We are seeking one or two vegetarian or vegetarian friendly crew to join us for all or part of our cruising and semi-circumnavigation from Borneo to Florida via the Cape of Good Hope over the next year to 18 months, diving, snorkeling, hiking, and exploring along the way. What you do off the boat is your business, but we do not want any meat (or fish) onboard, and would prefer crew who were like minded enough to enjoy sharing in the cooking and not to complain about missed fishing or lobstering opportunities. (We are vegetarian for ethical/compassionate reasons.)

Seeking vegetarian (or vegetarian friendly) crew for all or part of our cruising and semi-circumnavigation from Borneo to Florida via the Cape of Good Hope over the next year to 18 months.

** Update December 2018: Plans currently on hold. Hope to be sailing again by Summer.

**Update August 2013: We have arrived in Tobago and our most recent crew member's vacation is over, so we are back to three on board again. We are not expecting any long passages in the near future, but we do plan to do a lot of diving, and two pairs of divers work well, so we are again on the lookout for another adventurous vegetarian.

**Update June 2013: We will be leaving Brazil soon to sail north. We currently have a total crew of three onboard, and thus have room for one or two more vegetarian friends.

** Update December 2012: We had a great time sailing for the last four months with our two new friends made via Find-a-Crew. We are now in South Africa, and won't be sailing again until late January. Both crew have expressed some interest in continuing on with us, but in both cases they are unlikely to be able to avoid commitments ashore in order to do so. Thus we are again looking for one or two vegetarian or vegetarian friendly adventurers who are interested in sailing around The Cape with us and continuing on to the Caribbean.

** Update August 2012: We have crew lined up for our initial legs, but welcome contact from vegetarians we might cross paths with in the future. **

Our original plan was a several year cruise and eventual semi-circumnavigation with my now 85 year old father, starting in Thailand and returning to Florida. He made it 1000 nm before deciding that he did not feel up to ocean passages and wished to be based closer to home, so he returned to Florida saying that he'll rejoin us once we reach the Caribbean.

Note that the boat was chosen with him in mind (limited mobility and reduced vision), and as a result it is quite spacious and bright, but does have limited accommodations for a vessel of its size. Crew would get their own personal bunk, but should not necessarily expect their own private cabin or head. Total crew currently onboard are the captain (me) 48 and his nephew 38, who both have 30 years experience sailing out of Florida through the Bahamas. (My nephew started young.)

We plan to enter Indonesia in July on the east coast of Borneo (Kalimantan) and cruise for two months from Fores to Lombok and/or Bali. From there we check out of Indonesia and start our passage across the Indian Ocean, though we might take a couple day detour to slip back in the Sunda Strait for a look at Krakatoa. Depending on the arrival date in Reunion (largely based on how well we have been able to keep to our Indonesia schedule) there might be time for some short cruising in Madagascar, but this is uncertain. We need to arrive in Richards Bay, Durban by the start of December (due to the Mozambique Channel tropical storm season) and expect to make the Durban to Cape Town run starting in mid January. We will then cross the Atlantic, probably with a Brazilian landfall, and work our way up to the Caribbean. My father had initially expressed a desire to cruise up the Amazon River as far as Manaus; this is now unlikely, but still possible.

We have a dive compressor onboard and enjoy diving, snorkeling, hiking, and exploring wherever possible, and would hope that our guests would join us in these activities. We are quite comfortable sailing the boat with just the two of us, but additional crew would ease watchstanding duties as well as enable activities such as drift diving from the boat.

Crew should expect to assume their fair share of duties onboard, from watchstanding and sail handling to cooking and cleaning. (We are expressly not seeking a dedicated cook or housekeeper, but neither are we offering passage to pampered guests.) Those wishing to extend their skills would be invited to take on further responsibilities, such as navigation and route panning. We are happy to teach.

It would be possible to join us for only a few weeks, but we would enjoy having someone with us for all or significant portions of the trip. This is why a certain degree of compatibility is desired and we are seeking vegetarian or vegetarian friendly crew. Crew should also have enough of a sense of adventure that they would look forward to a night crossing which buys another day of diving or exploring on a island that we'd not otherwise be able to fit into the schedule.