Yacht Deckhand Reveals Clients Strangest Requests

1. A private chef for the client's dog

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One client made a very specific and strange request when they decided that the chefs on board weren't enough, and they asked the deckhand to find them a personal chef for their dog. They wanted a varied menu (yes, a real printed menu) with three fresh meals a day. They were willing to pay big bucks for the chef too.

2. A live mermaid performance

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The deckhands were totally stumped when they heard this request that they had never received before. They were asked to put on a mermaid performance, where they had to dress and swim like mermaids whilst the clients could watch. They had to order specific outfits to meet the request.

3. To be serenaded 24/7

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One woman on board asked a deckhand to serenade her around the clock. She wanted the serenading from morning until night...and even while she slept. While it seemed completely far-fetched, the deckhands are pressured to conform to their client's wishes.

4. The public pooper

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One of the worst requests that one deckhand received was a client who requested the could poop in public every time, in the presence of the deckhand. Of course, this request was politely but firmly denied, no matter how much the client was willing to pay this was way crossing the line.

5. To have the deckhand produce artificial rain

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On the boats, clients have so much money that they become accustomed to requesting things, no matter how ludicrous they sound, and they expect people to do it. One client asked the deckhand to produce artificial rain for a few minutes every night to add some romance to the atmosphere. And what's more, the deckhand obliged...somehow!

6. A celebrity asked to share a hot tub

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Yacht life can be full of sordid secrets. And deckhands reveal that often the more money the client has, or the more famous they are, the more ludicrous the request. One high-profile celebrity client asked the deckhand to share his private hot tub, even though his being her client made this so inappropriate.

7. One client requested an iceberg to be delivered onboard

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Another client asked the deckhand to get a real-life iceberg delivered onto the yacht...to cool down their drinks. A man-made ice block wasn't allowed, and neither was the ice from the freezer. So, a group of deckhands had to sail out to sea and retrieve a block of ice from the ocean.

8. An underwater treasure hunt

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How does an underwater treasure hunt work you may be thinking? It doesn't. But did that stop a client from requesting that the deckhand set up an entire underwater treasure hunt? Nope. They had them organize the entire thing, only for the client to turn around and then declare that it wouldn't work.

9. 'Peel my grapes'

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There are some serious attitudes on board yachts. Money fuels a certain kind of luxurious lifestyle, but one deckhand revealed that sometimes clients take it way too far. They had to spend an hour a day PEELING the client's grapes because they didn't want to eat them with the skin on.

10. All eyes are on him...especially while he eats

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Another kind of creepy request was asked of a deckhand when he wanted to be watched while he ate, during every meal. The request was to stand in the room facing him, watching him the entire time. This time, the deckhand in question did oblige, no matter how weird it seemed.

11. One client asked the deckhand to translate dolphin noises

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Another deckhand working on a yacht revealed that his client seemed to assume that just because he worked on the sea, he could also translate dolphins. The client asked him to translate the noises from the sea, and he admitted to not knowing if the request was serious or not so he went along with it and pretended he could hear the conversations of the sea.

12. A mini life jacket for the pet parrot

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This client would not step on board without her pet parrot, this was a first on its own. But the even weirder request came when she asked that her parrot could have a mini life jacket custom-made. The bird with wings apparently needed a life jacket in case it fell overboard.

13. To wear the captain's uniform for the week

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Imagine being a deckhand and having to go and broach the subject to the captain, if the client can actually borrow his spare outfit for the remainder of the week. Apparently, that's exactly what happened, and the deckhand said it was super awkward... although the client did get exactly what they asked for!

14. A delivery of sandcastles on the deck

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One client wasn't satisfied with pulling up at any beaches they requested, they wanted sand on the yacht. But not just sand, he requested sandcastles of the most intricate designs including a castle and a palace to which had to be made by a sand artist, shipped in, and transferred on deck.

15. The scent of lavender in every room of the yacht

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We can all admit that the scent of lavender is nice. But for this client in particular, it was an absolute necessity. They requested that the deckhand make every single room on the yacht smell like lavender every day. She wanted to smell it wherever she was on the yacht.

