Episode Details

Yacht crew life is often seen from the outside as travel, sunshine, and beautiful destinations. But behind the scenes, building a career in the superyacht industry takes discipline, adaptability, resilience, and the ability to stay grounded while living and working at sea.

In this episode of Captain’s Chat, Captain Liam Devlin sits down with Eleisha Mealing, better known on Instagram as @EleishaOnDeck, for an honest conversation about yacht crew life, deck progression, social media, mental reset, and what it really means to lead from the deck.

Eleisha shares her journey from growing up on a sugarcane farm in Cairns to coaching athletics, working ski seasons, travelling through Japan and Canada, working behind the scenes on Below Deck: Down Under, and eventually finding her way into the superyacht industry.

The conversation explores how she moved into deck work, why she loves driving tenders, what she is learning through bridge work, and how she uses Instagram to show people what yachting is really like from the crew perspective.

Captain Liam and Eleisha also discuss the reality of close quarters onboard, the importance of early mornings, meditation, movement, time alone, authenticity, online judgement, yacht crew party culture, and the professional choices that can shape a long-term career at sea.

This is a grounded and energetic conversation about the next generation of yacht crew, the value of staying yourself in a demanding industry, and why yachting is about far more than the destinations.

What You’ll Learn:

• How Eleisha Mealing found her way into the superyacht industry
 • What yacht crew life really looks like behind the scenes
 • Why deck progression, tenders, and bridge work matter
 • How social media can help educate people about yachting
 • Why authenticity matters when building a yacht career
 • How crew can protect their mental reset while living onboard
 • Why close quarters can be one of the biggest challenges at sea
 • What younger yacht crew are learning about party culture and professionalism
 • How Below Deck: Down Under gave Eleisha an early look into yachting
 • Why discipline, confidence, and self-awareness matter in crew life

Guest:
Eleisha Mealing
Instagram: @EleishaOnDeck

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