I'm looking for non-paid crew members to help me sit, and sail my 1993 Alubat
Ovni 47 (a 47'
aluminum hulled, aft
cockpit cutter-rigged sloop) around the
Caribbean, and eventually around the world. The
boat and I are currently in Spanish
Water,
Curacao. I don’t have a timetable, or an itinerary, but I am thinking about sailing to Cartegena soon.
My
boat, Funiculi Funicula is a great boat with many important
safety features that make her compliant with all US
safety regulations. She measures 47’
LOA, with a 15.5’ beam, and draws only 3’ with the hydraulically raised
centerboard up (6.5’ with the
centerboard down). She has a full compliment of
sails. She has
roller furling head sails. She boasts a 72 hp turbo dieselYanmar, an auxiliary
diesel generator, a
wind generator,
solar panels, and a tow
generator; all can charge a primary and backup bank of
batteries. She is
wheel steered with direct linkage (not cables) to twin rudders. An
electric Autohelm ST7000
autopilot is connected directly to the
steering linkage. In addition, she has a self-powered
wind vane, and an
emergency tiller (hopefully never to be used). She is configured to carry up to 125 gals of potable
water (she also has a 25 gal/hour watermaker), and 220 gals of
diesel. I carry a ship mounted
GPS, and
VHF, along with handheld backups for each. Fun Fun also has two
SSB radios, and a
radar. For safety and
emergency equipment the boat has sturdy two tier
lifelines, full boat length
jacklines, lifejackets and harnesses, an
inflatable dinghy with
outboard motor, a six person auto-inflatable
liferaft, and a registered
EPIRB. For comfort the boat has two cabins along with two bunks in the V berth. The
galley has a two burner
stove,
oven, and cold plate
refrigeration. The boat also has a
marine head along with fresh-hot water showers available.
Smokers, drug-users, boozers and sailors who experience incapacitatiing
sea sickness need not respond.
I have sailed on and off through much of my adult life. My previous boat was a 28’
MacGregor that I owned and sailed from Ventura, CA to and around the Channel Islands. I have sailed in various capacities on various
boats around the world including around the
San Juan islands in the
Puget Sound, WA area, the
Galapagos islands, Marlbourgh Sounds,
New Zealand, the
Cyclades island,
Greece, and the BVIs. I have skippered Funiculi Funicula from
Fort Lauderdale, FL to Charleston, SC (open ocean), to
Washington, D.C. (open ocean), to
Puerto Rico (open ocean), to
Venezuela via the
eastern Caribbean island chain. In October, 2002 I crewed aboard S/V Anita Kay (42’ ketch) from
NYC to St. Thomas, USVI (open ocean). I am a 39 year old heterosexual male, 18 year veteran Naval Reserve Aviator (I flew C-130s, P-3s, and currently fly the C-9). I am currently employed by
Delta Air Lines as an MD-88 First Officer.
Interested people will fall into one of two categories. The first category may be more interested in me and if responding should include a
photo. The second category is more interested in the boat and should include a
photo and sailing resume.
If you are interested please then
email me at
ccannan@yahoo.com.
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