16. An underwater fireworks display

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Underwater fireworks displays don't come easy because they go against all the principles of fireworks and how they work. But one deckhand had to contact a specialized company in a different country, have them shipped to the nearest shore, and then sail to meet them at the yacht!

17. A fish whisperer contest between crew members

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This deckhand discussed their most bizarre request from a client ever. The client made all the deckhands have a fish whispering contest, in which the deckhand would pretend to speak to the fish. The client watched them all and then chose 1st place and last place!

18. To act invisible

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Imagine how the deckhands felt when a client asked them to act invisible...it doesn't get much stranger, or more derogatory. The deckhands had to tiptoe around doing all of their jobs, whilst trying to stay as silent and out of sight's way as possible.

19. To act as pirates

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A different client requested their deckhands pretend that they were pirates and even hire actors and actresses to storm the ship and pretend that the yacht was being taken by a pirate invasion. The deckhands had to hire costumes and people to meet this truly strange request.

20. A personal ice cream chef

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We can definitely see what this client was thinking, among the strangest things that have been requested this is the most understandable. But he didn't just ask the deckhands to create an ice cream parlor, they also had to locate and hire an ice cream specialist to live on the yacht.

21. Crew were asked to impersonate their clients for a day

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This request could go seriously wrong if anybody is easily offended. The clients on a yacht asked their deckhands to have a full day where they each impersonated one of their clients. Each deckhand would impersonate a different client, dressing up and acting like them for the day, even mimicking the way they sound!

22. Full moon yoga

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Yoga on a yacht in the open air in the middle of the ocean sounds amazing. But this client didn't just want that, they wanted the deckhand to host yoga in the middle of the night just once a month when the moon was full! It sounds a little bit strange if you ask us.

23. Gold-plated towels only

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Yachts, money, and extravagant clients. Deckhands are used to having to provide all the luxuries. But every now and then a client will come out with a truly over-extravagant request like wanting gold-plated towels which literally have to be custom-made for the client.

24. A live jellyfish tank to be installed in the cabin

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Yachts have all the luxuries in them, to begin with, and then you get clients like these, who ask for a tank to be made and filled with live jellyfish. There was no reason behind it, this client simply said it on a whim and the deckhands had to oblige, only for the client to barely even look at it!

25. A pizza delivery by helicopter

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This client asked a deckhand for a pizza delivery, which, sounded completely reasonable. Until they specifically requested that the pizzas would be delivered by helicopter. You can only imagine all the kinds of problems and organizations it took just to get a takeaway pizza!

26. An ice sculpture room

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Another deckhand revealed that they were asked to create an ice sculpture room. The clients didn't care how much it would cost, so the deckhand had to clear out an entire room and arrange for a few ice sculptors to come and design the sculptures. This time it was worth it because the client was very happy with the results.

27. Crawl around like animals

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Deckhands have stated that it's far from glamorous working on yachts, of course, there are elements, but then there are also requests where clients ask ridiculous and even degrading things such as having the deckhands crawl around making animal noises. At this point, it's super hard to be nice and polite in response.

28. Chicken carpaccio please

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Carpaccio by nature, means sliced raw. And so chicken carpaccio would be thinly sliced pieces of raw chicken. A client literally asked their deckhand to prepare this as his meal, to which the deckhand had to refuse due to it not aligning with any food standard law ever.

29. To travel hundreds of miles for a jar of black sand

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A client's wife decided randomly one evening that she wanted black sand. Black sand only occurs in volcanic places, and the nearest volcanic beach with black sand was hundreds of miles away. She wanted black sand, so that's what they had to do. When they arrived, she didn't want to go to the beach so she asked for a jar of black sand to be collected for her. She then didn't even want the jar...

30. A VERY rare melon

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Another client had a midnight craving for his favorite melon, the Hokkaido melon which is extremely rare and difficult to get hold of in certain countries. So they had to send a boat hundreds of miles away to fetch this melon which he insisted he wanted. It finally arrived, and he never even ate any.