, for I’m here to guide you through the choppy seas of cutlery confusion and onto the shores of dining delight!
Now, setting a table may seem like a simple task, but for those of us in the world of superyachts, it’s an art form. After all, we’re not just setting a table; we’re creating an experience. So, grab your napkin folds and let’s dive in!
Guidelines for Setting a Table
1. Know Your Space:Before you start arranging cutlery like a game of culinary Tetris, take a moment to assess your table space. You don’t want your guests feeling like they’re dining in a cutlery jungle gym.
2. **Consider the Menu:** Just as a captain charts their course, plan your table setting according to the meal being served. Different courses may require different utensils, so make sure you’re prepared. Just allow your FRIENDLY chef some time to brief you properly.
3. **Mind Your Etiquette:** A superyacht stewardess is a paragon of etiquette, so remember to follow proper dining protocols. Forks to the left, knives to the right, and napkins neatly folded – let’s keep it classy, folks.
Imagine, if you will, a pristine white tablecloth gently billowing in the sea breeze. At each setting, gleaming silverware rests atop fine china, while crystal glasses stand at attention, waiting to be filled with the finest vintage.
**How to Set a Table with Cutlery:**
1. **Start with the Basics:** Begin by placing the dinner plate in the center of each setting. To the left, arrange the forks in order of use – salad fork, dinner fork – with the prongs facing up like little culinary antennae.
2. **Knife Knowledge:** On the right side of the plate, lay the knife with the blade facing the plate. To its right, position the spoons, each one ready to tackle its designated course with gusto.
3. **Don’t Forget the Extras:** Depending on the meal, you may need to add additional utensils. For example, a soup spoon or a seafood fork can elevate the dining experience from ordinary to extraordinary.
The Superyacht Stewardess’s Guide to Setting a Table – **Basic Table Setting Rules:**
1. **Keep it Balanced:** A well-set table is like a perfectly trimmed sail – balanced and poised for adventure. Make sure there’s an equal distance between each place setting to maintain harmony.
2. **Mind Your Space:** Avoid overcrowding the table with unnecessary clutter. Only include the essentials for each course to prevent a cutlery catastrophe.
3. **Stay Neat and Tidy:** Just as we strive for immaculate cabins, our table settings should be pristine. No crumbs, no smudges – just pure, unadulterated elegance.
**The Stewardess Bible:**
Consider this your holy grail of table setting wisdom, passed down through the ages by generations of superyacht stewards and stewardesses (ha ha, not really, it was just written by this old girl). Treat it with reverence, for within its pages lie the secrets to creating dining experiences that will be remembered long after the anchor is raised.
In conclusion, setting a table as a superyacht stewardess is no mere task – it’s an opportunity to showcase our skills and elevate the dining experience to new heights. So, polish those silverware, straighten those napkins, and let’s set sail for culinary excellence! Bon appétit, my fellow stewards and stewardesses!
A three-course meal on board a super yacht would be classified as a casual dinner, consisting of an entree’, main meal and dessert. It would often be reserved for just the family or primary charterers onboard.
As a superyacht stewardess is just a part of the job, right? Well, yes and no. It is in the steward/ess job description, but what makes a dining experience just that little bit extra is all the effort you go to. Please let me explain further.
For an informal three-course dinner, you will need to consider the following to create a truly magnificent dining experience:
Table linen.
In this instance, as it is an informal dinner, I would recommend using the evening placemats and serviettes. Depending on the menu, choose colours that will complement the food. If the yacht doesn’t have evening placemats, or you are just purchasing new table linen, then look for delicate fabrics such as fine linen in gold, silver, black and intricate lace weaves for that luxurious feel. If you need a little inspiration on opulence, have a quick look at the CHRISTOFLE website.
The table centrepiece.
The centrepiece or table decorations again would be kept to a minimum. Consider a less is more approach. Use elegant hues such as creams, whites, and gold to bounce the soft candlelight around the room.
Cutlery.
Next to go onto the table is your freshly polished cutlery. As previously mentioned, this will consist of entrée, main and dessert cutlery. Forks on the left and knives on the right, the main cutlery is laid down closest to the plate, and then entrée will sit next to the mains on the outer side. Should soup be on the menu, then the spoon will be placed on the right side of the main fork. The placement of the dessert cutlery has been debated over and over, but as a traditionalist, I would lay the dessert cutlery in two ways. The first would be to like to lay the cutlery directly above the main plate with the spoon below the fork, with the spoon handle facing to the right and the fork to the left, which the service staff will pull down once the mains have been cleared.
Or I would leave it off the table together until the main has been completely cleared, then I would lay the appropriate cutlery just before the service of the dessert. It really depended on how many guests were eating and how formal the guests liked to be served.
Glasses.
Lastly, consider the crystal wear. Do your guests drink wine? What wine will compliment the food. Because it is a three-course dinner, consider just placing a water glass and a wine glass on the table. I know this may upset some people, but nowadays, our guests know what they like, and indeed, the chef knows what wine will compliment the food. Of course, it is not a big deal if you would like to set the table with a water glass, a white wine glass and a red wine glass. But for an elegant dining experience, I would lay the table with minimal glass wear.
Finally, as a superyacht chief stewardess, you would always consider cultural diversity and differentiating service customs when you are briefing your junior crew onboard.
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Soupspoon only if required. Accompanying condiments, salt and pepper, and extra wine glasses to be kept on the waiter’s station to be served if and when needed.
Barf, blow chunks, chunder, chuck, ralph, heave, puke, spew, upchuck, and yack are just a few colourful words that many use when they are talking about someone vomiting.
