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since Apr 2023
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viewed 4,328 times
since Apr 2023
last sign in 7 hours ago
Owner & Captain/Skipper - always or often aboard
SV - Sailing Vessel, 16.8 m (55 ft), sail, monohull, Baltic 55

Availability after 1 May 2025

Embark (Boarding)
must embark after the 1 May 2025 and before the 14 Sep 2025
Duration
must be for at least 1 week but preferably for less than 4 weeks
Disembark
flexible, no specific date

Locations

 Boarding location
Spain - Asturias, Principado de - visible to Crew members only
Your boarding area is ? within this vessel's boarding location
and the Crew is preferably within Spain
Your current location is around ? away from this location
 Destination planned to take the vessel next
Spain - same as boarding location
 My current location where I'm in person
Spain - same as boarding location
 Home Port of Registry (registered vessel)
France - Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur - visible to Premium Crew

Itineraries

An itinerary is a route divided into legs showing the planned locations and dates of the main stopovers from the start (initial departure) to the end (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 (fairly 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:

  • 1) Name your itinerary with a short and clear title, such as 2024 Antarctic Expedition or 2024 Italy Family Torn, that is descriptive, easy to remember, and simple to refer to in conversations.
  • 2) 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.
  • 3) Next, add each leg of the significant stopovers by date and location.
  • 4) 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.

Galicia - Azores - Canarias - Azores - Spain

Planned (fairly accurate)

7 Legs
3,509 nm
88 days
Available: 4 of 6 Crew positions
Start2025 May 1 Thu
ES Muros
End2025 Jul 28 Mon

Leg 1

818 nm11 nights
Available: 4 of 6 Crew positions
Depart 2025 May 1 Thu
ES Muros
Arrive 2025 May 12 Mon
PT Ponta Delgada Ilha de São Miguel
Oceanic sailing
Stopover 4 nights

Leg 2

528 nm4 nights
Available: 4 of 6 Crew positions
Depart 2025 May 16 Fri
PT Ponta Delgada Ilha de São Miguel
Arrive 2025 May 20 Tue
PT Funchal Ilhas da Madeira
Stopover 3 nights

Leg 3

281 nm3 nights
Available: 4 of 6 Crew positions
Depart 2025 May 23 Fri
PT Funchal Ilhas da Madeira
Arrive 2025 May 26 Mon
ES Arrecife Lanzarote
Stopover 7 nights

Leg 4

799 nm14 nights
Available: 4 of 6 Crew positions
Depart 2025 Jun 2 Mon
Arrive 2025 Jun 16 Mon
PT Horta Ilha do Faial
Oceanic Sailing Azores high

Leg 5

67 nm13 nights
Available: 4 of 6 Crew positions
Depart 2025 Jun 16 Mon
PT Horta Ilha do Faial
Arrive 2025 Jun 29 Sun
Stopover 2 nights

Leg 6

870 nm10 nights
Available: 4 of 6 Crew positions
Depart 2025 Jul 1 Tue
Arrive 2025 Jul 11 Fri
ES Vigo
Stopover 4 nights

Leg 7

146 nm13 nights
Available: 4 of 6 Crew positions
Depart 2025 Jul 15 Tue
ES Vigo
Arrive 2025 Jul 28 Mon
End of Itinerary

Vessel

L5   native
speaking natively like a local without a noticeable foreign accent
L4   fluent
speaking fluently with an extensive vocabulary, but with a foreign accent
L3   competent
speaking competently with a solid vocabulary on almost any topic
L2   elementary
speaking enough to get by, but may get lost in a conversation
L1   learning
not speaking the language, but learned enough to say simple sentences
L0   not proficient
may know a few words, but cannot form sentences or ask questions
Languages spoken aboard
native French
fluent English
elementary Spanish, Italian, German
Vessel type, make and model
SV Sailing Vessel, Baltic 55
Vessel year
1989 built, and most recent major refit completed in 2022
Vessel main propulsion
sail
Vessel hull type
monohull
Vessel length
16.8 metres (55 ft)
Vessel weight (displacement)
22 tonnes (48,510 lb)
Crew & guests aboard
usually 4 people aboard
Journey
mile building, passage, cruising: Offshore or day/weekend trips

Crew

Team request
position for individuals or teams
Nationality of crew
anyone
Gender of crew
anyone
Age of crew
preferably over 30 years of age
Height of crew
any
Weight of crew
preferably weighs under 100 kg / 220 lb

Lifestyle

Eating
Preferably crew with an unrestricted diet and aboard there is only an unrestricted diet
Drinking
Anyone and aboard any or no drinking is fine
Smoking
Preferably non-smokers and aboard there is preferably no smoking

Experience

Coastal/Ocean sea time
preferably crew with at least 1.4 weeks spent at sea
Coastal/Ocean sea miles
preferably crew with at least 500 nm logged

Position

Recreational    generally unpaid positions, or contributing towards some agreed expenses

positions available
only for Recreational
 Crew   experienced
 Watch-keeper   experienced and qualified
 Competent Crew   some experience
 Delivery Crew   experienced and qualified
 Deckhand   any experience
contribute
- visible to Free & Premium members only
crew to pay an agreed share towards some expenses

Dear Shipmates

Introduction

Good morning.
We provide support for experiencing the life at sea, how to manage a big boat and her crew, performing all aspects of oceanic and offshore sailing as well as organizing remote territories explorations/expeditions.

Spring and Summer 2025 big voyage between Spain, azores, canarias, azores again and back to Spain. 6 legs, starting may 1st from Spain.

I have the opportunity to run two boats, a 38' for coastal sailing and basic offshore training, and a 55 footer for Ocean Sailing and exploration.

About the boats :
Comfortable and well equipped, these boats are from the 80's and do not have all the comfort of modern sailing boats but are very seaworthy and safe, by design.

Altough not recent, they are very well built sailing boats. We are constantly maintaining and refitting them professionally, with the best sails, spars and rigging.

Both boats are heated at sea, and of course at mooring, when needed.

About the boat, the plans, and current crew

comfortablevery safeshare experiencevisit remote placesface challenges

At the moment (2024–2025) the vessels will be sailing in the North Eastern Atlantic. After summer 2025, plans are to head south and make a great loop in non conventional waters (which mean we will NOT sail the Caribbean !!!!!). Cabo Verde, Brasil, Patagonia, as far as Polynesia are in sight.

Program for 2025 summer is to be published soon.

What is expected of the crew

clean & tidyeasy-goingfit & healthyorganisedrespectfulconfident swimmerrarely/unlikely seasickeager to learn & workpoliteLGBTIQA+ respectfulopen mindedsense of humorcan pay own expensesenjoy cookinggood with maintenancecan follow orderswill not bring a bicycle

My conception of sailing is : Autonomy, pleasure of being at sea, serious in sailing behavior.
Very much interested in Explorations process, true respect for nature and mankind, we are trying to enhance human skills and perceptions, in this age of technology where it is easy to simulate or manipulate everything ; we believe that human techniques must be at the heart of the art of sailing.
We are here for sharing tips and sometimes knowledge ;)
We are not a sailing school, we do not delivering any diploma of all kind. But we may help you to organize your skills into a coherent pattern, especially for ocean sailing.
We also organize RYA type passages, compliant with YM Offshore and YM Ocean requirements.
You are expected to be fully involved into every duties and activities onboard, accordingly to your abilities. We will of course support you in every aspects of life on a sailing boat at sea.
Looking forward to sailing with you !
Stephane

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