Drugs, Sex and Death on Billionaires’ Mega Yachts | Informer
“The reality of it is you are clearing up rooms that have just had sex parties, orgies and prostitutes.”
A deckhand reveals the less than glamorous lifestyle of being yacht staff for the super rich. Throughout his career he has worked months on end without days off, seen colleagues sexually harassed and often is left clearing up after sex parties and coke binges. He describes clients' ridiculous requests, and expectations, and just how far people are pushed, sometimes even leading to fatalities.
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Why part it out. Where's the entire show?
Tell Ben Makuch to jump in the Harlem River. It'll be better than if the Marines get ahold of him after that garbage article he wrote.
@@Creole_Lady Exactly!!!! It's prob a sneaky way to make us hunt for the other episodes and end up down another Rabbit Hole 🕳️ 🙄🙄
@@GuidoLoko , you got that right! 🐇🕳️
As Trump has Proven-- with enough money you can get away with almost anything-- It's not just on boats--
It seems that being insanely rich combined with a lack of consequences for amoral behaviour really shines a bright light on the insanity of the human ego.
I think you mean immoral. Amoral behavior is devoid of any right or wrong.
@@vsnkqfo8 amoral leans more to narcissists and psychopaths - to be without any moral good or bad.
It's always been like that
@@JimmyLovesMundo yes and narcissistic /psychopathic character traits seem to be especially prevalent among billionaires.
Plenty of homeless guys ready to shank you, money doesn't have much to do with morality.
It was chilling when he said "these people act like they can just get away with it"... Well... They are getting away with it.
Biden approves of this message.
Bush in 2001 totally agrees with this message
@@A-ROD-oe8wl as if anything has changed since bush in 2001... that's kinda how establishments work..
Ok, putting politics aside, they're only getting away with it because these people allow it. No one is putting a gun to their head and telling them to work on these yachts. My guess is they're all getting paid very, VERY well to put up with this bullshit and I'm sure the men get access to tons of sex. If they were smart, they'd save every penny, work for ten years, then retire and live the quite (edit: quiet) life in Central America.
@@dontbanmebrodontbanme5403 Umm.. sure thing Mr. Epstien...
This "informer" category you Vice have is really mind opening to us people to remind how cruel our world we currently lived in. Shows us how vulnerable we are and thanks to every information to make us aware and be resilient to our surroundings and the people we meet each day. I hope the people who share their stories on your "Informer" videos have their identity put to safe place.
The world merely is...its people that make it cruel or otherwise
Things are the way they're by design by these rich elite
No this is all theater. It's not actually real. Possibly stuff like this happens but this is all just fiction
@@vivelajonny or they just did it in the past
@@squeezemebabyonemoretime These are actors
I went to Europe to work on the super yachts about 15 years ago. I even did an expensive maritime course to prepare myself, however just as I was about to apply for jobs a friend of mine, who had worked in the industry, advised me against it. For some reason I just believed her and trusted her judgement. I wasn't even disappointed, but instead relieved. I still believe she saved me a lot of pain and suffering. You see, I have a pretty good moral code and a sunny disposition and I feel that working in this industry probably would have broken my spirit and worse. I'm glad things worked out the way they did.
You just can’t know, and you would never know. She might have stopped you from having the best time of your life, and a life-lasting career, along with the chance to travel the world over. But hey, good for you, and for your “Good Moral Code” dude. Whatever that is.
@@khalidalali186 Well she seems pretty ok with her decision, she may have travelled the world regardless, had amazing experiences and met her life partner by taking the path she did rather than being a round the clock slave on some spoilt rich people's boat.
Well, not everyone will have same experience as there's a million yachts out there. There is a way you can check the boat up and understand what is for. Private, charter, party, young owners or a lovely family in pension 👌
@@khalidalali186 I would have regretted doing it and coming across same situation s rather regretting doing it. To each their own what you choose to regret.
So you are basically saying you have no experience and no idea what you’re talking about. Interesting comment…
I used to be an estate manager for Billionaires in London. A lot of this is very familiar. Was fun but also mad. They are all detached from reality in varying degrees.
sounds wild. But in a sense, isn't that lifestyle their actual formed reality?
hi, do you have an instagram or something? i would love to know more aboht estate management in general, ive been looking into the buisness. Thanks :)
@@amorphous14 how do I pm you
There are less then 50 billionaire in uk. What was the name of your billionaire boss.
@@saifalam2030 seems like they are based in London but may have had international clients for UK assets 🤷♀️
Secretive? There isn’t a single person who doesn’t know that the rich and wealthy usually have a seriously unhinged morale compass
Christian extremists?
The irony is that most of them call themselves good hearted philanhtropists.
And that’s why it’s boring! VICE should know better. Inferior journalism.
There are many more UNprivledged...(lacking moral compasses)
Right but we don’t know the exact details of what they do now do we? Hence the secrecy.
