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Availability after 1 Jul 2025
Locations
- Attica - visible to Crew members only - same as boarding location - England - visible to Premium CrewItineraries
What are itineraries, routes, legs, stopovers, and waypoints?
- An itinerary is a route divided into legs showing the planned locations and dates of the main stopovers from the start (S) (initial departure) to the finish (F) (final arrival), which is the destination of the vessel's journey (also called voyage, trip, torn, or expedition).
Each leg has a departure and an arrival date and location. It may also have additional waypoints in between, which might be stopping points or course change points.
Accuracy of itineraries
Itineraries for vessels at sea are never precise! We use three accuracy levels for the planning status to avoid confusion about what is likely to happen or not:
- Pending (not accurate) – initial idea, possibilities
- Preliminary (kinda accurate) – changes may still apply
- Planned (reasonably accurate) – this is what's meant to happen
Days vs Nights
The duration of an itinerary is counted in days (start to end date) and the leg in nights (departure to arrival date). That is because you may arrive on a Monday and leave on a Tuesday. Therefore, there can be confusion if you were there for one or two days, but it would strictly count as one night without any confusion.
Therefore, you would say you went on a 14-day holiday or trip (the itinerary) and spent 13 nights on all your legs combined, for example.
Planning vs Estimates
There is also an important distinction between planning (what's the intention) and estimating (what's calculated). A time of arrival is always an estimate as a calculation is required; that's why it is called ETA (Estimated Time of Arrival).
You can't plan to leave San Francisco and arrive in Hawaii 10 minutes later, regardless of how desperate your intention is. If you intend to arrive in Hawaii by a certain date and estimate 10 days for the journey, then you can plan to leave San Francisco 12 to 15 days before. Therefore, your departure date is planned (what's the intention), and the arrival is still an estimate (what's calculated based on season, winds, currents, and many other factors). Plans can change due to weather, government requirements, breakdowns, delays, etc.
Tips for planning an itinerary
The following tips are worth noting to manage your itinerary and maintain an excellent overview:
- Name your itinerary with a short and clear title, such as 2025 Antarctic Expedition or 2025 Italy Family Cruise, that is descriptive, easy to remember, and simple to refer to in conversations.
- You can set your itinerary's visibility to private while planning it, share it with only those you contact, or share it with anyone who views your profile.
- Next, add each leg of the significant stopovers by date and location.
- Then, keep updating each leg as required.
Be realistic and mindful when planning an itinerary. People will arrange their timing and life around it, taking time off work, booking flights, arranging accommodation, etc. It's crucial to let the crew know how accurate they can expect the itinerary to be.
Vessel
fluent English, German
Crew
Lifestyle
Experience
Position
Recreational generally unpaid positions, or contributing towards some agreed expenses
Crew some experience
Dear Shipmates
Introduction
Phase 1: Start sailing in the north of Europe, cross the Atlantic, cruise in the Caribbean, reach the Americas.
Phase 2: Mediterranean :)
The idea of a Big Sailing Adventure started in 2016, after visiting Norway: 2019 was the first year of our Sailing Quest:
Started in Portsmouth, crossed the North Sea, entered the fjords and sailed all the way up to Bergen. Then Oslo, Copenhagen, Stockholm, Helsinki (2.100 nm).
In spite of COVID, in 2020 we had a fantastic sailing time through the Baltics! Lots of positive energy allowed us to start in Helsinki and finally arrive in Kiel (around 1.400 nm).
Again lots of uncertainty due to COVID in 2021, but - again - our commitment and positive attitude enabled us to carry out the initial plans (less the Shetlands): Kiel, Hamburg, Esbjerg, Haugesund, Hardangerfjord, Bergen, Torshavn, Faroe Islands, Scotland, Ireland (>2.000 nm). Small plan adjustments but within the dates specified before the start.
We continued going South in 2022: Starting in Dun Laoghaire/ Dublin, enjoyed Brittany, crossed the Bay of Biscay to Bilbao, continued to Galicia, Porto, Lisbon, Madeira, Gran Canaria and finally Tenerife (2.800 nm).
On 14/12/2022 we started our Atlantic crossing and arrived in St. Lucia on 4/1/2023, our starting point for sailing in the Caribbean: 3 months in the Lesser and Greater Antilles until we reached Mexico.
Now it's time to explore the Mediterranean!
My sailing days started late (2003), but then I just couldn't stop! Mainly 10 years racing on a Farr 52 (Optimum 3), now Yachtmaster Offshore (RYA). Highlights for sure the Aegean Rallies and the Rolex Middle Sea Races.
About the boat, the plans, and current crew
usually cleancomfortablevery safeseek adventurefulfill a dream
The general plan is to do the work to prepare her, plan and do the shopping, to participate at the Aegean 600 and the Aegean Rally offshore yacht races. We don't have pressure to perform in the races rankings, however we do want to enjoy around 1.000 nm of sailing safely without motoring (even with very light wind conditions).
We will be sailing overnight. If you don't feel comfortable for such a challenge, please don't consider joining.
People who declared experience and it turns out they were dishonest will be asked to leave the boat.
Need to allow around 3 days in dates of plan (we are sailing, so we have to allow for some contingency). We did manage to stay in the planned time frame in all seasons so far.
What is expected of the crew
clean & tidycommittedfit & healthyrespectfulskilledtrustworthyrarely/unlikely seasickeager to learn & workpolitedon't mind cleaningcan follow orderswill not bring a bicyclewill not bring a pet
We all make mistakes, but if your way of dealing with those is getting rude, this boat is clearly not the right boat for you.
If you feel that taking your street shoes off before stepping on the deck or the mattresses is exaggerated, or that your hiking shoes are good for stepping on the white gelcoat or teak, then I don’t think that we can have an enjoyable experience. If you feel that the MarPol regulations regarding waste are not applicable to you or are somehow optional, again we won't be able to focus on the fun part of sailing.
No need to be an expert, just honest about your experience/ skills, so we make sure we put a balanced/ complementary team together.
We have to do the work involved ourselves, incl. cooking, cleaning, preparing the boat etc.
If you are looking for a professional (paid) position, unfortunately we don't have one.
Also, we share all the costs (incl. food, berthing, fuel, insurance, etc.). A payment of EUR 100 will be appreciated as commitment validation, which will then be used for covering the expenses. If you are on a budget, please let me know.
A valid passport/ identification will be requested in advance.
There are 3 comfortable cabins on board, so we need to share the cabin with someone else. Couples are welcome (and will stay in the same cabin).
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