Live prep, on a real schedule.
Cohort sessions are live, group-format prep sessions for serious cruise-ship applicants — a structured alternative to working the checklist alone. Each session is led by a facilitator with shipboard experience, capped at a small group, and built around a single concrete outcome: a resume pass, a mock medical, a contract review.
Placeholder schedule · Last updated 2026-08 · Dates below are illustrative — confirm before booking travel.
The five questions members ask before reserving
Short answers, in the same wording the rest of the page uses. For the longer FAQ, scroll further down.
- Everything in Pro for the cohort window
- Weekly cohort calls with the quartermasters
- Replays of every cohort session, indexed by track
Early cohort results
“The resume pass alone saved me two weeks of guessing. Walked into the hiring window already aligned to the line-specific keywords the portal screens for.”
“Six weeks of structured cohort prep — seatime ledger updated, ENG1 booked, contract review done. I went from “maybe next year” to a signed contract start.”
“The mock ENG1 walkthrough caught two items I would have failed on. The cohort clinic-triage sessions built the muscle memory I needed for solo first-fifteen.”
Reserve your seat — next cohorts.
Six upcoming cohorts across September 2026 through February 2027. Seats are hand-capped so each facilitator can actually know the room — when a card shows fewer than a third of seats left, it’s worth reserving now rather than waiting for the waitlist email.
- Hospitality12/20 seats leftOpen Q&A — entry-level hospitality openings
- Starts
- Time
- · 1 hr
- Facilitator
- Mara Okafor
- Deck8/16 seats leftAB to Able Seaman — bridging the gap
- Starts
- Time
- · 1 hr 30 min
- Facilitator
- Capt. Ines Marlowe
- Entertainment10/20 seats leftCasting-director office hours
- Starts
- Time
- · 1 hr 15 min
- Facilitator
- Renata Quill
- IT6/12 seats leftPMS migration round-table
- Starts
- Time
- · 1 hr 30 min
- Facilitator
- Yusuf Adekunle
- Medical5/10 seats leftSolo-clinic first fifteen minutes
- Starts
- Time
- · 1 hr 15 min
- Facilitator
- Dr. Henrik Vasquez
- Ship Retail14/24 seats leftTranslating your retail KPIs to UPT at sea
- Starts
- Time
- · 1 hr
- Facilitator
- Sasha Pellegrini
When the first cohorts land.
A draft calendar spanning August through October 2026. Topics cover each of the six tracks plus a few cross-cutting sessions (resume review, contract review, mock medical). Facilitators are listed alongside so you can see who leads each topic.
August 2026
3 sessions on the calendar
| Date | Time (UTC) | Topic | Track | Facilitator | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| · 1 hr 30 min | Resume review for ship rolesBring a current resume; walk through line-specific framing (hospitality vs. deck vs. entertainment) and the keywords a hiring portal screens for. | Hospitality | Mara Okafor | quartermast.app/tracks/hospitality | |
| · 1 hr 15 min | Mock ENG1 medical walkthroughWhat the ENG1 doctor is actually checking, the items that fail candidates most often, and what to do if your certificate is borderline. | Medical | Dr. Henrik Vasquez | quartermast.app/certification | |
| · 1 hr | Mapping your deck-officer timelineFrom AB to third officer — the seatime, certs, and training-record book entries you need at each step, with a working backwards plan from your target contract date. | Deck | Capt. Ines Marlowe | quartermast.app/tracks/deck |
September 2026
4 sessions on the calendar
| Date | Time (UTC) | Topic | Track | Facilitator | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| · 1 hr | STCW refresher Q&AOpen-floor Q&A on the five STCW basic-safety modules — survival craft, fire prevention, first aid, personal safety, and security awareness. | Hospitality | Mara Okafor | quartermast.app/certification | |
| · 1 hr 30 min | Shipboard IT newbuild readinessWhat shipyard IT commissioning looks like — factory acceptance testing, sea-trial system checks, and the cutover week from pier to revenue sailing. | IT | Yusuf Adekunle | quartermast.app/tracks/it | |
| · 1 hr 15 min | Audition-day prep for production castWarm-up routine, the dance-call format, vocal cut selection, and how to read the casting panel — bring a question about your reel. | Entertainment | Renata Quill | quartermast.app/tracks/entertainment | |
| · 1 hr 30 min | Contract red-flag reviewWalk through a real cruise-line contract: the clauses worth pushing back on, the ones you can negotiate, and the ones you should walk away from. | Hospitality | Lior Ben-Ari | quartermast.app/resources |
October 2026
3 sessions on the calendar
| Date | Time (UTC) | Topic | Track | Facilitator | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| · 1 hr | Boutique-at-sea readinessHow to translate your land-retail KPIs (UPT, conversion, sales-per-hour) into the language cruise-line buyers and boutique managers actually screen for. | Ship Retail | Sasha Pellegrini | quartermast.app/tracks/retail | |
| · 1 hr 30 min | Solo-clinic triage scenariosThree structured scenarios — chest pain, paediatric fever, intoxicated fall — and the first-fifteen-minute actions you would run from a small onboard clinic. | Medical | Dr. Henrik Vasquez | quartermast.app/tracks/medical | |
| · 1 hr | Reading the hiring-windows calendarHow to read the published recruitment calendar by line, the lead-time between a window opening and the contract start, and where rolling intake really rolls. | Hospitality | Mara Okafor | quartermast.app/hiring-windows |
Tell me when the real schedule lands.
These dates are placeholders while we gauge demand. Drop your email and we’ll let you know the moment real cohorts open for booking — no spam, no follow-up sequence.
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See what’s open before you reserve.
The live booking calendar below mirrors what’s actually open for reservation. Pick a session that fits your week — confirmation comes straight from the provider, then we’ll follow up with the prep notes.
The live booking calendar is being wired up. Drop your email in the waitlist below and we’ll send the moment sessions open for booking — no spam, no follow-up sequence.
Watch on-demand before committing.
Past cohort recordings — use these to decide which track is worth your seat before you book. Replays are free for everyone; the only locked content is the live cohort itself.
- HospitalityMay 2026Resume review — live critique with three real applicants
Hosted by Mara Okafor · 1 hr 15 min
Live resume critique; the line edits that move calls to interviews, and the framing each track is screening for.
- MedicalJun 2026Mock ENG1 medical walkthrough
Hosted by Dr. Henrik Vasquez · 1 hr 20 min
What the ENG1 doctor is actually checking, the items that most often fail candidates, and what to do if your certificate is borderline.
- DeckJul 2026Mapping your deck-officer timeline
Hosted by Capt. Ines Marlowe · 1 hr 5 min
From AB to third officer — seatime, certs, and a working backwards plan from your target contract date.
- HospitalityApr 2026STCW refresher Q&A
Hosted by Mara Okafor · 1 hr 10 min
Open-floor Q&A on the five STCW basic safety modules — survival craft, fire prevention, first aid, personal safety, and security awareness.
- EntertainmentMar 2026Audition-day prep for production cast
Hosted by Renata Quill · 1 hr 20 min
Warm-up routine, the dance-call format, vocal-cut selection, and how to read the casting panel — with one production-cast reel up for review.