I once worked on a yacht because a student friend got me into it, the owner was a fashion industry billionaire and the biggest sicko ive seen in my life to this date. He always made the girls sit for a long time and smelled the seats once they stood up. The girls were laughing about it but it freaked me out every time he did it. Got out of it after the first gig never looked back
Yuck. I know some of them farted or have a smelly number. He still like to smell that nasty stuff 😅
Thats repulsive
another reason men are the root of all evil,
That's it..... a billionaire smelling a seat a girl sat in...... u know bums would do the same....
Was his name Peter nygard?? 😂😂
The thing he left out was seeing *children* on these yachts. Not just teens, but toddlers, and elementary school kids. If you have a conscience, you can't do that work for very long. You constantly go against your morals and conscience for money by knowing these things are happening but doing anything about it.
😢
They're not someone's kids? They're used sexually?
@@edp3202 Absolutely.
Yes, watch Sound of Freedom a great movie child extortion
@@rohan_3128 Oh yeah, I remember when that movie hit the world by storm! Never saw it but I will. Thank you my friend.
Money doesn’t change you , it merely makes your true character shine through. Wealth is most dangerous among the heartless.
Unfortunately it's easier to get wealth if you have no consiousness
It does change you, because it makes you think about it, it changes your way of thinking, Stop thinking about People.
Money definitely corrupts people, can turn even the nicest person into a greedy corrupted human who values money over being good
@@Jordan-ec5qj but how do you know they weren’t truly greedy before? Penny pinching not giving in charity, lazy , selfish, are attributes of greed.
Yes because your a multimillionaire that can tell us this first hand. (Awaiting Phony Reply claiming you have $$$).
I saw my friend at a bar I hadnt seen in years. He had been working as a deckhand on a super yacht. He told me they would be up all night having parties and him and the other workers would have to wait for them to go to bed, he said he would be lying down exhausted thinking "please please just go to sleep"
but thats not shocking tbh, its part of it
People who paid tens ir hundreds of thousands of dollars per week to party on a boat did exactly that? The horror. P.s a similar friend of mine has aerophobia and he's a pilot.
@A H do people willingly sign up for this ? Or would you have to be invited aka like a offer
@@Neurotv4941 most people go through an agency
So the workers hv to hv sex with the boss.?
“It’s like a whole other world that people don’t really know exists.” No no no, we KNOW these things exist. But money keeps people silent about WHO organizes and takes part in these things. Which is why they keep happening. And why we know they happen. Kudos to this man for giving a peak into it though cause some of these details are mind boggling. 😢
Someone said that money doesn't change you but shows who you really are and I couldn't agree more. Ego is a very terrifying thing
DJ Paul said it in "Money didn't change me"
It's not just about ego but about overall character and integrity of a person.
This is not shocking at all. It's exactly what you could expect.
This is exactly what I thought. When I read the title I thought it would be worse.
@@lukemurray4950 yep, one comment seemed like he insinuated rape happens a lot too.
Exactly. I thought he was going to tell some really terrible story and f*** up story. Naaaahh this is not that shocking tbh
Frfr
Whatever happens at sea happens on land...
okay, I'm so freaking scared for the safety of these people who have come out to speak about these very controversial but important matters that have been hidden from the general public, and I would greatly appreciate it if we could give them a full-body suit to wear and slippers to hide their identity. Because they have come out at the expense of their safety wearing their own clothes and items that may aid people in identifying them and it scares me that this channel is showing us the truth at the expense of someone else's safety even if they did come to the shoot at will
Yds
They should probably change jobs if they don't like it.
He deserves what he gets for breaking his contract
@@opulence6224 Shut up!🙄
@@opulence6224 people wanna hear the truth and want proof so bad and once we give them proof we either slam that person or something happens to them, society is never satisfied
Wish this was like 30 minutes long. These informer series is fascinating 💯
watching this encourages me to cling to my faith
Absolutely without our Lord Jesus Christ we would go bonkers.
Okay hitlersex5522 cling to your faith
@@Angela-ne9cy You can tell by their lifestyle they aren’t christians. just because you give yourself a title doesn’t mean you are what you say you are for a example a man can never be a woman even if the law supports him science and the bible do not.
where is my laughing emote when i need it
cringe tf idiotic -_-
I once met a millionaire at a Coffee Shop and asked me if I wanted to make money all I had to do was drive, I accepted when we went outside he had a nice beautiful race car Mercedes AMG and told me to drive but the rules was that I had to drive super fast almost close to near death and he would pay me 15k dollars. I was really worried since I wasn't a fast driver but needed money to pay off my debt so I did it on the freeway almost going 170mph. He was laughing like a maniac and once I got off he paid me the 15k in cash. He asked me if I ever needed more work to show up at the coffee shop every Thursday at 7am. I no longer showed up but he started calling me out of nowhere I had to block him and even got threats afterwards. I can believe how rich people can be so sick im just happy I never did a crazy stunt like that again. Me losing my life for someone else's pleasure is not my thing I just hope no one else ever took the bait and went further.
