G´day sailors... ,-)

ElMiguel · 16-09-2008, 16:23

Hey, how is it going?

My name is Michael... actually a german bloke but i think my heart can´t decide where i am from...

I lifed in Spain for a while and then started travelling... The year became a year and a half... the year and a half became two years... lets see how it keeps going!
To be honest i got no idea about sailing, but dreaming of it since years... tried to make a course in germany, but it never worked out... then again in Australia... but there it was too expensive (i was travelling on budget...)... i almost got a lift from Darwin to Indonesia, but in the end the skipper found someone with more experience...
Well, right now i am Colombia tryingto to use my hospitality qualifications to get on a cruiser or something to get some first experience...
Thats why i am here, to get some informations, maybe finding people with the same history, who got further already...
Cheers to all of you!

Michael

scallywag · 16-09-2008, 18:13

Michael,

Welcome to the cruisers forum. I hope you will find a ride somewhere.

John

SkiprJohn · 17-09-2008, 12:45

Aloha Michael,
Welcome aboard! Sign up on a crew list and see if you can get a ride on some of the sailing craft there.
Tschuess,
JohnL

Talbot · 17-09-2008, 13:53

If you cant get onto a crew list, it is normally much cheaper to get a dinghy sailing ticket, and that is a great way to learn the sailhanding part.

16-09-2008, 16:23	#1
ElMiguel Registered User Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 6	G´day sailors... ,-) Hey, how is it going? My name is Michael... actually a german bloke but i think my heart can´t decide where i am from... I lifed in Spain for a while and then started travelling... The year became a year and a half... the year and a half became two years... lets see how it keeps going! To be honest i got no idea about sailing, but dreaming of it since years... tried to make a course in germany, but it never worked out... then again in Australia... but there it was too expensive (i was travelling on budget...)... i almost got a lift from Darwin to Indonesia, but in the end the skipper found someone with more experience... Well, right now i am Colombia tryingto to use my hospitality qualifications to get on a cruiser or something to get some first experience... Thats why i am here, to get some informations, maybe finding people with the same history, who got further already... Cheers to all of you! Michael

17-09-2008, 13:53	#4
Talbot Registered User Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Stavanger, Norway Boat: Last boat was a Catalac 9m Hi-Jude Posts: 2,026 Images: 23	If you cant get onto a crew list, it is normally much cheaper to get a dinghy sailing ticket, and that is a great way to learn the sailhanding part. __________________ "Be wary of strong drink. It can make you shoot at tax collectors - and miss." Robert A Heinlein

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16-09-2008, 18:13	#2
scallywag Registered User Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: St. Augustine, Fl Boat: Allied Princess, 36-Scallywag Posts: 424 Images: 2	Michael, Welcome to the cruisers forum. I hope you will find a ride somewhere. John

17-09-2008, 12:45	#3
SkiprJohn Registered User Join Date: May 2006 Location: Kea'au, Big Island, Hawaii Boat: Cascade, Cutter, 42 - "Casual" Posts: 3,726	Aloha Michael, Welcome aboard! Sign up on a crew list and see if you can get a ride on some of the sailing craft there. Tschuess, JohnL