Eastern Medeterranean Cruising 2025
Ideally looking for boatmate (female) and/or crew of any species/sex. Currently in Tunisia and I might leave with a crew of all cats. I would prefer experienced as there is still a lot to learn, but novices are welcome too. Share expenses; food, fuel, marinas. It would be good to commit for a month and see how it goes. If I had a choice, I would not favor couples as someone else put it: I don't want to be a third wheel on my own boat.
I like to see the cities and do outdoors stuff. Museums, sites, ruins, eating then burning it off Biking and Hiking.
I drink, but don't smoke. A friend just put a cigarette burn in my brand new cockpit cushion, so I am less tolerant of smoking. He paid for a new one.
CURRENT SITUATION:
Spent the winter in Tunisia and currently waiting for a new Autoprop, then do a haul out. I have a little over a month left before I have to leave. If I get the prop in my hands soon, haul out here and leave soon after to Malta. If there is a customs "problem" or mail delay and get it before the leave date, haul out in Malta. If bigger problem, sail to Malta and back to TN to reset clock and sort it out. I also ordered a new auto pilot motor which I think I will ship to Malta.
THE PLAN:
Malta ASAP. The gossip is they don't stamp your passport, so spend some time there. Order may vary: Eastern Sicily, Montenegro, Albania, Croatia and preserving the most schengen time for Greece. There is also Romania and Bulgaria to work in there somehow.
WINTER IDEAS:
A) Stay in Eastern Med: Turkey and North Cyprus. Not staying at any marina/anchorage too long would be ideal. I want to see stuff.
B) Stage for UK and Northern Europe: Morocco, maaaybe Gibraltar or UK, but that's a long way and even the Brits wouldn't winter in UK.
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