Unfortunately many people would give their left nut for the opportunity you just had (myself included.) most of the people I know are either poor, homeless, drug addicts, debt ridden, suicidal, etc. I’m one of those people myself since I’m also extremely suicidal and feel I have nothing to live for except for that next sweet hit of heroin or fentanyl, otherwise the horrors of my disabling mental health, reality, poverty, and desire to kill myself hit me like train. I will become desperate and put my life in danger for less than $100 with no hesitation after a week of being sober, even with suboxone on hand so I don’t feel the worst of the physical symptoms, but after 7 days of no sleep and feeling nothing but despair, panic attacks, depression, etc. for 95% of that time I am willing to do anything for a hit. If I die trying to get that money then at least I would finally be at peace so anything is better than being sober. I would kill to be able to even do what you did once and I know many other people that would too. I’m glad you are alive tho.
@@SalviHippo take a break . Get past the lowest point and you'll rise up
@@SalviHippo I’m out of words tbh
Interesting story! It is a blessing you are still alive. 😊Your story reminds me of that one scene from Mahogany (The Diana Ross film)
@@SalviHippo I hope you find a happy and healthy passion again. It really really makes a difference. It can be anything from rock climbing, to knitting sweatshirts. Just something you really enjoy and can lose yourself in. It is better on the other side. You just have to keep pushing forward and be patient. It’s one step at a time, that doesn’t feel like much progress. But when you look back alter you will see the huge change.
Imagine thinking a voice changer and a mask will keep you anonymous on VICE while displaying your build, race, and profession thats very niche
Haha it’s probably the words of the person, a script for entertainment purposes to make us feel like it’s the actual person
@@morpheus8233 Exactly. This is a viral series. They can hire anyone and play a role
I know, right? Like he's definitely a physical attractive guy who works out. It's pretty easy to single them out among the yacht workers.
@@wabisabi7755 nah he tweakin
But billionaires don’t spend time watching vice videos on KZhead that is why they are billionaires…
Just from watching the reality show 'Below Deck' (which I imagine has much less dodgy stuff going on because it's filmed) you can see how the ultra-wealthy guests feel they can do whatever they want to the staff and demand the most insane things just for their amusement. You get a sense of the cruelty and entitlement. I imagine what it might be like if there are no cameras around. *shudder*
100%!
Love this series - they all feel like thrillers and horror shows, but scarier cos they’re real
I'll take his word for it, but man, this is a pretty good low-budget format... You could get anyone to wear a mask and reveal all the horrible scandalous secrets a tabloid writer could come up with. And we didn't even get any juicy details! Just the vague implication that some super-rich people can behave pretty badly. Which I'm sure none of us ever suspected until now.
The reason he didn't want to reveal too much is because, once he starts calling names, those individuals will know by his demeanor and mention who he is and dox him from that point.
Yeah it was a bit light on new information! I know worse stories than this just from hearing them around. Sexual harassment? That’s the least of it. Women who are hired as escorts or entertainment... are quite often forced to do all kinds of awful things, or physically abused and beaten- and it’s not like they can say ‘no’ or leave- they’re in the middle of the ocean with nobody else around! Perhaps he’s just not been there when one of these women held against their will has protested too much and been ‘disposed of’ overboard. But there’s no way he hasn’t heard about it!
@@MetalSStar196 if hes not actually informing, then hes just bragging. You think hes a clean undercover?
If they revealed anything that could possibly identify him in the smallest possible way he's be killed by a hitman in a week.
@@goodvibes5646 Under 24hrs for billionaires.
“Wealth had not corrupted him. What he’d chosen to do with his wealth corrupted him. First he insulated himself from ordinary human experience, and then deemed himself superior to the masses, excused himself from all constraints not only of morality but also of tradition, and subsequently felt justified in casting off his conscience as a worthless artifact of primitive and superstitious minds. He had made of himself a malignancy in the human community.” -- Dean Koontz, from his novel "The Silent Corner"
Dude what are you smoking on
Nice quote
Wow thank you for this
One of my favorite authors, Life Expectancy is the first of his books I read , he had me hooked after that.
Powerful lines !!
Money doesn't change who you are, it reveals who you are
I very much appreciate the incite and publicity towards a very serious issue.
"I don't think that billionaires are all part of some sort of pedophile ring, I think it's more of a queue." - Frankie Boyle
At least 90% of rich people or people with power are actual bad people that's facts
@@igorwasiuk7853 'facts' okay.
@@igorwasiuk7853 just sounds to be some rich guy pissed you off and that somehow made up your mind
@@igorwasiuk7853 source: trust me bro.
@@NoName-oq8qu sorry Elon saar. Sorry for offending you. I ask forgiveness on his behalf
IDK why now, but I've just realized (and I might be wrong) that these masked informant are actually probably actors that just entertains the main voice that was recorded.
obviously as the informants want to stay anonymous
If you're an informant and you stay anonymous you give names and ACTUALLY inform. I agree with you. Could be some vice twats under the mask because anyone can think of what he said
Good observation Captain obvious 👍🏿
I really hope you are right
Yeah that took me a second too... How hard would it be to identify this guy if you had some resources and motivation? In reality he's a short skinny white dude with a Russian accent
Gosh the voice was disguised to much I actually needed the subtitles to understand a word he's saying - powerful video!