As a superyacht stewardess, you will not be a stranger to seas sickness. Beingseasick can be a miserable, annoying and just downright uncomfortable condition to experience. Just look at poor Maria!……. So what can you do about it? Continue reading to find out.
What is seasickness?
Essentially sea sickness is a form of motion sickness. There is no difference between being air sick, car sick and sea sick. It is all technical motion sickness.
Many different forms of transport can cause motion discomfort, with symptoms ranging from dizziness, fatigue and nausea to vomiting. These symptoms are collectively known as motion sickness. Each one of them can have a dispiriting effect on professional sea personal, especially when they have guests on board or they have a long journey ahead.
For most people sea sickness is just a matter of putting up with a little discomfort and can be quite annoying, yet for others it can have crippling effects.
What Causes Sea Sickness?
Irwin recorded the term “motion sickness” as follows:
“Seasickness, or motion sickness as it might be more correctly named – for not only does it occur on lakes and even on rivers, but, as is well known, a sickness identical in kind may be induced by various other motions than that of turbulent water – is essentially a disturbance of the “organs of equilibration.”
The actual cause of seasickness is quite complex, and as I am not a medical expert, so I will give you a short explanation; Seasickness is caused by repetitive motion that disturbs the inner ear and is related to the sense of balance.
Signs and Symptoms of Sea sickness.
The tell-tale signs of motion sickness are paleness and /or flushing of the face, cold sweating, vomiting or dry retching. These effects commonly occur in the following order:
Stomach awareness.
Discomfort.
Paleness.
Cold sweating.
Yawning.
Drowsiness.
Feeling of bodily warmth.
Increased salivation.
Nausea.
Vomiting.
“Yachtie” remedies for sea sickness.
We all know how colourful the “yachtie” character can be. Here are a few remedies that I heard over the years on how to cure sea sickness.
Don’t get on a boat.
Sit under a tree.
Look at the dolphins.
Lie down.
Have a bacon sandwich.
Eat a lot.
Don’t eat at all, and then you won’t have anything to throw up.
Sit outside in the fresh air.
The best place to be on a yacht is to sit on the aft deck in the fresh air, according to an Amels project manager (and ex-super yacht engineer).
How to ease the effects of motion sickness.
Sea sickness is normally not a big deal; however prolonged lapses of vomiting, retching and dizziness can lead to dehydration and exhaustion which can result in a dangerous drop in blood pressure. So it is very important to take quick and effective measure against this.
There are three types of remedies; these are over the counter medication, natural remedies, and behavioural measures that can be taken to help ease this discomfort of sea sickness.
As seasickness is actually not an illness these remedies are more for preventative measures rather than curative. The most popular brands are:
Over-the-counter medications:
Dramamine.
Bonine.
Nei Kuan.
Wrist Bands:
Sea Sickness Relief band
Behavioural measures:
Reduce anxiety.
Take preventive measures.
Personal recommendations :
I was lucky in the sense that I didn’t get really sick; instead I had to put up with a terrible headache and found the simplest tasks took all my efforts resulting in me feeling sluggish. On the occasions when I did succumb to the rolling and pounding of the ocean I found sitting out in the fresh air help a lot. Also I found sucking on hard candy really helped.
We all know how uncomfortable it is, the worst thing that you can do is moan about it, as this the quickest way to “P….. Off” your fellow crew. Just keep busy or if you are unfit to work, then try the above remedies to make yourself feel better.
Thank you for reading my article on sea sickness, I hope it can offer some relief when mother nature kicks off and the seas start to give you a glimpse of what the really can do.
For further information visit the following links:
NATO
Medicinenet.com
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Superyacht Crew are the heartbeat of the yacht. They are central to the yacht functioning in a coherent, professional and effective manner. The crew is the “human element” working in synergy with an abundance of luxury onboard, offering the guests a seven-star plus cruising experience.
Therefore, it is imperative that the guests know who their crew are and how their individual skills add to the synergy of the yachts functioning.
How to Write Crew Profiles
Crew profiles are not everyone’s cup of tea to write, and I know many senior crew who avoid doing this task, until the very last minute. This avoidance results in flat and uninteresting compositions that nobody wants to read.Writing these profiles, however, was one job, which I was happy to do, and I relished in the creativity of such a task.
So why write a crew profile?
In short, to inform the yacht’s guests who the crew are. These profiles are added to the guest compendiums and left in the cabins, for the guests to read at their leisure, along with familiarising themselves with the yacht’s other operational procedures.
What is the best way to approach writing these profiles? I found there is two preferred way. The fist is a personal chat with each individual crew member for a more casual flowing biography.
The second way is to read their CVs and compile an exciting picture of who they are. Furthermore, and as an added bonus of adopting this formal style of writing, is that you have all of their education, technical skills and interest all in one place, which is a great time saver.
Now, think about your international environment in which you work. Many guests may not be native English speakers. Therefore, use simple language with easy to read sentences.
Long-drawn out grammatically correct sentences can be a real bore, and your guests may lose interests in the crew profiles very quickly. Lastly, have someone else read the profiles before printing them out and adding them to the compendiums.
Now that you have chosen your preferred style, simply start the beginning, with an introduction. Include their name, job title how long they have worked onboard.
Next, comes the fun part where you get to be a little more creative and show their personal side. Things you can discuss here may include, where they come from, what their professional credentials are.
Writing The Crew Profiles
When writing the crew profiles, consider the personal qualities and professional, credentials which are commonly associated with the relevant positions.
For example:
Position
Personal Qualities
Professional Accomplishments
Captain
Achiever, kind, curious, focused, inspired, positive, uplifting, driven, determined, always at the forefront, trustworthy
