Already in warm climate but missed the hurricane window

Bonito
- 40ft O'Day 40
- Spain
- Checked in 4 weeks ago

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Already in warm climate but missed the hurricane window

Currently in Tenerife, looking for 1-2 crew, shared costs, trying to avoid marinas to keep the cost down and only anchor ⚓️, on an older 40 foot sailboat, to head down to Cabo Verde, Guinea Bissau and across to Brazil and if time allows, straight to Columbia/Panama.
Waiting for boats parts currently, hoping to leave before the end of November.
Crew expected to do watches, day/night and help with general things in the boat, ie cooking, keeping it clean etc.
excerpt from a previous post:

55 year old dude, but very very young at heart, on a 40 foot sailboat. From Canaria and Cape Verde and across and keep going for a long time. If you like the boat and are crazy enough you may stay past Brazil, East and West Indies, Caribbean, Panama, Alaska, Hawaii and Polynesian islands, and who knows after that……..
Boat is an 1986 O’day 40 (feet, that’s 12 meters for you metric people) fiberglass tub, with all the things you don’t care about and none of the things you may think, you need or desire ??.
Safety is primary!!!
I’m old, but not dead yet, enjoy, paddle boarding, freediving, spearfishing, exploring and adventures etc.
I’m in no hurry to get anywhere, if a place is nice, I would love to stay a bit and mosey on to new places eventually.
No smokers, vapers or vampires please ?

Not into drama. I want fun and sunshine. And explore the unknown of the vast oceans. If you’re a drama queen/prince, please annoy someone else.

I am looking for someone fun, amateur crew (with a valid passport) who wants to learn or brush up their skills, or have a change of lifestyle altogether. Must be willing to learn and work in a team.

I eat rarely meat, but do on occasion, but eat fish and I am an avid spearfisher, you must be ok with that.

So far skipper and one crew.
Inquire for more info.

To answer a few questions, ahead of time.
I (actually half- czech, half-german, half-American, somehow making it 100% ?) have been sailing for over 400 years on and off and owning various sailboats, that’s what it feels like (40 years). I still am an avid windsurfer. I have sailed this boat across the Atlantic ocean, passage from Boston USA to Southampton UK via the Azores in this sailboat and single handed without autopilot from the Azores to the UK! ?
And now
Singlehanded from UK to Canaries. The boat has a new chart plotter, radar and VHF with AIS (commercial ship tracking), ham radio (it’s not made from pigs, so technically a vegan radio, since you can’t eat it ?).
The boat does have now a windvane (Hydrovane) wind self steering doohickey, with trimmed (tuned) sails she goes on her own, so the boat, steers it self, if there’s wind at least. Easy to do.
Refrigerator, new batteries, new solar (1 kilowatt) and much more. Watermaker is here now. She might not look pretty next to a brand new shiny sailboat ⛵️, but she is roomy and fast enough for an old girl and built very well, which makes her ultra stable in rough seas, actually better than most modern boats. She weighs in at nearly 10 tons. So, light to be fast, but heavy enough to be stable in a storm.
I am very strict ?, when it comes to safety!!!
Safety first, fun later. Especially when in rough seas. No arguments, I’m happy to listen to you with good ideas afterwards, but when in a pinch, there are rules/hierarchy for a reason, to keep everyone safe!
I will not tolerate any nonsense when in rough seas! This is supposed to be fun. Losing a life isn’t ☠️!
Alcohol can be consumed off the boat or on anchor or marina. Which I’m not planning on going into much, due to the high costs.
Be sober when returning to the boat. This is a 100% dry boat! Makes it easier with customs too.
I don’t drink at all, but thats me.
Ask any questions. There are no stupid questions, just stupid answers.
So if I haven’t scared/bored you away yet. Hit us up or come on down and say hello and go from there. The hatch is always open for nice people.
Looking for people, who WANT to sail ⛵️ ?️ and want explore ?, this isn’t a taxi to ferry you across. Serious inquiries only please ?

Boat has 2 windsurfing boards, 2 paddle boards, 2 floating tubes, usually dragged behind the dinghy or the sailboat for fun, diving masks, hammocks to name a few things.

Thank you for reading this ♀️

Position

Crew positionFriendship
Availability 1 Nov 2024 until 1 Apr 2025
Expenses to/from vesselPaid by crew
Expenses onboardContribution on a shared basis
Team / SoloNot important

Vessel

TypeSailing Yacht
ClassificationDhoni
Make/modelO'Day 40
Length40 feet
Berth7
Sailing from Spain , Tenerife
Sailing to Brazil , Anything from west Africa, Brazil, Caribbean to Panama and beyond
Language spoke aboardEnglish
Boat descriptionShe sail fast and easy, all lines lead aft into the cockpit. I love her Online Boat review: Bob Stringer and I boarded Jim Hunt's own O'Day 40 at New Bedford Yacht club on a hazy afternoon with winds forecast to be in the 10 to 15 knot range out of the northwest. As any sailor in these parts will tell you, that usually means the southerly onshore breeze will act against the northerly. Sure enough, when we motored out into the bay there was no wind, so we amused ourselves by raiding the galley and trying a few windless tacks, as well as by backing down and steering circles under power. With the Westerbeke 40 engine at 2,400 rpm we powered at 7.6 knots and turned in about two boat lengths. Just in time for the 6 o'clock start of the local racing fleet, the southerly came in, giving us about 10 to 12 knots of wind. Under sail the boat came alive. We sheeted in and tried sailing hard on the wind. In 15 knots of wind we were sailing at 6.1 knots, with an apparent wind angle of about 30 degrees. When I really concentrated, I could get boat speed up to 6.6 knots in the same wind speed and direction, so the boat has some speed. It would probably sail faster and point higher with a genoa, but we were using the topsail and genoa staysail that Hunt is experimenting with to see if is easier for cruising. Under sail the boat is responsive and tracks well. Although I did detect some weather helm, easing the main slightly eliminated it very quickly. Belowdecks this boat is very comfortably appointed. With its extra coat or two of varnish, it really looks like a high-quality yacht. As a person who enjoys cooking, I liked the large galley and huge icebox. I also liked the galley's location right below the main hatch. It allows for good ventilation and makes it easy to serve people both in the cockpit and at the dining table. Opposite the galley is the outboard-facing chart table. The dining area of the O'Day 40 is huge. The large aft double bunk or the double forward V-berth provide both privacy and comfort. The keel is solid lead and is securely bolted to the hull through transverse floors. The hull construction is solid fiberglass in way of the through-hull fittings, and elsewhere it has a three-quarter-inch balsa core with a strong glass laminate on either side. The deck has a similar layup to the hull, but with plywood in areas where the loads are likely to be high — under winches, for example. The mast is keel-stepped and uses Navtec rods from the underside of the deck to the spars are Isomat out of France and appear to be well-made. This boat has a midstay, as I expected it to. For the cruising sailor who likes to use all the cockpit space, the main-boom sheeting is on the cabintop and runs forward to the mast before coming back to the cockpit. All in all, this is a nice and comfortable boat that sails well. Specifications: LOA 39’ 7” LWL 33’ 6” Beam 12’ 7” Displacement 18,500 lbs 6’ 4” Deep