Looking for a Competent Crew or Voluntary work position
Hello everyone,
I've just joined Crewbay. I'm interested in finding a position as a Competent Crew or Voluntary work. I'm looking forward to meeting some new people!
We are two backpackers, Colin and Maud, traveling from Belgium without flying. We left more than 8 months ago. We especially love hiking and being in Nature. But what we miss today is seeing the sea, being on a boat, looking around the horizon. This is why we would like to combine our two passions, find a boat to reach Sri Lanka or India and then slowly ascend towards the Himalayas to hike there with our tent.
Regarding our knowledge of navigation, here is a brief presentation of each of us:
- Maud, I have been sailing since my 3 years on pleasure cruises with my family in the Mediterranean. As a child, I did a lot of optimistic and hobie cat internships. I am very comfortable on the water and can hold quarters. My dad had an overseas 45, which we brought back to Europe from Martinique. So I crossed the Atlantic on a catamaran with a crew of 6 in 18 days. We also transported the boat from Greece to France. Given our desire to sail during our trip, we both passed our coastal navigation permit in Belgium, with theoretical and practical courses in the North Sea. We are therefore able to navigate with a captain who can guide us.
- Colin, I did 3 weeks of sailing in the Cyclades in Greece (2016), know the long-term cruises thanks to my thesis in marine biology during which I participated in scientific campaigns in the North Sea (2017-2021), I have Participated in a Mallorca Barcelona crossing (2023), and I passed my sailing license in Belgium with Maud in 2025.
For the rest, we are both very social and are attracted to sustainability and human relationships. This trip allows us to meet a lot of different cultures, to venture outside our comfort zone, to try other languages, and to see landscapes that were unknown to us. We are also trying to achieve volunteering in each country we cross in order to better understand the country, have the first snippets of language, and to help a little on our scale. We went to an avocado farm in Turkey, an organic farm and a hostel in Georgia, a summer camp for children in Uzbekistan, and a hot pepper farm in Kazahkstan.
For life on board, Maud loves to cook and is used to cooking by boat and we are both likely to want to help. We both like moments of sharing, games or discussions, but we also like introspective moments when everyone has their own life.
To conclude, it will simply be incredible to be able to navigate, get to know each other, and we are flexible on both dates and how to travel. We can call ourselves to see if there is a match and to arrange for practical and administrative details.
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