Cruising Crew, Younger skipper
Current important info: Boat is currently in refit in Panama, in prep for the pacific. The end date is yet unknown as we like to take things day by day. Crew are welcome to live aboard and help with boat projects.
Are you interested in an open ended sailing adventure but not ready to buy your own boat or don’t want to do it alone? Come join a collective of likeminded people who have set out with a shared dream on a beautiful boat.
Hello everyone, I am Jack, a young skipper seeking crew to join me on my sailing adventure. My goal is to first cruise the Caribbean, and then set off across the pacific hoping to sail around the world. I plan to continue this sailing adventure for a few years to come.
I like to sail in a relaxed way, taking nice weather windows and spending time in each place. For us, sailing is about exploring and enjoying life on the water, but having the freedom to take our time. I hope to use my boat to cultivate a space where I can share this experience with friends new and old.
We spend our time working on our boat, making our own food, relaxing with a book or game, exploring the local area or playing and enjoying music.
I am an adventurer at heart but I seek to find a balanced and healthy lifestyle, thus turned to sailing.
All are welcome aboard my boat, if you are interested in sailing with us please contact me.
Our beautiful boat is a custom German built catamaran in strip planked red cedar. She has been lovingly cared for and is both luxurious and cozy.
She is very comfortable and fast, in good conditions she will make 200 NM days. She can comfortably sleep 8 people across her 4 cabins, with two queen beds and four single beds. However we think 6 crew is the ideal number to have aboard.
Our crew operates on a seniority system. Responsibility and authority are intrinsically linked onboard. Junior crew spend time learning, eventually becoming senior crew who take responsibility and delegate to junior crew.
I hope to create onboard a space where people can come together and share simple and memorable moments. A slower style of life that can be an escape from the modern hustle and bustle. I want to welcome people of all walks of life to come together and share meaningful connections, as that is what I think makes life beautiful. To do this amongst beautiful natural landscapes and changing cultures seems the perfect setting.
If you wish to join our crew and live with us aboard; I prefer if you come aboard for at least three months. It takes time to learn many things, and people on short schedules tend to be in a hurry. We generally do not want to share our home with people on “vacation”, we want to share with people who want to make this a way of life. We take great pride in our boat and the lifestyle we create for ourselves, and we want to live it, not sell it.
It will take time, months, to become accustomed to and learn the ways of life at sea, but in the end it will be a fantastic investment in yourself.
If everything goes well, after some months you will become a senior crew; at which point you may stay onboard as long as you like, or leave and return as you please. As a senior crew you will assume responsibilities for the running of the ship; these are divided into five roles;
Quartermaster, Sailing Master, Boatswain, Cosmetics Officer, and Chef. Responsibilities are rotated monthly based on seniority and determined by the captain.
There is tons more to read and learn but I’ll leave that for after we get in touch!
IMPORTANT POINTS:
First, please be sure you understand this opportunity requires you to contribute both financially and with labor. I am a young guy who just spent all his life’s savings and more to buy a boat. I am not rich nor am I a charity operation and I cannot afford to sponsor people who simply want to travel but cannot contribute financially. It costs money to operate a boat like mine; this is an immutable fact. We run a system that allows everyone to share the costs and rewards of this lifestyle. The contribution I ask of you is a calculated share of the actual costs to operate the vessel; we are not operating for profit, and neither are we penny-pinching. We live the experience to the fullest.
Next; this is not a vacation, this is my life. The boat is not a hotel, it is our home. I love to have fun; but treating everyday like a vacation is not a healthy or sustainable way to live, and healthy and sustainable living is my goal.
Finally, crew must understand that the safety of the boat and those who sail her is the absolute first priority. I, as the skipper, hold the responsibility and sole authority to decide the best course of action for the safety of the vessel.
If you’ve read this far give me a wave; I am happy to hear from anyone interested.
Also; if you have a particular skill that could be of value to the crew, please let me know as it may be a great way to contribute!
Jack
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