Got some spare cash and thinking of spending a week on a luxury yacht?

It’s quite likely you don’t have enough to vacation on Kismet. It costs more than $1 million to rent the 312ft yacht for seven days.

Bermudian Carl Vincent is one of 28 crew members who make living even easier, for people with really deep pockets.

It’s a dream job that he believes is accessible to anyone with a keen interest in yachting.

“It seems like an invisible industry but I’d advise anyone who’s interested not to shy away from it,” he said. “It’s good fun. You’re in the water the whole time — fishing, water-skiing. Aside from travelling, you live on the boat: they feed you, you don’t pay rent, all expenses are paid, you get a salary and guests normally tip.”

The 22-year-old fell into the job after he gave up on a possible career as a yacht builder.

“I went to a maritime school in Rhode Island for yacht building, the International Yacht Restoration School,” he said. “I went there for a year and studied a marine systems programme and then did an internship in South Florida, working for a sports fishing company. I did it for a year and realised I wanted to be crew rather than building yachts. I wanted to travel, I wanted more ability to come home [to Bermuda] and work. So I started researching.

“I lived in an area where a bunch of yachties were so I started hanging out there and asking questions. They told me what courses to take and what I would have to do. Just to join a boat you need your STCW [Standards of Training, Certification & Watchkeeping] licence and Powerboat Level Two and Approved Engine courses. I did temporary work to set up my resume and applied for jobs.”

He was hired to work on Kismet, Jacksonville Jaguars owner Shahid Khan’s superyacht, in March of 2014.

“They flew me to St Thomas and I met the boat there and I’ve been sailing ever since,” he said. “I work on deck as crew. We take guests on tours, snorkelling and diving, and we maintain the boat.”

In the relatively short period since, he’s been to the islands of St Maarten and St Barths in the Caribbean; Eleuthera and Nassau in the Bahamas; New York City; Mexico and the Isle of Man. In Europe, he’s visited Gibraltar, Barcelona and various ports in Italy and France.

It’s part of his responsibility to transport guests between the yacht and the ports of call on one of three tenders; each ranges from 20 to 36 feet.

“I’ve done more than 20,000 nautical miles since March,” he said. “I’m now eligible to upgrade to a yachtsman’s licence and look for a boatswain position on a different boat.”

Mr Vincent got interested in boats as a child, sailing at the Royal Bermuda Yacht Club.

He decided to follow his passion after he spent a year in college in Georgia and decided it wasn’t the path he wanted to take. “I grew up on boats my whole life,” he said. “Kismet is one of the newest big boats out there. It was put over in October 2014. He’s a very active owner, more so than most, but we also do charters.”

The custom motor yacht sleeps up to 12 guests in eight staterooms including a master suite. A jacuzzi, swimming pool, fireplace and at-anchor and under-way stabilisers are among its many amenities. A weeklong charter costs $1,358,234.

On a day without guests, the crew will work between 8am until 5pm keeping the superyacht in mint condition. “If we’re sailing, we’re on different shifts,” said Mr Vincent. “I was on watch when we [recently] crossed the Atlantic and worked from 12pm to 4pm and 12am to 4am. At any given time, there has to be two people in the wheelhouse. When guests are on board, we work from 4am to 7pm.”

Like any job, the work has its ups and its downs, he added.

“I miss my family,” he said. “I miss being able to go and buy my own ‘stuff’. I’ve literally been at sea for several months. [But], my passport has a lot of stamps now. It’s my first time visiting all these places. When we’re in port I can go out at night and we get the weekends off.”

His hope is to make enough money to “eventually start a company of some sort”. His advice to anyone with a similar career interest, is to “go for it”.

“If anybody has any questions they can ask me if they like but I suggest they get out there and travel. That’s my favourite part, travelling, but I am also getting to meet influential people and go to places I’d never be able to afford to go on my own. You can learn a lot by chatting with [influential] people.”

• Contact Mr Vincent via e-mail: cjvincent93@yahoo.com