Crew Wanted: Oz to SA, Indian Ocean - Sept-Oct 2012

[svfinnishline]

I have a Swan 44 and am looking for crew (1-2 people max) for the Indian Ocean passage west to South Africa. Rough plans:

Depart early September 2012; Depart Darwin or somewhere further west on the Kimberly coast, bound for South Africa.

1. 1st stop would probably be Cocos Keeling ca. 1249nm from the Kimberly coast, about 8 days

2. Reunion Island; 2445nm from Cocos, ca, 16 days

3. Richards Bay (SA); 1345nm from Reunion ca, 9 days.

This would be 5039nm+, ca. 33 days total sailing and probably figure on another 30 days waiting on weather windows or recovering from the various passages to make the complete transit from Oz to SA. Goal is to be in SA by November to stay safe as far as the wind and weather patterns, hopefully we will be there sooner assuming all goes well.

Interested? Email me at: svfinnishlineatgmaildotcom

[mgebert]

I am interested, more details about me: sailing from more 30 years in Europe and Australia : weekly racing at Royal Yacht Club in Perth. Long distance : South China See - Vietnam to Singapore, Indian Ocean - Perth to Lombok, South Africa - Richards Bay to Durban and others.
I am retired 65 years, civil engineer.
Marek Gebert
email: mgebert@bigpond.net.au