Crew Available: Atlantic crossing November 2017

[Tanguy]

Hello,

We are two young men (27), one French and one German, looking for helping for an Atlantic crossing in November 2017.
Start : European continent, Canary islands, Cape Verde...
End : Caribbean or Central America
Sailing experience, able to cook and performing other transversal tasks

If interested, feel free to contact us

[pete33458]

Just a suggestion, you'll probably get more responses and better responses if you give a little more information, especially regarding the type of boat and your own experience level, both with sailing and passage making.

Pete

[barnakiel]

If you can afford cheap Ryanair flights, fly down to LP, walk the docks, talk to skippers during the take off period. This is very common. There are also other take off points I think most notably Lanzarote. I believe there are two rallies that start from there.

Good luck!

Cheers,
barnakiel
LPGC

[pete33458]

Aha: I thought they were looking for help, they are looking to help instead. Nevermind!

[Tanguy]

Hi again!
You'll find a couple of additional information regarding myself:


WHO AM I:
Tanguy, French man, 27 years old, currently living in Toulouse (FR), work as an engineer for Airbus.


MY PROJECT:
I take 6 months off from my job as an engineer for airplanes.
- 1 month to sail to Panama
- 4 months to ride from Panama to Mexico with a bicycle
- 1 month ski touring in the Pyrenees and the Alps


SAILING BACKGROUND:
I started to sail last year. After a couples of weekends on boats, I got the main basics, and a better understanding of what everything is meant when we talk about "sailing".

SAILING GOALS:
Travel and discover differently, with another perspective than the one I had before. Also a way to be closer to the sea and ocean. Meet new persons and get to know their experience, and one day being able to share mine.


CLUBS OR AFFILIATIONS:
LAC Voile Croisière, Toulouse, France

SAILING COURSES:
Crew member, crew member + @ LAC Voile Croisière, France

CAPTAINS LICENSES:
No Captain license, but costal motor boat license

LANGUAGES SPOKEN:
French - native


English, German - fluent


Spanish - basic

MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS PLAYED:
A little bit of harmonica, mouth harp and flute

COUNTRIES VISITED OR LIVED:
Lived - Germany, Australia


Visited - Thailand, India, USA, Morocco, Tunisia, Turkey, Greece, Spain, Italy,...

HOBBIES AND SPORTS:
Bicycle, ski touring, rock climbing, surf, spear fishing

REFERENCES:
Name: Maurice R., Toulouse
I won't write his details here, but I can personal message it.


MY MATE, FABIAN THE GERMAN:
I let him explain, description coming soon!

[Tanguy]

I wrote "looking for helping", I meant that we are a crew available to go and sail, so we are looking for a boat and a skipper
Thanks for the feedback. I will make sure to be clearer next time...

[pete33458]

Got it! Good luck, I hope you find something! Pete

[hamburking]

Originally Posted by Tanguy

Hi again!
You'll find a couple of additional information regarding myself:


WHO AM I:
Tanguy, French man, 27 years old, currently living in Toulouse (FR), work as an engineer for Airbus....

Do you smoke?
Do you drink?
Criminal record?
Marital status?
Vegan/vegetarian/carnivore?
Are you a talker, a listener, strong political feelings, musician?...whats your personality?

You are asking someone to allow you into their home, and to trust you to care for it while they sleep.

I also volunteered as crew across the atlantic. When I was researching the trip, I came across this joke:

When you get to the Caribbean, customs/immigration will ask you 2 questions. 1) How many people aboard? 2) And how many did you start out with?

I thought this was pretty funny. Until I got mid ocean with a skipper who's wife left him (over the sat phone). By the time we got to Antigua, the "joke" was not funny at all anymore.

[inchcailloch]

A cheap flight over to Las Palmas is definitely the way to go though obviously better if you can find a vessel first. However swarms of people looking to cross in LP, to the extent it can be quite disheartening going around every day and not finding a yacht.

Lanzarote is where Jimmy Cornnel’s crossing commences. A smaller, arguably more intimate cruise and perhaps not as easy to find a berth

Best of luck anyway. Have sailed it twice and an amazing unforgettable experience you wont regret.

[Recy]

Here are som thoughts about letting people on board for long trips.

Catching a Ride Across the Atlantic – Yacht Mollymawk

[Aeolus6]

[QUOTE=Tanguy;2453496]Hello,

We are two young men (27), one French and one German, looking for helping for an Atlantic crossing in November 2017.
Start : European continent, Canary islands, Cape Verde...
End : Caribbean or Central America
Sailing experience, able to cook and performing other transversal tasks

If interested, feel free to contact us.

I suggest you contact willinskymarine@gmail.com
They may the answer to your wish.
These are experienced sailors who will be seeking crew from Gib to Matinique
The vessel in question is a well found 58" Moody Cutter leaving Gib mid November for the Caribbean.

[barnakiel]

You will likely hear many questions. Some odd, some funny, some serious.

Some of the questions you will hear will clearly tell you this one is not the boat you want to be in.

Beware of silly skippers with strong views. Some people just can't tell the difference between a sound interest and a full blown interrogation ;-)

Taming a skipper may in the end turn out to be more difficult and time consuming than finding a lifelong partner. Ask my partner.

;-)

b.