I've got a number of friends that have worked on super yachts and my wife also worked on them for 5 years. The yachts he is talking about are known in the industry as 'party yachts' and they are most definitely not the norm. Everyone in the industry know which yachts are party yachts and they hire crew to suit. A lot end up burnt out and leave to go back to regular yachts. All the yachts my friends worked on had a strict no drug policy. If guests were found with it they were kicked off, it's not worth the Captain's career should the police find it- and they do check these vessels from time to time. My wife tells a story about vacuuming up a large pile of cocaine that was left on a guest's bathroom sink. The guest never said anything about it as she knew she'd just be removed from the charter.
I use to build megayachts and I thought it would be fun to work on one until I met a woman who had and she said that the people who own yachts make it intentionally degrading so that the workers are kept in their place as poor people, she said it was 24/7 on call for people who were just nasty, and that when they were stopped at port the staff weren't allowed off the boat and would be left to basically go around with a toothbrush making sure everything was spotless.
Wow wtf
@@cdollar67 Just like jump off the boat and swim to a better boss in some imaginary land where bosses are fair? Don't be a dumb ass. These are extremely wealthy people who want the class divide to be felt by these employees who are living with them.
@@cdollar67 sometimes it’s the only opportunity
@@cdollar67 well no that’s disgusting
They will do that to the poor but at end of it all we will all die and leave this earth plus we are bleed red. So the only equalizer in life is death and even the mega wealthy can't escape it..
When he brought up sexual harassment towards the workers ...I immediately thought about Squid Games and how that old man with the mask made the detective (disguised as a server) go in the VIP room to make him do nasty things. There goes Art imitating Real Life again...
This is quite normal and known to anyone that has ever worked as as server lol. It doesn't need to be rich people doing it either.
@@redRAID3R word up.
Art is based on life.
Illuminati elites
Reality is crazier than fiction
I never understood why people would want to party on a yacht... maybe it's because I am antisocial or smth but I would never consider going to a party I couldn't leave whenever I wanted
Ive worked on a 11mil yacht when i was 22 as day worker and now 15 years later I had some regrets I didnt go through w that career. But this interview put my mind at rest. I think it is true that it ages u quickly and the sun dmg thing too. I was thinking if i made it to capt life would be set though,
I worked for one such wealthy man on the basis that if he gave me his word, it would be honoured. The first time he broke it I immediately resigned, despite increasingly higher salary offers, and his best line of, okay, what's your price! He genuinely couldn't comprehend that I left on principle, after which the threats began, getting more intense when they also failed. It was amusing and pathetic in equal measure.
Hmmmmm
What type of work?
What was it that he promised you and failed to deliver?
Thw world needs more people like you.
@@FC-eh7ll In short his fake
"i dont really understand the mind of billionares" well, thats because you are not a psycopath
Why do you associate billionaires with psychopaths
@@minutescouldsaveyoupercentormo most if not all billionaires are psychopaths. Psychopath means something different than what most people understand it to mean. It doesn't mean they're inherently evil or malicious. Unless they inherited their wealth or got extremely lucky, billionaires are generally psychopaths. The same can be said for most millionaires.
@@minutescouldsaveyoupercentormo Their emotions just blind them I guess. Agencies like the FBI have all these billionaires on their watchlists , they won't be just be able to go criminal after being super famous which billionaires tend to be
@@minutescouldsaveyoupercentormo Also nobody cares about how many job opportunities are given by them. Take the IT industry for example.
@@nevercertain define psychopath please
i'm a surfer who once hitchhiked on a few yachts to travel and surf incredible waves. i was always treated with kindness and respect. i sailed the midnight sail and cooked and did the dishes for my boarding. it was one of the most amazing adventures of my life. in harbor one day, i was offered an interview on a super yacht. the people who worked on this particular boat were not "my cup of tea", so i turned it down. never regretted it... 😎😉✌
capping out of your ass.
Do you just walk up to a yacht and say "hey can I get a job?"
@@25bloodfangIf you are an attractive 20yr old woman they will ask you first
I worked on cruise ships for almost 10 years and I was trying desperately get a job on super yacht. I signed for a very well known platform on the internet to apply to jobs, but unfortunately bc some documentation I needed I never get the job. I was still thinking about it until today that I saw this interview, and it’s curious how they need ppl to work every week! Is like ppl who are not willing to take this type of sh**t get over this and quit. I am a waitress and I think I’ll be better just like this instead of going to a super yacht even when is very luxurious.
What a scary, disgusting world we live in. 😔
The world is very beautiful and very ugly at the same time
@@flakkataska8433 well out world in currently in Age of darkness so this things will happen more in future
I mean what do we expect, the more we look into the past, the worst it was So obviously, humans (the ones that leads humanity) are not about to become angels from nowhere
the word is beautiful, it’s society that’s fucked.
Oh stop whining, the world is versatile, there is an ugly side to it sure, but not all of us are creeps and pervs or have to do anything with creeps and pervs.
Filthy wealth entails horrid deviance. It's hard for some of those people to know that there is something that they could enjoy that's socially or legally out of their reach. And what is still hidden is far more terrifying and scary.
