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Forum: Crew Positions: Wanted & Available 08-04-2024, 15:36
Replies: 2
Views: 441
Posted By Geoff H.
Crew Wanted Vuda Fiji to California/ June

I have amended an earlier posting which originally was a callout for a skipper and crew but have been advised that I should post anew, for Crew Wanted. The skipper for this journey is now in hand, a...
Forum: Crew Positions: Wanted & Available 06-04-2024, 08:09
Replies: 7
Views: 880
Posted By Geoff H.
Re: Amended: Now just need Crew, Fiji to N.Amer.Coast

Thank you everyone who has responded, much appreciated. I want to update here: I have secured the skipper, a very well experienced and former Navy officer and then Coast Guard Captain who is smart...
Forum: Crew Positions: Wanted & Available 05-04-2024, 09:32
Replies: 0
Views: 319
Posted By Geoff H.
Seeking Crew Fiji to California for June

I have very happily secured a very experienced former Navy and Coast Guard veteran to skipper my very well found 51' Formosa Ketch from Vuda, Fiji to Los Angeles. He has asked me to start canvassing...
Forum: Crew Positions: Wanted & Available 02-04-2024, 15:13
Replies: 7
Views: 880
Posted By Geoff H.
Re: Need Skipper&Crew Fiji to N.Amer.Coast

Hi Jimmy, looks like you've got some good miles on you per your profile here, which sounds good. I'm hoping to get her moving this way quite a bit sooner than August though. Will keep you in mind if...
Forum: Crew Positions: Wanted & Available 01-04-2024, 20:08
Replies: 6
Crew Wanted: Someone LA area help
Views: 886
Posted By Geoff H.
Re: Someone LA area help

Thanks Chez, let me know if I can help, and happy to keep you looped in on what transpires with getting my baby home. Perhaps you can help!
Geoff
Forum: Crew Positions: Wanted & Available 01-04-2024, 18:32
Replies: 6
Crew Wanted: Someone LA area help
Views: 886
Posted By Geoff H.
Re: Someone LA area help

Vlad, I'm in LA, know marinas in LA, might be able to help. And can you help me. I just this minute posted a crew needed notice. My boat is in Fiji and I'm trying to find skipper and crew to bring...
Forum: Crew Positions: Wanted & Available 01-04-2024, 18:26
Replies: 7
Views: 880
Posted By Geoff H.
Need Skipper&Crew Fiji to N.Amer.Coast

I left my immaculate 51' Formosa Ketch at Vuda, Fiji when I came back to LA for work. Covid shut down Fiji. I couldn't get back to her. I eventually sold her, and now have unbelievably just purchased...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 24-03-2024, 18:04
Replies: 4
Views: 491
Posted By Geoff H.
Re: Shipping Sailboat from S.Pac to USA

Thanks again Montanan. I've submitted a request for quote!
Forum: General Sailing Forum 24-03-2024, 15:10
Replies: 4
Views: 491
Posted By Geoff H.
Re: Shipping Sailboat from S.Pac to USA

Thank you, will do. I used Sevenstar years ago from Fla to Ensenada and they did a great job. But this is a whole other kind of crossing.
Forum: General Sailing Forum 24-03-2024, 12:04
Replies: 4
Views: 491
Posted By Geoff H.
Shipping Sailboat from S.Pac to USA

Looking for current info, experience, advice on getting a 50'sailboat from Fiji (or Aus. or NZ), to west coast USA (or Mexico), as CARGO. Is there a "best" departure port for this, best time of year,...
Forum: Marine Electronics 16-01-2022, 10:24
Replies: 13
Views: 1,219
Posted By Geoff H.
Re: Used Radar and AP search, need direction!

Thanks Skipmac,
Like you my last boat had an independent AP; I'm completely open to replicating that on this vessel. Hoping some Catalina (42) knowledgeables will advise on any installation clues or...
Forum: Marine Electronics 14-01-2022, 12:31
Replies: 13
Views: 1,219
Posted By Geoff H.
Re: Used Radar and AP search, need direction!

Thank you All!
Yesterday I bought a used Raymarine RD424HD 4KW 24” radome from Max Electronics. The piece of existing RM equipment I’m interconnecting is the Raymarine A-series GPS w/ AIS. The other...
Forum: Marine Electronics 12-01-2022, 15:20
Replies: 13
Views: 1,219
Posted By Geoff H.
Re: Used Radar and AP search, need direction!

