The Pacific Journey Crew Credentials

All Ship crew positions are staffed with the required STCW (Standards for Training and Certifications and Watch keeping) as regulated by the United States Coast Guard.

Our entire crew has many years of experience at-sea working with youth educational programs. Even though most of our crew comes from very diverse backgrounds, all of them are truly concerned about helping teenagers make the right choices. We have selected our crew based on a high level of qualification and specific personality characteristics. There are a lot of people who are very capable of running boats, but when it comes to our program, we hire only those who are positive role models and love working with kids. Our therapists and counselors work very closely with the entire crew to ensure that every single teen in the program is getting the kind of help and guidance they need. Sometimes that level of guidance may come from the Captain and sometimes it may come from the Chef or a Deckhand. We teach our crew and staff a mentoring approach when working with teens; we believe it is much more effective than the traditional authority figure approach that many programs utilize.

While onboard our entire crew and staff works very hard to make sure your child's stay is structured, safe and productive.