The person (or people) who assists the helmsman by trimming the sails Ease-Let out, as in "ease the sheets or sails"
The group of people who assist the skipper in sailing a yacht. An America's Cup crew is comprised of 16 people, typically consisting of a skipper/helmsman, tactician, navigator, strategist, mainsheet trimmer, port and starboard trimmers, mastman, pitman, bowman, foredeck, sewerman and four winch grinders. A 17th person, commonly called the "17th man," is allowed aboard the yacht as an observer but may not assist in sailing the yacht.
The team of sailors that sails the yacht.
assistants to the GM team who help in technical areas (set-up, special effects, etc.) rather than character roles. See also cast.
Your crew will normally consist of a professional captain and a gourmet chef; Medium sized yachts will often carry a stewardess and/or a deckhand who will help the captain and chef to take care of you. It is not unusual for a mega yacht to carry a crew of 10 or even more.
A crew comprises a body or a class of people who work at a common activity, generally in a structured or hierarchical organization. The word has particular nautical resonances: the tasks involved in operating a ship, particularly a sailing ship, providing numerous specialities within a ship's crew, often organised with a chain of command. Traditional nautical usage strongly distinguishes officers from crew, though the two groups combined form the ship's company.