We are looking for one or two extra crew to help us sail this leg of our journey. We are in the
Caribbean at the moment but in late February we will be heading to
Panama from
Grenada and hope to be through the
Panama Canal by the middle of March.
Our
boat is a Stevens 47, very well equipped and set up for
offshore cruising. This is a very stable
seaworthy boat. I am skippering and I've been sailing since I was 19, about 32 years. My crewmember has been sailing for 6 mnths. We have both been living on the boat for that long.
We need someone who has a great attitude and wants to gain experience with
water sailing">blue
water sailing. We do not HAVE to take anyone on but it would be nice to have an extra hand or two to help with watches etc so the deal is this:
We have the boat and pay for any
maintenance issues etc. as well as our share of
food and drink.
You pay for the following....
Your airfare to and from the boat.
Your part of the
food costs
Any of your own shoreside costs e.g.
hotel, drinks, restaurant dinners etc
You will be expected to be a part of the crew in all respects, taking watches, sailing the boat, turns with
cooking and
cleaning up day to day stuff....just as you would in a roommate situation on shore.
What you get is return is a chance at an extensive
offshore voyage with all the sailing experience involved...enough miles to qualify for almost any Capt's licence.
We are less impressed with your sailing experience so far as we are with attitude and willingness to learn. We can teach someone who is completely green but a little basic sailing knowledge would be good. Of course anyone with lots of experience would be welcomed too.
We would probably stooge around the pacific coast of
Panama for a week or so to get whoever comes oriented to the boat and ourselves before heading off to the
Galapagos Islands (about a 9 day sail) then to the
Marquesas (about a 24-28 day sail). We plan to spend a week or two in the
Galapagos Islands then the rest of the time sailing to the
Marquesas then Tuamotos then
Tahiti, to be in
Tahiti by early to middle June or thereabouts.
Please reply to mike(at)rogueprojex(dot)net
Michael