That leaves many superyacht crew members running around trying to meet the highest expectations. From the funny to the ridiculous to the tedious – and not excluding the salacious – here are some of the strangest requests they've received on the job.

Some are extreme sports fans

Michael, a former yacht captain who worked on yachts ranging from 130 feet to 170 feet, recalled a time when a superyacht owner wanted to watch the NBA basketball team he owned play in the semi-finals or finals. At the time, the yacht was anchored near a reef off of eastern Honduras, where there was terrible satellite coverage, he said.

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“He also owned a small network that broadcast the game and paid to have the satellite footprint moved to cover our area, which [cost] tens of thousands of dollars,” he said. “Still we did not get the game. The only image that came across of the game was his mother, who loved the team, sitting next to Stevie Wonder.”

Beach toys are important

Time on the water isn't complete without good inflatable floats. At least, that is, for some of the guests that chief stewardess Nic has had on board.

At 8pm, her guests requested an inflatable crocodile and baby water floats – and they wanted them for the next morning. “One hire car and six hours later, we arrived back at the boat with the items,” she said.

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Superyacht owners can sometimes be forgetful. But somehow they always have a way of getting what they need – no matter where they are.

Mark, the captain of a 114-foot yacht, said his superyacht owner once needed a crew member to fly a 4,000-mile round trip in 34 hours, via business class, to pick up a small bag of clothes for the boss’ wife.

Some requests are mind-blowingly tedious

Some requests aren't extravagant but are tedious and meticulous. A stewardess on a 112-foot sailing yacht told Business Insider she was once asked to pick out all the broken sweets in the candy bowls.

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Guests make sure they can get anywhere they want

One crew member was working on a motor yacht anchored in Greece, and a guest wondered why they weren't playing golf; the crew member told him the nearest course was three hours away.

“Without hesitation, he asked, '[Is] there no helicopter available?'," the crew member said. “I was a bit taken aback and let him know I hadn't considered that option. He politely let me know he would be happy to pay for one … Sure enough, several residents took the option for private airlift via helicopter or jet to play a round of golf.”

He said they've also stopped the yacht for a guest to play his guitar on an iceberg while cruising the Arctic.

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Chefs are expected to work around the clock

Yacht chefs need to deal with especially demanding requests – they're always at the whim of someone else's appetite and cravings.

After being in bed for almost three hours, one chef on a 150-foot motor yacht said he was asked to whip up a small-plate buffet – at 3am.

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One crew member who has worked on yachts ranging from 100 feet to 130 feet as both a mate and a junior engineer has seen it all.

“On the deck side, [the most extreme request has] been to purposely keep my eyes down and not address the topless prostitutes on board,” he said. “On the engineering side, it's been to get in murky canal water to dig the ocean floor deeper and scrub the bottom of the boat.”

Some guests get very thirsty

A second stewardess who works on a 200-foot yacht said an owner once asked if they could fly some Fanta soft drink to an island in the middle of nowhere.

Note: Business Insider was able to verify each crew member's identity, but we refrained from publishing their full names to protect their privacy.

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