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On the rode · 08-07-2019, 11:38

I am sailing a fully refit 1987 50 ft. Gulfstar sloop. It is presently on the hard in Curacao. (I sailed it there with help earlier this year with beginning in Punta Gorda, Florida, and then through the Leeward and Windward Islands.) You can see my “triplog” on our website “sailingduet.com”.

I would like to leave Curacao between the middle and end of September for Cartagena, Colombia. I will spend a number of days in Curacao getting the boat ready after its having been on the hard and provisioning, etc.). I then plan to spend 5 days to a week or so in Cartagena where my wife will meet us for the rest of the trip (it's a terrific city if you've never been there), and then spend a couple of weeks sailing in the San Blas Islands before transiting the Panama Canal to leave the boat in Balboa, Panama before Thanksgiving, where it will remain for a couple of months.

I will return to Panama in March 2020 to sail the Las Perlas islands before leaving for French Polynesia around the end of March.

I am looking for two volunteer crew members (not paid) with blue water experience to make the trip with me (and my wife after Cartagena) from Curacao through the Panama Canal. I will provide all food on the boat and pay all marina fees as well as a night or two in a hotel for crew in Curacao if required. If you are interested, I am also looking for crew for the trip from Panama to French Polynesia next Spring. My boat has a dive
compressor aboard.

If you are interested, please e-mail me at schnierlaw@aol.com.

Thank you.