Crew Wanted: Lagoon 42 from France to Florida - short notice

[SV Bacchus]

Originally Posted by Judyfood

Knock it off you guys,. Since she is European, English is not her first language, so what if she made a 2' typo while communicating in your language, not the end of the world!

I wasn't snarky or nasty and I thought my questions were legit.

In Hania's defense I should have come on earlier and tell everyone I received a PM from her explaining what happened. She was thankful I pointed out the mistake in a nice way, she was polite, professional and came across as top-notch all the way.

I, in turn, respect her for her response and notice she took my questions in the way in which they were intended.

to Hania!

[Judyfood]

Hey Bacchus
Sorry if I was snarky to you! Glad you heard from Hania

Judyfood

[nauticalnomad]

Id go for the rough weather ride if it wasnt in a catamaran. Ive always wanted to experience a hurricane. But preferably a proper ocean cruising mono hull with a deep keel.

[bvimatelot]

Originally Posted by nauticalnomad

Id go for the rough weather ride if it wasnt in a catamaran. Ive always wanted to experience a hurricane. But preferably a proper ocean cruising mono hull with a deep keel.

I hope that was in jest! Living in the Caribbean I've had too many of the dam things! I've also been at sea close to a couple in monos and cats.

They are nasty frightening things, regularly kill people and you really do not want to be anywhere near one...Tony

[chatwin70]

Hi Guys
I would like to ask you for some guidance regarding starting a career as a delivery skipper.At the moment I have only a RYA dayskipper and some years of leisure sailing on italian lakes.I would really need to make a first delivery as a deckhand but don't know where to start.Any advice is welcome. Best regards. Max

[bvimatelot]

Originally Posted by chatwin70

Hi Guys
I would like to ask you for some guidance regarding starting a career as a delivery skipper.At the moment I have only a RYA dayskipper and some years of leisure sailing on italian lakes.I would really need to make a first delivery as a deckhand but don't know where to start.Any advice is welcome. Best regards. Max

Well, Max I think you'll find that most owners who entrust their boats to a delivery skipper would want to see Experience (ie lots of miles under your belt) and a much higher ticket than Day skipper. Insurance companies require the delivererer to have as a minimum, an Offshore skipper's ticket, some of them now require it to be commercially endorsed and all of them want you to have your STCW.

The only way to start in my view is to get yourself on as many deliveries as you can, with as many different skippers as possible. In this way you'll gather experience, mileage and also get in on the "network". Meanwhile,you are going to have to spend some money getting your higher level skipper's tickets.

A huge amount of delivery work (at least in my case!) is by word of mouth and recommendation. So - you are only as good as your last delivery!

It may sound glamorous - and sometimes it can be! But (never start a sentence with a preposition) getting started is brutal -and, as you can see from this thread - mostly unpaid!

[donradcliffe]

Originally Posted by bvimatelot

Well, Max I think you'll find that most owners who entrust their boats to a delivery skipper would want to see Experience (ie lots of miles under your belt) and a much higher ticket than Day skipper. Insurance companies require the delivererer to have as a minimum, an Offshore skipper's ticket, some of them now require it to be commercially endorsed and all of them want you to have your STCW.

The only way to start in my view is to get yourself on as many deliveries as you can, with as many different skippers as possible. In this way you'll gather experience, mileage and also get in on the "network". Meanwhile,you are going to have to spend some money getting your higher level skipper's tickets.

A huge amount of delivery work (at least in my case!) is by word of mouth and recommendation. So - you are only as good as your last delivery!

It may sound glamorous - and sometimes it can be! But (never start a sentence with a preposition) getting started is brutal -and, as you can see from this thread - mostly unpaid!

The Brits may be an exception, but in my experience, insurance companies don't require formal training/certificates. I wouldn't waste my money on skipper's tickets. A record of successful deliveries and and recommendations are what counts, and gets you the word-of-mouth business.

Don't kid yourself about the glamour--most paid deliveries on the West Coast US are into the wind and seas. They fall into two major categories--race boats and recently purchased boats. The race boats are more uncomfortable, less likely to have autopilots and dodgers, but are generally much better maintained. The challenge in the recently purchased boats is that most of them have not been at sea in years, and you will spend your time fixing them.

[chatwin70]

Ahoj bvimatelot and donradcliffe,

thanks for your two cents. bvimatelot I am aware that I need to work my way up beginning from the bottom, I am not asking how to fast track to become a delivery skipper. I am just trying to figure out how to find unpaid position as a hand on delivery boats in order to build experience and miles.
regarding the tickets...well as far as I can see here in europe they boats owners and captains require mostly some RYA YM at least. Beside that I believe some extra knowlegde from those courses won't hurt

[bvimatelot]

OK, Max, have a look at the crew web-sites and some European delivery company web-sites like PYD, Reliance, Halcyon and register with them. That should start you off!

[chatwin70]

Originally Posted by bvimatelot

OK, Max, have a look at the crew web-sites and some European delivery company web-sites like PYD, Reliance, Halcyon and register with them. That should start you off!

thanks bvimatelot