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Swimmingbird · 25-08-2024, 04:59

Gearing up for the 2024/2025 season and am excited for what opportunities lay ahead! Commercially Endorsed and Licensed 200 ton Ocean Master of Yacht at your service. Let myself and/or crew help with your delivery, charter or my speciality-training new owners up over the course of a season in the Caribbean on seamanship, navigation, forecasting,passage planning, provisioning, safety at sea, helmsmanship, boat systems- we could even dust off the Almanacs if you’re interested in Astral Navigation. Weather we are making sure your comfortable and confidant in command of your new vessel or simply getting her where she’s going safe and sound. Please feel free to reach out with any questions, while my main arena is the East Coast, Caribbean and Latin America-I’m anlso interested in opportunities further abroad this winter.

gagigegogu · 02-09-2024, 22:53

Hi Swimmingbird. Looking for an experienced, fit, sailor to help sail our Joshua 12 meter, steel, double ender, sailboat from PVR Mexico to South Korea ( via Hawaii) this winter 24/25. I seek professional advice on provisioning, Open CPN, shooting approaches and port communications, AIS, navigation and celestial navigation (we have a Tamaya sextant on board and almanac) best sail trim, using a spinnaker, using a drifter, heavy weather sailing techniques, keeping a proper look out, weather sense, etc, etc. This trip planned as a shake down before arctic cruise and learning platform for the same. I seek a focused professional to teach me aspects I do not already know and get the cruise done safely. I can fix pretty much anything. Boat is in good shape. I am a long distance adventurer who crossed the Rub Al Khali desert with a skeleton team and two, old, self prepared British Army Land Rovers a few years back. There is a budget but it is not unlimited. Project is 13 years old and has been done at the same time as raising family.