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  • DYoung

    • 39ft Gecco 39
    • Honduras
    • Checked in 8 minutes ago

Crew Always Welcome

Ahoy mates! I would love to have you join me for some spontaneous adventures on the boat with me. It sure helps to split up the night watches with one or two other people so we don't become exhausted when we are supposed to be having fun. I keep a tight ship. I don't allow the boat to continue if there is something wrong with it that is potentially unsafe. I love sailing, but I know when not to push too hard. I take a safe approach to adventure. We would share the night watches with a rotating watch schedule that works for everyone, and share cooking and cleaning duties etc. The main point is to have fun.

Depending on the leg of the journey I may offer to help with travel expenses to and from the boat. We will share expenses when it comes to food, but I will pay for the diesel, any repair parts needed, and port costs / mooring / marina costs.

I've owned this boat for 6 years, so I know it well, I sailed it from the San Juan Islands of Washington State down the west coast of North America and Central America. Crossed the Panama Canal into the Caribbean and then up to Rio Dulce, Guatemala.

I'm an easy going guy. I am a merchant mariner (engineer) on ships. A bit of a mechanical engineering geek. I love rock and roll, have an occasional smoke and a brew and I have a relentless desire to travel off the beaten path. Come join me if you are down!

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  • Crew positionNovice Crew

  • Availability 1 Dec 2026 until 1 May 2027

  • Expenses to/from vesselNegotiable

  • Expenses onboardContribution on a shared basis

  • Team / SoloNot important

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Vessel

  • TypeSailing Yacht

  • Make/modelGecco 39

  • Length39 feet

  • Berth4

  • Sailing from Honduras , Utila or Roatan

  • Sailing to Bahamas, The , Georgetown

  • Language spoke aboardEnglish

  • Boat descriptionPanta Rei is a capable blue water sloop manufactured in Karlskrona Sweden in 1982. Safety equipment includes a 4 person life raft, EPIRB, two AIS/SART devices, jacklines for harnesses. As for Navigation Instruments, she is outfitted with two Garmin chart plotters, AIS transceiver, HD Radar, VHF radio with AIS. The rig is a full sloop main and jib with a full catalog of newer sails including main with 3 reefs, furling genoa, 100% jib, 75% jib, tacker storm jib, and asymmetrical spinnaker. All running rigging is in wonderful shape and the standing rigging is only 1 year old. Main engine is a Beta Marine 38HP in great condition with about 3000 hours, and a Volvo Penta sail drive also in very good condition. Accommodations include a double aft berth, central saloon berth, and V-berth. One head with electric pump and a standup shower. The DC electrical system has been updated to a 600 Ah Lithium house bank with all new bus bars and cabling. A water maker keeps the tanks full while cruising. Also onboard is a galley refrigerator, diesel cabin heater and multiple fans for cooling. Starlink Internet. The boat sails very well and can point upwind quite well. Average cruising speed is 6 to 7 knots in a 15 to 20 knot wind. She has a solid lead fin keel and skeg hung rudder. Hydro-vane self steering as well as an electric motor driven autopilot. Strong electric windlass for easy anchoring.

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Skipper

  • NationalityUnited States

  • Age44

  • GenderMale

  • Fluent languages English
    Spanish

  • Qualifications STCW Basic Safety Training
    STCW Able Seamens
    STCW Maritime Security Awareness
    PADI - Open Water
    STCW Proficiency in Medical Care
    STCW Proficiency in Survival Craft Rescue boats
    STCW Advanced Fire Fighting

  • Sea Miles 500 - 2,500

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