A crew change in the middle of a charter is a choreography of arrivals, departures and paperwork — and it has to happen without pulling the yacht off its itinerary.
When one hand signs off and another signs on in Bali, two things run in parallel: the joining crew member needs the right entry status, and the departing crew member needs a clean exit that leaves nothing outstanding against the vessel’s crew list. We coordinate both sides at once — matching arrivals at Ngurah Rai with the berth at Benoa or Serangan — so the swap is seamless and the roster stays in order.
Two sides of every swap
A crew change is never a single transaction. On one side, the joining crew member arrives and must be entered on the correct route and added to the crew list; on the other, the departing crew member is signed off and cleared out cleanly. We run both threads together, so neither the incoming nor the outgoing status is left half-finished.
Timed to the itinerary, not the queue
The point of a crew change is to keep the yacht moving. We line up the joining crew member’s arrival at Ngurah Rai with the vessel’s window at the berth, brief everyone on what to carry, and handle the immigration formalities around the schedule — so the charter picks up where it left off.
Sign-on & sign-off documents
Details for both the joining and the departing crew member — we confirm the exact list once we know the dates.
First-time entries and longer crew stays are covered under Yacht Crew Visa Bali.
From First Message to Approval
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1
Share the change
Tell us who is joining, who is leaving and the dates. We map both sides of the swap.
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2
We prepare both files
Entry route for the joining crew, sign-off formalities for the departing crew, and an updated crew list.
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3
We synchronise the swap
A licensed partner files where needed while we coordinate the Ngurah Rai arrival with the berth.
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Roster back in order
Joining crew cleared in, departing crew cleared out, and the vessel’s crew list reconciled.