S3:E09 | Dive professional explains how to work on a Liveaboard Yacht Charter AND launch a new business (the now legendary Spacefish Army)

Morgan Oughton makes the jump from her New York City design job to working on a Live Aboard charter… all while launching the legendary Spacefish Army outerwear line. Her designs and products can now be found around the globe in retail dive centers and watersports venues, as well anywhere that ships online.

She goes deep into life on a liveaboard charter, and how that lifestyle works (and how it sometimes doesn’t). More surprising, she finds her life partner AND manages to launch Spacefish Army, all while working 16 hour days (and keeping the relationship a secret).

This is the interview for anyone considering working on a live aboard yacht as a Bosun, Steward, Divemaster, Instructor, or anything remotely similar.

Finally, she talks about how to know when you’ve hit success, the difference between happiness and satisfaction, how to balance work and personal time, and what the future looks like for Spacefish Army.

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Morgan Oughton quit her job in NYC, and became a Divemaster and Instructor for the Aggressor Fleet of diving liveaboard yachts. 

She fell in love with diving, and during that transformative adventure found a way to fuse her passion of diving, artwork and design into something useful for all of us: Spacefish Army.

Diving needed to break free of the “bland”, and Morgan did it. Not only did she inject life & color into scuba diving wear, she brought practicality from knowing what it takes to work as a dive professional in the most demanding setting for any diving pro.

From pockets to sunblock, eco-friendly pieces, Mo and her wildly friendly team have you COVERED, head to toe.

Website: https://spacefisharmy.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/spacefisharmy/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/spacefisharmy

TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@spacefisharmy

A special thank you to Katie, Becca, Robin, Will, Tina, Dee, Morgan and RJ for making the trip out to Rainbow River FL for this B-roll film shoot… I had so much fun with you all!

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Kenny Dyal is the host of The Scuba Diving Podcast:

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