I imagine it's a few fold... 1. They're not bound by any US minimum wage laws, so any wages will work. I expect most of the staff would be people willing to wo

I imagine it's a few fold... 1. They're not bound by any US minimum wage laws, so any wages will work. I expect most of the staff would be people willing to work for food, anything above that is a bonus. 2. They'll be able to pay their workers less since they're taking care of food & housing & health care. 3. Most offices have a lot of overhead... rent, insurance, janitors, etc. At the end of the day, I think 300 staff being paid barely livable wages would be a small fraction of the cost. The bigger problem I think would be convincing clients this boat operation was a better deal (and not made up).