I feel they have lost connection to their Spirit & Creative Source. They are pathetic shells of humans. They appear to be simply puppets or tools for lower entities to create havoc through after a certain point. They are being used as slaves in this sick system that hates humanity, also. Too much power or wealth opens the door for dark energies to use anyone who makes dark choices consistently. The God referred to that rich dudes trust on our money is not the "God" most people assume he is, btw.😈🐍😎
@@why55555 truth to the very core, everything is written in pain sight on the dollar bill if you know what to look for 💯
ALL facts!!! 🙌
@@why55555 will said sister
This whole system is godless. I'm not saying we go back to the dark ages in Europe but why not the golden age of Spain. When we understand our reason for existence we know that we will be held accountable. Now there are heartless mf,rs but not most of us. And a system based on God should prevent their existential wealth and success. Now I'm not referring to a God system based on catholicism or evangelicals but based on Judaism or Islam. How did these 2 great religions create nations where stood based on Torah and Quran? Don't listen to our MSM when they discuss religions they're part of the problem not solution.
I was a deckhand and I approve this message.
Thanks for sharing the truth with us!
Imagine child abuse, killing for fun and any other thing that this guy cannot say.
Exactly
Superyachts with red-rooms in international waters? Yeah, that really isn't much of a stretch.
T
My thoughts too.. the most vile and terrifying things you can or even can't imagine is happening on such events because almost nobody of them will ever have to face responsibility for their evilness ... Epstein was just the tip of the Iceberg..
@@originalotto7126 bound by no law but their money
Kinda seemed like scary movie where everything he was saying wasn’t actually that crazy or scary, but the distorted voice, mask, and music tried to trick you. This really isn’t shocking
Idk, the fact that people can do whatever they want with enough money is horrifying to me.
I wouldn't call it scary, more just... People being bad, like people always are.
bruh... u must be a teenager or smthng
Vice is the biggest giornalism in the world
This feels like Max Payne 3
The voices .... Give me chills . I try not to focus on it I try to just listen to their stories
I have high respect for billionaires who are sincerely humble and decent in nature. They have full control.
Name one.
there are none
"For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?" Mark 8:36 (KJV)
lol
Yes brother amen ! Life is short , give a human the whole world he will still not see it all in one Lifetime. What comes after death is real life
@@OK-ww1mn Laugh but there will come a day and it will be too late.
“Don’t let the Muggles get you down.” - Ron Weasley, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Chapter 1
@@filippaoronto3880 real life in 54321... He's coming back quickly. In our lifetime❤️🙏🙋
Imagine what it'll be like when these psychopaths get their own private space stations.
You must have watched the Elysium movie
Bezos, Musk
Next up in the billionaire race is colonizing dwarf planets
it will be a complete meltdown....
Take it from someone who has worked as a bodyguard. Would avoid like the plague! The downside of being around ultra rich and powerful people is you just may see or hear something you aren’t supposed to! Then someone determines you have to go! As in Soprano’s kind of go!
this guy probably already has a deep voice without a voice changer now he sounds like darth vader
This is what happens when a human's value is reduced to pieces of paper. Morals go out the door.
Wow! So well said.
Who says human have value? There is no inherent value in anyone. We are all just microorganisms battling for resources. Nothing else.
@@cam89realone everything has a value, from animals, to resources, to people, to water to the air we breathe
@@cam89realone I disagree. Value is subjective but it exists
I bet that starts in school. Test papers with perfect marks, straight As, honor rolls; the notion that these determine our future is all beaten into our brains. And what happens? That's when life is truly reduced to pieces of paper.
Would’ve love to hear actual horrific stories from super yachts
This
Some involve faeces , go figure
okay I used to live in one of the most expensive places in europe, a friend left the industry because she had had enough. The saying is 'what goes on in the yacht stays on the yacht. I know loads of captains - they never say a word, I guess out of fear. Anyways r maxwell was so lazy he used to pee in a glass by the bed, an owners wife who I think was indian, would not flush the toilet, deckhands had to. Another used to beat the crap out of her maid, she was arab. G maxwell wanted to own the sea in the new world order, I kid you not, this is how delusional they are
@@christinecurrie7405 by G maxwell do you mean Epstein’s wife? Could you please explain the context of that conversation -if you’re privy to it ofc? I’m just really curious lol
@@marisstella5406 I believe that is who’s she’s talking about I know G maxwells sisters owns some kind of submarine company. Great way to hide of Epsteins victims
Animals slaughtered on board a plane - that is horrifying. What humane slaughter laws would be enforced on a plane? How can people be so cruel and disgusting.
Money doesn't change a person, it amplifies who you already are from the inside.
I was a deckhand and this wasn't the case on ALL the yachts I worked on in the USA. Very nice families owned the yachts and it was fun, exciting, and an excellent job. (pay wasn't great, but no expenses so all in your pocket).
Ok. I've never had food poisoning from eating a burger. Doesn't mean someone else hasn't had food poisoning from eating a burger
You’re talking about families, he’s talking about billionaires with hookers, of course its not gonna be the same
Happy for you but we all live different lives
Thank you!
