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Staff onboard some of the world's most elite ships open up about work life
One chef says he's seen 'hookers' ushered aboard and drug deals
A female stewardess was left to pick up sex toys from the night before

Published: 13:24 EST, 19 July 2015 | Updated: 17:31 EST, 19 July 2015

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They're worth millions, come with helipads as standard and, unless you happen to be a billionaire or a Hollywood celebrity, near impossible to get inside.

But now staff on some of the world's most elite superyachts have revealed what life is really like aboard a billion-dollar boat - and it isn't all serving champagne and cocktails.

One crew member says a friend on another boat was told to pick up sex toys 'from the night before', while another told of packs of 'Latvian and Russian hookers' being ushered aboard.

High seas: Staff on some of the world's most elite superyachts have revealed what life is really like aboard a billion-dollar boat (above, the 64.50m Silver Angel yacht, custom built in 2009 by Benetti)

Dan, a chef on a superyacht who spoke on condition of anonymity to Sunday Times Style magazine, said the women were usually driven to the yacht in a fleets of Mercedes.

Then, the men on board would pick 'three [women] they would have that day.'

Other 'dodgy' customers the ship caterer spied during a trip to Ibiza included a doctor providing Viagra and an ecstasy dealer.

'I'm starting not to care,' Dan said as recounted his tales.

Decked out: Ecstasea - (above) built in June 2009 - was sold by her original owner, the Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich, to a philanthropist for $200 million

Flashing their cash: Crew say that there are some clients who love to 'gawk and be gawked at', while others use yachts as a business tool

The cook says that the worst-behaved clients aren't the owners of the boats, but those who charter the vessels for a week or two.

These customers can pay up to £600,000 per week for boats that have all the added luxuries of swimming pools that convert into helipads, wet bars and in-house cinemas.

It's all "let's get drugs, let's get hookers, let's abuse the crew"

'It's all "let's get drugs, let's get hookers, let's abuse the crew",' Dan said of what he calls the 'yacht charter set'.

But it's not all doom and gloom. Indeed, Dan admits that last summer he made more than £20,000 in tips.

And a yacht stewardess named Thebe Ringner, said she has been able to save lots of money in her four years of crewing since leaving university.

She says at the end of every trip, yacht owners shower her with expensive gifts and cash bonuses.

Thebe says she has previously been presented with Hermes wallets, iPads and sunglasses.

Behind-the-scenes: It appears working on a yacht isn't all serving champagne and cocktails (stock image)

She also recalls one Arab boat owner giving his crew a Mercedes car to zip around in at the end of a season.

When asked about the downsides of yacht crew life - such as picking up sex toys and witnessing drug deals - Thebe says there's no point in getting upset.

'It's the job,' she replied.

Ben Marshall, who captains a £28million 170ft sailing yacht called Red Dragon, says that bad behaviour is not tolerated and word usually spreads.

Downsides: One crew member says a friend on another boat was told to pick up sex toys 'from the night before', while another told of packs of 'Latvian and Russian hookers' being ushered aboard (stock image)

He says those who misbehave after chartering a yacht will usually be blacklisted.

And why do people spend vast amounts of money hiring out big boats?

Ben says that there are some clients who love to 'gawk and be gawked at', while others use yachts as a business tool.

'We spent the Venice Biennale doing business aboard [the yacht] - in four days we fed and watered 700 people.

'As a platform it's the biggest business card in the world.'