HELLO FROM MEDITERRANEAN SEA-TURKEY

[Skipyash]

I am a 50 yo food scientist (living in Ankara, Turkey). I have been sailing for 5 years in Med Sea approx. 3500 nm. I am an experienced sailor, I have got licence from IYT, Yatchmaster Offshore ( I will got it at Nov 2015). I am looking for opportunities for joining a boat as volunteer mate, for short trips in 2016, and then for circumnavigation or long trips after 2016. I sailed in Turkish and some Greek waters and islands, and two 10 days passage ( 1000 nm each, with 25 hours night watch for each); Corfu- Crotone- Rocella Ionica- Messina Canal- Palermo- Sardegna- Palma de Mallorca & Lagos-Villa Real de San Antonio- Gibraltar- Malaga- Fromentara- Ibiza- Olbia. I planned a trip from Fethiye-Rodos- Crete- Santorini- Kefalonia-Tilos-Datca at October. I haven't got any boat, I have been join to monohull sailing boats as volunteer or with bareboat facility. I am a good cook, experienced sailor, got course on meteorology, positive, happy person. There is only one thing I have to say that I smoke.

I hope I can get together with "real" sailors.

Thanks, and nice winds

Skipyash

(Yasar Kemal Erdem)

[Steadman Uhlich]

Howdy Skipyash and Welcome Aboard CF!

You posted a good introduction with much good info about your sailing experience and goals. Good!

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