This talk is probably about people far more wealthy than the family you worked for by far I mean way way more the money that the family you worked for earns in a year the people he worked for probably spend it in less than a week.
Loving these insights into certain industries 👌🏽
Wow. While I was staying in Costa Rica, I met this dude in a cafe who is the captain of a super yacht. I thought was awesome, but it makes me wonder what kind of troubling things he’s seen that he didn’t tell me about
thank you for these informer dark side series vice. we need to be open to the cruel world of money and power
I don’t know why he’s disguised he revealed nothing that isn’t already known about the mega wealthy yachting industry.
Hard work, sun burn and occasionally drunk assholes?
He thinks he's the new Barbie for 2022.
dramatic effect is why
🙄he did it not to reveal his face.he may still need the jobs.if he did, the billionaires gonna kill him by assassination
@@mohammedshafiqulislam7334 I guess his billionaire bosses don’t pay him enough that he has to do vice interviews to make extra money
Money don't change people, it just shows who they really are
Ty
No Money don't change people, it just shows who they really are ...
It changes people because less people are able to make them accountable. Get away once => get away 100 times or more. Precisely it's the authority huge $ brings can change people
As Abraham Lincoln said it, "You want to test a Man's Character? Give him power."
SMH! Great reporting Vice!!
I worked on a super yacht which was docked in Auckland NZ during the rugby World Cup . I was an male escort , I saw a lot of interesting things that you wouldn’t expect from certain people , including government officials, rugby stars , tv hosts . Cash was worth it .
can you give some details in private ? I can give my instagram.. Have a good day
@@imb1548 probably not , don’t need trouble in my life rn .
@@Joshh570 everyone had a price lol
@@blackhawks1870 I mean everyone has bills to pay right lol.
@@Joshh570 liar
I would like to make a review/response to this video, please can I have permission to use the content in this video?
Yes that would be a great idea!
I'd like to see that. I hope you'll grant permission.
I would like to see something like this too. Please grant Super Yacht Captain permission to use the content in this video.
I'd love to hear from Tristan his response to this video as a veteran of the industry for decades. Please grant him permission
Would be good to see a response from a Captain!!
Having lived and worked on boats as well as working with very rich and influential people I can only nod. Specially about the "king on their own island" mentality where everything (and everyone) is completely under their control and at their mercy.
That's sad but not surprising. Can you give one example of something crazy or immoral you witnessed? I'm curious about this side of life although I don't think I would want to ever be a part of it
I never planned either, sometimes didnt even know about the rich and powerful part. Anyway, from both sailing and non sailing worlds in no particular order: rape, various sexual assaults, being watched in ones private cabin while asleep, being screamed at for not knowing things we were deliberately not told and various situations created to "assert dominance", being repeatedly reminded that our superior can incarcerate us with no reason given and sell all our possessions (imagine you're driving with someone to town and the driver keeps casually mentioning how he could severe and kill you all in a heartbeat - repeatedly. through the entire conversation), dangerously low hygiene (faeces in the kitchen sink level), being made to kneel while he is pissing on you proclaiming "you are theirs", total disregard for reality because they are used to everyone accepting their reality as the ultimate truth, various laws broken (some of them severe), a lot of mental illness such as narcissism, sociopathy and psychopathy, BPD, and old school wife-beater aggression. This are all first hand experiences. Second hand experience (or having witnessed the things): copious amounts of money laundering, fixing fights, manipulating businesses, extortion, tax evasion, more rape and sexual abuse, severe emotional abuse. And on top of that, regardless of how proper the country, you know you cant do much against it without being annihilated in one way or another. Im not saying everyone who is rich, powerful, or sails is like that, but the combo of ultimate power and mental illness is very present in those circles because a lot of those people never get a reality check and just keep getting more extreme beside living in a well connected net of others who jointly keep this system running while the amount of equally powerful people on the "good" side is just not enough to battle it cause usually being on the good side means giving lots more energy, sacrifice, finances, work, emotional energy etc just like in every industry and social circle. Like planting and maintaining a forest for trees for 20 yers with love, labour and money, just for illegal loggers to chop it down in one afternoon to make 10 extra grand and move on without giving a toss. @@lakeboy1908
@@sanjakarinmusic Wow. That is disgusting and extremely immoral. I'm truly sorry you had to go through with that. It always puzzles me why God lets evil exist
thank you. its all mostly traumatic childhoods leading to mental illnesses, insecurities, lack of empathy, susceptibility to the dysfunctional sides of todays society etc, sadly its a vicious cycle then though as these people create new trauma, usually at a much increased speed and scope, so im always again glad to see that at least they don't procreate or if they do, that the kids have a compassionate nanny to be at least a little safe haven. There should be no basic right to make children in todays society as so many of the nastiest bastards became like that due to a horrible upbringing (regardless of amount of money or luxury). @@lakeboy1908
I was thinking they drink 2-3 cups of tea daily while watching Sunrise/Sunset.
I love this series so much!
