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    • 16m historic-like green energy sailing vessel
    • France
    • Checked in 2 years ago

Watch: Vaka Motu

Captain - Temporary / Seasonal - France

For our „Vaka“, a sailing boat rebuilt after traditional Polynesian design located on the coast of southern France, we are looking for an enthusiastic crew from May to October every year.

Perfectly suitable for a couple or close friends with sailing experience, respect for and interest in marine environment/environmental protection and the motivation to engage with young people.
We are looking for a captain with offshore license and a deckhand with skills in sailing and cooking. While the two-person crew takes care of the boat, our team on the mainland will support you.

Our Vaka was built 2012 for sustainable inter-island traffic in the Pacific. While the fleet is still operating there, the German owner and Foundation-founder moved one Vaka to the Mediterranean Sea to establish youth projects for increased ocean awareness. From its new home along the coast of France, the Vaka will be used for private purposes and non-profit projects, mainly with teenagers, students and researchers. Our aim is to enable encounters with marine ecosystems and marine wildlife that will lead to motivation for action. Since we want to operate as environmentally friendly as possible, the Vaka is powered by wind and electricity (solar panels) only.

What's expected of the crew
Respect, engagement, enthusiasm, trustworthyness, an open mind, easy going - attitude, good with maintenance, clean&tidy. Sorry, but pets are not allowed on board.

If you want to spend a summer on a beautiful Polynesian sailing boat running with modern green technology and would like to share your respoect and passion for ocean environments with guests on board, we welcome you to hand in your application.

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Position

  • Crew positionCaptain

  • Type of workTemporary / Seasonal

  • Availability 1 Jun 2021 until 31 Oct 2021

  • Expenses to/from vesselNegotiable

  • Expenses onboardNegotiable

  • Team / SoloNot important

  • InterviewWhatever is convenient
    We will arrange a date and time that is convenient for us both

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Vessel

  • TypeSailing Yacht

  • Make/modelhistoric-like green energy sailing vessel

  • Length16 metres

  • Berth0

  • Sailing from France

  • Sailing to Local sailing

  • Language spoke aboardGerman

  • Boat descriptionThis "Vaka" was built in 2012 for a sustainable inter-island traffic in the Pacific region. Now that several siblings are working in the Pacific, we will move the Vaka from the Pacific to the French Mediterranean coast, as the owner and founder of all these boats lives in Germany. Equipped with a hydrophone, the boat will be used for private and non-profit tours, especially with children, teenagers and students, with the aim of raising awareness for a healthy nature, finding whales and so on. Since we strive for an environmentally friendly use of the boat, it is only powered by electricity (besides the sail). the Vaka is not the most comfortable, but "real".

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  • Age0

  • Sea Miles

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