Hi, I'm a 34year old chartered
surveyor from London and I am in the middle of a 12 month sabbatical since the 1st June, or maybe for a while longer! I currently ilive in DF
Mexico, but I have taken some tiime out to travewl and I am now in
Guatemala, heading for
Panama. I am also trying to learn some Spanish which is very slow!
Prior to arriving in
Mexico I sailed from Falmouth, on the south coast of the Uk to Menorca, in the
Mediterranean via La Coruna, Vigo, Barbate, Gibralter, Almeria and on to Menorca, delivering, with the owner, a
Bavaria 41 Holliday with a crew of 4 including myself, plus two extra crew from La Coruna as far as Gibralter.
Prior to this trip I have spent one week sailing for the past five years in the Solent, Isle of Wight, UK, where every September myself and a colleague chartered 38ft and a 44ft
Bavaria for one week each year to day sail while entertaining clients. Unfortunately I do not have any formal sailing qualifications, however I have been advised that I am over competent crew status. My duties whilst delivering the Bavaria 41 included general
deck hand duties, plotting our location hourly,
helm, night watch,
cooking and
cleaning and even preparing
fish that I had managed to catch whilst on our journey. I also carried out some minor sail
repairs to ripped eye-lets on the lazy jack cover, replacing the light cover to the
mast light, draining the
diesel tank with a make-shift
pump to remove debris from the
fuel tank and clear blockages etc and carry out mastic
repairs to part of the
teak decking to stop a minor leak and finally replaced a faulty port hole window. This
delivery counted for 21 days of sailing including a total of 70hrs night sailing and
navigation, with a total journey of 1,700 nautical miles.
About me, I am a none smoker, physically fit, relaxed and pretty laid back. I am available immediately and ideally I am looking for any opportunity to crew with a relaxed team and gain more experience and
record more ocean miles. I can be contacted on my hotmail,
daveyrogers@hotmail.co.uk or on my mobile
phone, / 521 5513370079 and skype davey0035
Also for your information, please find below two web links, one from Steve Fairy the owner of Pania, 41ft Bavaria and David
Morgan of
Morgan Sailing which you may find interesting and who would both be happy to provide you with
references from my
delivery trip mentioned above.
Morgan Sailing
Blew Yonder
steve.fairey@enabis.co.uk
Finally, I am happy to travel at my own expense to the location of the
boat and also my return airfare, however I would welcome the opportunity to meet and chat prior to any sailing, however I appreciate this may not be possible. I trust the above is of interest to you and I should you require any further information, please do not hesitate to contact me.
Kind regards
David Rogers