Glad this is being shed to light more to be honest. I remember hearing about a few different super yacht cases on a couple criminal mystery channels. Thought it was unique and underrated of a topic it just kind of stuck with me at the time. I did some research on more cases and this is true by all means. At anytime a person can be killed, cleaned up, and just thrown overboard. Lots of woman and men dissapearing, as well as on cruise ships in the past decade.
They kill the staffs there?
thats right,iv watched some videos on them unsolved murders on yachts as well and the cruises...it was interesting because i never knew they had weird laws that they twist to somehow prevent them from doing investigations ,unless some private investigator is brought in then it would remain unknown ....
In Belgium my sicilian ex mother inaw bribed my crooked lawyer Hugo jacobs
@@patriciavandevelde5469 For what
@@candiceruth10 they will kill you like they just swatted an annoying house fly.
This is how a human being evolves when is raised with money and without love
Money and drugs don't make you change, they reveal your true side!
I’m now obsessed with these videos 😱
This is absolutely scary ... it saddens me the state of our world , that this is taken place ... the corruption and criminal expression moving through the rich and our governments. It should fear us all and leave us feeling the need to expose and dismantle where we can.
I have spent 20 years as a yacht captain and I can tell you the stories this guy are telling are the the monitory not the majority. I have had an incredible career working for incredible families.
He sounds like a paid actor.
I doubt he's working for families. Probably bachelor's. Maybe you're working in different parts of the same industry.
I agree! I have also worked in this industry and nothing what this guy said has EVER happened to me. One day off in months.. that's total bullshit. You get up to 4 days off in between charters. Sexual harassment? The worst I've had is a hand wandering up my leg .. spoke to the Captain and he had a word with the guest.. all sorted. Drugs? Nope just great families who just want to have fun. Nope, sorry. This faceless guy is talking out of his arse!
@@sweetiepybirdzilla7514 that must be fun. In cruise ships we don't get day offs in 8 months straight.
You never worked in uk then, I bet you worked in Italy or some kind of boring country
This doesn’t just happen in wealthy circles. It happens in poor communities too. People die and no one steps up as a witness for the true story. In the end the bad guy gets away. The common denominator is drugs and bad people. What there is to learn is that you have a choice. To put yourself in these situations or stay away from them. This video did not convince me that all rich people are bad. Bad people are bad and they exist in every class.
This is correct ✅
THANK YOU>>
Yes but it also important to listen to his story
Yes, but the difference is the way these ppl get away with these crimes. There is an important social context you're missing: people tend to get away with crimes in poor places because of the govt's neglect of those places; But billionaires tend to get away with crimes because they actively abuse their power and connections. So there's a difference in how power-dynamics are exercised here. Also, there's the fact that we're trained to look up to rich people just by virtue of them being rich, so thats why this info is necessary: we're raised to have this near-religious reverence for rich people, to the point that we're not supposed to see fault in them & to disregard any crimes they did. Seeing this info breaks that lily-white illusion and causes us to question this whole system they set up, and that questioning is dangerous to them. On the flip side, we're trained to look at poor communities as inherently criminal, so doing that doesnt shake anything up; youre doing what you were trained to do. But to question the morals of the people who set this whole system up, now thats dangerous.
Whatever you need to tell yourself....
This is truly Hell on Earth. Humanity has created a unique Hell for itself and there's nothing we can do to fix it.
And I really hate it when people say “everybody has a price“. It’s not that everybody has a price it’s just that the higher up you go dealing with corrupt and heinous people you know that you’re life could potentially end by dealing with them. So if you don’t want to die…you sign the dotted line.
I want to give this guy a hug . I can feel the pain. Money brings out the true character of a person. 😥🙁
when vice put a mask on one of his staff and interview him😂
stfu*
I wonder how the reality show "Below Deck" compares to this guy's experience?
That show Altered Carbon is way more accurate then I expected
Well this pretty much sums up the true meaning of : " All hands on deck " ....
I like how is able to not let on who offered him the job without indicating who's offering the job using as a sufficiently generalized characterization of, "the most notoriously corrupt people on the planet".... and these people can do whatever they want, until there's a revolution.
yeah cause people are going to come together to overthrow the capitalist system right? lol
first thing that came to my head was jeffrey epstein and his circle
@@TheEvolver311 Probably not. More likely, they will grow increasingly aware of the corruption and exploitation, further develop the idea it is they who is being exploited and the bosses who keep getting richer & more powerful as a result, become increasingly angry and hostile, then eventually go on a murderous spree of taking out which ever scapegoated group the elite decide to target for a distraction. So yes... LOL.
@@TheEvolver311 capitalism isn't bad, it's people who are fucked up
@@LoseControlForDeath capitalism doesn't exist independently of humans
How can anyone that's rich be okay with this? It just makes me uncomfortable.
They are not perfect NOBODY is . I guess people expect them to be perfect because they are rich
Perfection is impossible, yes. But if you're gonna be rich, at least have standards.