Exactly what Shrew said, from experience in fog and for watching for weather and for vessels I learned to pay attention to my radar on my last vessel. Probably no more ocean crossings on this vessel,...
Forum: Marine Electronics 12-01-2022, 14:24
Replies: 13
Views: 1,219
Posted By Geoff H.
Used Radar and AP search, need direction!

Hello, just bought a 1989 Catalina 42. I want to add radar and autopilot. Most electronics are raymarine. Thinking of trying to integrate as much as I can and would like to find used to save some...
Forum: Boats For Sale and Wanted 30-10-2021, 10:05
Replies: 13
For Sale: 2006 Beneteau 473
Views: 2,422
Posted By Geoff H.
Re: 2006 Beneteau 473

Hi Allyn,
Where is she and what is price please?

Geoff
Forum: Families, Kids and Pets Afloat 28-12-2020, 06:50
Replies: 45
Views: 6,547
Posted By Geoff H.
Re: Admiral Ann Cate

Me too, me too, another beneficiary of her generosity and kindness.
Geoff
s/v Un Mundo (boat stuck in Fiji, me in LA.)
Forum: Challenges 16-09-2020, 10:55
Replies: 50
Views: 5,735
Posted By Geoff H.
Re: Struggling to reunite with a partner in New Caledonia

OP states that Fiji is "now open." Really? To whom? Would love this to be true, as my boat waits for me in a cyclone pit at Vuda and I would truly love to get to her!! (I'm in the states -- I'm...
Forum: Our Community 17-08-2020, 15:58
Replies: 8
Views: 2,007
Posted By Geoff H.
Re: Can't get to my boat in Fiji; Can I an Aussie to fetch her?

These observations and knowledge are exactly why I posted the question. Many thanks!
Forum: Our Community 17-08-2020, 15:38
Replies: 8
Views: 2,007
Posted By Geoff H.
Re: Can't get to my boat in Fiji; Can I an Aussie to fetch her?

Hi Joel, thanks for that question and for your optimism on Fiji. I hope you're right. Best answer I have is that as I'm now likely to feel okay for the first time in 20 years to part with her, I...
Forum: Our Community 17-08-2020, 07:42
Replies: 8
Views: 2,007
Posted By Geoff H.
Re: Can't get to my boat in Fiji; Can I an Aussie to fetch her?

Thank you for the replies Nicholson 58 and Ann. Appreciate the commiseration!! In the meantime i'll await better news with the knowledge that I have a couple of professionals looking after her and I...
Forum: Our Community 16-08-2020, 11:03
Replies: 8
Views: 2,007
Posted By Geoff H.
Can't get to my boat in Fiji; Can I an Aussie to fetch her?

I left my immaculate Un Mundo on the hard at Vuda Pt, Fiji. last Dec. and returned to work in LA. Plan was to sail to Australia upon my return last June. Then Covid. Still she sits waiting. I've been...
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 19-07-2020, 11:26
Replies: 20
Views: 2,452
Posted By Geoff H.
Re: Liveaboard Wanted - Australia 40-44Ft

Hello Greg,
I have a 51'Formosa Ketch I've owned for 20 years. She is truly in immaculate condition and fully equipped, now with a hired caretaker at Vuda Marina in Fiji.I had planned to return to...
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 18-05-2020, 08:15
Replies: 99
Views: 11,550
Posted By Geoff H.
Re: Newbies & South Pacific island tour

My 51' Formosa Ketch Un Mundo is in Fiji. She is an immaculate boat, owned and loved for 20 years. U.S.flagged. Would like to sell her now where she is, but otherwise will be sailing her to NZ or...
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 28-10-2019, 21:10
Replies: 13
Views: 4,849
Posted By Geoff H.
Re: Selling my boat in Fiji??

Thanks for replies and thoughts. Much appreciated. Here is an update from Vuda Point. Am being told that the cyclone season makes selling and buying a much rarer event, and that waiting to list is...
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 27-10-2019, 11:49
Replies: 13
Views: 4,849
Posted By Geoff H.
Re: Selling my boat in Fiji??

Thanks for this everyone. Really much appreciated.

I wish I'd shared a little more in my op. I don't have any kind of emergency at all. Have been off and on cruising this boat since I bought it...
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