Greetings All,
My name is Daniel and I am a 31 year old guy that has recently left the Royal Australian
Navy Submarine Squadron.
I will be heading to
Hawaii at the end of December 2013 to spend time with friends. From there I will
head to the mainland of America to
purchase a
boat of my own to hopefully sail back to
Australia.
Before I do this I would like to brush up on many skills to thoroughly prepare me for my trip.
I would like to crew with people who own boats around the 25 to 35 foot range for either
delivery or
liveaboard scenarios to get up to speed and really hit the ground running before I take the plunge with a
boat of my own.
I am prepared to pay all of my own costs in getting to your boat, and back to wherever I plan to buy my own boat. I will pay all of my own food/alcohol costs and a percentage of most other general costs. I would expect to negotiate slightly different terms if delivering. But I am very flexible.
I am a qualified
mechanic by
trade and have spent many months at sea on long deployments in very confined spaces.
I have a
current STCW95 Sea
Training Certificate. First Aid
Training. Heaps of watch keeping and engineering experience.
I am a fit, healthy, clean and respectful person. I am
single and have no
kids.
I sailed the Apostle Islands last year with friends on
Lake Superior. And I'm a pretty keen windsurfer.
Due to my American Visa expiry date I need to make sure that I am inside America no later than the end of April 2014. So I have a few months up my sleeve to hang out and help you with most things.
I would prefer to sail out of
Hawaii,
Mexico,
San Diego,
Florida or The
Caribbean. But I would consider just about anything if it sounded like it would be good.
Please contact me if you think you might like an extra hand.
Looking forward to hearing from you.
I am thinking about
buying a
Cape Dory 28 or something similar. I would appreciate any and all
advice that people would care to give.