@@shocktrapproductions6332 I agree totally! It’s like the rich ones do the most wildest things
My brother has worked some big yachts in Fort Lauderdale and Miami where a lot rich people come and he works as an engineer and even he has some stories because mostly they are all the same people no matter what yacht you work on they generally treat like garbage 😢
Not to take away from this gentleman’s points but I must say that not all boats are like this, some have very respectable owners who really look after their crew and provide some very good experiences and memories, extremely good health insurance, highly paid salaries and great work/holiday rotations
Obviously man. That's the case with every profession from barbershop owners to fashion designers.
True, but what about when the kids take over the yacht?¿¿? Second generation rich are where the despicable nature begins‼️‼️‼️💯💯👍
The problem even with respectable owners is that this "hobby" billionaires have is extremely unnecessary and detrimental to the environment. the amount of fuel this yachts burn is crazy
@@Iliashun well that's not really a problem I drive a car and someone can also argue and find it unnecessary 👀 and came one it's okay to destroy earth just that little bit
Yea he's not talking about normal people. He's talking about the Epstein types
These informers need to start covering up everything a bit better
He was covered up 🤷🏽♂️??
They're usually actors just narrating the actual story.
yeah seriously how many black people with a london accent are working on super yachts of billionaires??
@@jimmyboe25 EXACTLY!!
@@jimmyboe25 he isn't black
This is mind blowing info. Who knew that wealth and power are used to take advantage of other people. How long has this been happening?? 😮
I wouldn't be surprised if this was just one of the vice crew members 😂
Same thing I was thinking... 😄
Same thing I was thinking... 😄
We all know this...the sociopathic Hierarchies of extreme privilege and access has zero limitations: think of Caligula's double ancient pleasure ships on lake Nemi - Sex , Murder, Sinister- Anything . 🦖☄
this series is so good, vice is amazing
Money doesn’t change people, it reveals them.
The world is such a cruel place. I remember i had an argument with somebody that said "it wasn't a cruel place." That person just had to be hiding something for saying stuff like that. Or they were juet too naive but the naive part is hard to believe
New season of below deck looks intense!!
The new season has me feeling a type of way!
This video is not representative of the super yacht industry. I've worked in the industry for over a decade and on multiple boats of all sizes and most of what he said I have never seen, or even heard of from others even anecdotal stories like this. If it's so bad why is he still in the industry? He's hiding his identity because he wants to continue his career whilst at the same time saying it's so bad. Vice, I am a crew member on a superyacht and have been in the maritime industry for 20+ years. If you want to interview me get in touch. I won't require a mask, I am also a KZheadr.
This whole video is a load of bullocks. It seems that Tristan might make a response video.
The masked man is making some big allegations. Has Vice done any fact finding on the allegations? I see multiple defamation cases coming out of this. I'm also included to trust what Tristan is saying too.
@@Iwishiwasflying Defamation lawsuits from who??? He didn't give any specific names or companies. Anyone who feels offended by this to the point they'd want to sue would just be telling on themselves.
@@edenredeemed lol right?
He specifically mentioned working for billionaires with shady reputations. Were any of the ones you worked for shady or reputed to be corrupt? I mean, someone who worked in many Wall St firms might also say they've never seen the stuff that went down at Stratton Oakmont
If you agree to do this job, you are not innocent. They can feel all the guilt and self-pity they want, but if they agreed to the job, they've got no right to feel separate - they're complicit
Right, that is exactly what I was thinking. What made him choose to put himself in that position where he witnessed all of this? Questionable 🤔
Well, sometimes you don't have the choice. When you have no money left, no one to help you and no qualifications whatsoever, no matter how proud and kind you are, you have no other choice than to take a sketchy or miserable job offer. The saying "where there's a will, there's a way" is mostly false. Good opportunities don't rely on good will.
I know someone who was basically 'meat' for several folk on various yachts. He tries telling me he was a deckhand etc but the reality is he knows absolutely nothing about the job, the tasks and is someone who is far removed from the realities of real life and the real world - vulnerable and yet tall, good looking and gay. He spent around 8 months 'working' on various yachts and is now home and dry and thinks they'll need his vast experience again. Like I said: Clueless and vulnerable.
I've always found it curious that their voice is changed. Anyone with a pitch shifter can change it back to what it most likely sounds like.
Usually the people that have on these things are publicly known already it's just to add to the series trademark.
Its layered, sp even of you pitch it back up it will not sound like the guys real voice
It’s not just shifted down it’s distorted. It would still sound just as distorted at a normal pitch. They make it deep because it sounds cool. Normal pitch distorted voices sound dumb, high pitch ones sound funny.
All of them sound the same though, right? That would mean it's just the same voice reading scripted input like microsoft sam
Was a deckhand for a year, did not have anything like this on the yachts. More than rich kids running around with drugs.
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One thing that sickens me about these rich people is that whenever they wanted to do despicable things to someone, THEY CAN AND WILL DO IT AND GET AWAY WITH IT AS IF IT'S NOTHING.
That sickens literally everyone.
2:41 the way his body language changes when he talks about this
I thought the same
aside from the seafood and death i've seen pretty much everything the guy mentioned working at Butlins holiday camp, the only difference between the vices of the rich and the poor is the location and the scale of the decadence